Post #781042 by danlovestikis on Thu, Nov 2, 2017 12:12 PM

Hamo I resemble that remark! I miss John Aston and the cast of the Adams Family.

bamalamalu I hope you had a wonderful Halloween.

hang10tiki Dan is so wonderful to comply with my requests. He really would rather stay home and play music.
You two are so cute.

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As soon as Wish List #7 finished I actually went to work (very slowly) on Wish List #8. I picked out some projects that were requested just after #7 closed or that I was in the mood to do. All five are done and shipped and it's time to start sharing.

This is for Owen Wright.

I made one on Wish List #7 that had texture on the coconut and that wasn't what he really desired. So it's the first Wish on #8 finished.

This is one of the hardest to glaze projects. So many colors (3 to 4 layers for each one) and so many odd angles to reach. I start with the backs of the heads doing the hair.

Next I do the inside and rim with white under-glaze. Then when it is dry I do the clear over glaze.

Once this is dry I do the outside of the coconut with a self glossing under-glaze like Duncan Concepts.

I choose a color the same as the coconut but with speckles. This is one of the hard to reach areas. 3 layers drying between each one.

I start the skin. One layer.

Second layer.

3rd and 4th layer. They must completely dry between. So I move on to other areas during the drying times.

Starting the next hula girl.

After a week of working on this project it is drying and then it is glazed.

Here it is finished.

The faces are painted on using Liquitex Glossies and 24 hours later they are baked for 45 minutes at 325 degrees in my home oven.

Looking into the insides. Using white under=glaze really makes this glow white.

I do like to glaze the bottoms.

He was very happy with this one and it's on the way to New York. It's so big and heavy that shipping costs were almost $70 dollars.

Cheers, Wendy