Wendy Cevola - New colors of the Frank mug by Frankoma now available. - Other Crafts

D danlovestikis Grand Member (8 years) Joined: Jun 17, 2002 Posts: 9082	D danlovestikis Posted posted on Sun, Jun 2, 2019 9:07 AM Hamo yes, the three tallest have sold and shipped out to Eric Allred who will wire them for use at his home. I don't wire them. ============================================= Wish List #8 Phase 4 continues with a mug that was a challenge. Here are some of the many steps. MadDogMike would have done a perfect mug without problems. He would have used underglazes. Then he would have fired it and when cool dunked it in water. That would have shown him if there were any imperfections. If not he would have painted on the clear glaze and fired it the last time. If I had a small kiln I would have done his wonderful method. Instead I did a whole lot of work and ended up with a less than perfect mug for which I charged half of what I would have if it had turned out better. Here are my messy steps that I DO NOT recommend anyone follow. That is why I pulled them out of my glazing catch up files because they were here there and everywhere in them. These steps were done from 5/1/19 to 5/28/19 with work done almost every day. The Rainbow for the LGBTQ community was the inspiration requested. I found the glazes that were close to the image. I would do a layer and put the mug out in the sun to dry and then I would do more. Each color had to be done in three layers so I was in and out of the house a lot. This is the mistake I made. I felt that where the groves were the glazes didn't come together in a straight line. I asked if I could separate each color with this black liner which is an underglaze. The answer was yes so I proceeded to draw it in. It was a bit wobbly. Once it was finished I let it dry and then did some touch up glazing. I checked it over and I was happy. Once the face was done and it was all dry I glazed it with three layers of clear. When it fired the black product moved and made defects. So Dan dremmeled them off and I re-glazed the mug and we fired again. The dremmeling and firing took place a couple of more times until it was as good as it would get. The flash has bleached the colors. The mug has shipped to the owner. I will know in a few days if he is happy. That product worked well for the South Pacific Moai plate project. I will only use it that way in the future. Cheers, Wendy

Hamo yes, the three tallest have sold and shipped out to Eric Allred who will wire them for use at his home. I don't wire them.

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Wish List #8 Phase 4 continues with a mug that was a challenge. Here are some of the many steps.

MadDogMike would have done a perfect mug without problems. He would have used underglazes. Then he would have fired it and when cool dunked it in water. That would have shown him if there were any imperfections. If not he would have painted on the clear glaze and fired it the last time. If I had a small kiln I would have done his wonderful method. Instead I did a whole lot of work and ended up with a less than perfect mug for which I charged half of what I would have if it had turned out better.

Here are my messy steps that I DO NOT recommend anyone follow. That is why I pulled them out of my glazing catch up files because they were here there and everywhere in them.

These steps were done from 5/1/19 to 5/28/19 with work done almost every day.

The Rainbow for the LGBTQ community was the inspiration requested. I found the glazes that were close to the image.

I would do a layer and put the mug

out in the sun to dry and then I would do more.

Each color had to be done in three layers

so I was in and out of the house a lot.

This is the mistake I made. I felt that where the groves were the glazes didn't come together in a straight line.

I asked if I could separate each color with this black liner which is an underglaze. The answer was yes so I proceeded to draw it in.

It was a bit wobbly.

Once it was finished I let it dry and then did some touch up glazing.

I checked it over

and I was happy.

Once the face was done and it was all dry I glazed it with three layers of clear.

When it fired the black product moved and made

defects.

So Dan dremmeled them off and I re-glazed the mug and we fired again.

The dremmeling and firing took place a couple of more times until it was as good as it would get. The flash has bleached the colors. The mug has shipped to the owner. I will know in a few days if he is happy.

That product worked well for the South Pacific Moai plate project. I will only use it that way in the future.

Cheers, Wendy

Post #795476 by danlovestikis on Sun, Jun 2, 2019 9:07 AM