Post #795688 by danlovestikis on Sat, Jun 15, 2019 1:35 PM

hang10tiki life is full of surprises but with ceramics you just wait for the shoe to drop now and then!!!

Sandbartender I like making tiki lamps, sold two today. This one is ready to crack up the side so it's just looking good in our dining room which is now a Tiki Bob room.

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I'm making headway. These glazing catch up photos are from 6/6/19 to 6/7/19. Two wishes for Fred Ferrer that were the right size to fill the kiln the rest of the way.

Here is the start of glazing the first piece. All the pieces we scrubbed in ice water in the winter have had glaze skips. So we are scrubbing them again in much warmer water and with hands that are not frozen. I hope it's better.

I chose these glazes to use for both pieces.

First I glazed the inside and then cleaned where it got some from pouring it out.

I glazed the bottom of the top opening in black lava so a rum sugar cube could be set on fire here. Or dry ice.

Layer number one.

I wanted these lines to be dark so they get extra layers.

I had hundreds of tiny glaze skips. I had to search for them from every angle and then paint them out.

This next layer will be one for most of the mug but two on the lines.

First coat is done and must dry before I continue the next day.

Here it is with a flash.

The next day I did another layer everywhere except where the tiny dotted areas are. I didn't want the glaze to fill them in.

I did more around the eyes and

then a forth layer on the lines.

Not done yet. Cheers, Wendy