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 Mon, Nov 18, 2019 7:46 AM Wish List #8 Phase Four is nearing the end. I just have the enamel faces to paint and bake in the home oven and then it will be time to ship them. I want to finish them before I start posting. So here comes some projects and misc. things first. I've made around 8 of my hand carved Maori lamps and one jar which is now in the Grand Rapids Max's South Sea Hideaway. Two of them were for Dan. I start with a blank cast and then I add clay around the tiki and then when firm I carve the entire lamp top to bottom. That way no two lamps are the same. Dan looked at my glaze tiles and picked the glaze he wanted for this lamp. I've never been happy with how it turned out. This glaze hid so much of the carving detail. If you were in a darker room and the lamp was off the shadows showed up more depth. I convinced Dan to let me re-glaze it and then I took it apart. Recently I did a project with glaze layering and it turned out really well so I decided to do it here. I chose a Duncan CN Caribbean Blue under glaze that self glosses at the end so no clear is needed. I did one layer let it completely dry and then did a second layer. Before the second layer dried I scrapped off glaze on raised areas. Then I took a wet cloth and wiped it down some more. Out of the kiln I was super happy. I put it together again and here is how it now looked. The carving detail shows up well. I hope you all like it too. Wendy =================================================================================================================================== I have an add on and it's all about a lamp. The Summer Swap took place and I swapped with MadDogMike. It took forever but Dan hung the beautiful lamp that MadDogMike made for the swap. We were so lucky to have this for our home. We have been changing things so rapidly that we didn't know where it would go until now. We love it. This has been a dark corner of the room until now. It has a large amount of Dan's stereo equipment collection. They are all hooked up but now with the hanging lamp by MadDogMike it is lit up and easier for him to use. Here's a photo with a flash used. Thank you MadDogMike and I'm so sorry it took so long. We will enjoy it for many years to come and think of you when we do. Cheers, Wendy [ Edited by: danlovestikis 2019-11-18 10:25 ]

Wish List #8 Phase Four is nearing the end. I just have the enamel faces to paint and bake in the home oven and then it will be time to ship them. I want to finish them before I start posting. So here comes some projects and misc. things first.

I've made around 8 of my hand carved Maori lamps and one jar which is now in the Grand Rapids Max's South Sea Hideaway.

Two of them were for Dan. I start with a blank cast and then I

add clay around the tiki and then when firm I carve the entire lamp top to bottom. That way no two lamps are the same.

Dan looked at my glaze tiles and picked the glaze he wanted for this lamp.

I've never been happy with how it turned out. This glaze hid so much of the carving detail.

If you were in a darker room and the lamp was off

the shadows showed up more depth.

I convinced Dan to let me re-glaze it and then I took it apart.

Recently I did a project with glaze layering and it turned out really well so I decided to do it here.

I chose a Duncan CN Caribbean Blue under glaze that self glosses at the end so no clear is needed. I did one layer let it completely dry and then did a second layer.

Before the second layer dried I scrapped off glaze on raised areas.

Then I took a wet cloth and wiped it down some more.

Out of the kiln I was super happy. I put it together again and here is how it now looked. The carving detail shows up well.

I hope you all like it too. Wendy

===================================================================================================================================

I have an add on and it's all about a lamp. The Summer Swap took place and I swapped with MadDogMike.

It took forever but Dan hung the beautiful lamp that MadDogMike made for the swap. We were so lucky to have this for our home.
We have been changing things so rapidly that we didn't know where it would go until now. We love it.

This has been a dark corner of the room until now. It has a large amount of Dan's stereo equipment collection. They are all hooked up but now with the hanging lamp by MadDogMike it is lit up and easier for him to use.

Here's a photo with a flash used.

Thank you MadDogMike and I'm so sorry it took so long. We will enjoy it for many years to come and think of you when we do.

Cheers, Wendy

[ Edited by: danlovestikis 2019-11-18 10:25 ]

Post #798690 by danlovestikis on Mon, Nov 18, 2019 7:46 AM