VanTiki Mugs: Octopus Time Lapse - Other Crafts

V VanTiki Member Hawaii Joined: Nov 25, 2005 Posts: 1046	V VanTiki Posted posted on Tue, Sep 16, 2008 7:08 PM Aloha folks - Finally back from Colorado. My lips have soaked up the humidity like a sponge, and no longer feel like ancient beef jerky coated in rock salt. Yeah. Other than that, Colorado was amazing and we had a great time. But hey - this thread is for mugs! I had to give these bisqued pieces a good dusting before I could begin the glazing process. They've been sitting around waiting for glaze for over a month! Here are the Hollow Log Brothers freshly glazed. I'll be firing them tomorrow. This clay body will turn a off white/tan/grey, and the interior glaze is a radiant gloss red. I dunno if you recall from my earlier posts, you can drink out of these fellows from their top-most cut off branch. Thursday night I'm finally getting around to a mug commission for thesneeze.com and over the weekend I hope to get the paper clay I bought freed from its plastic bag prison. I imagine it smells pretty terrible by now. Going for a very worn stained wood/antler look with these fellows. Will it work? I dunno - I just want them to make it thru the glaze firing in 1 piece! :) Mahalo for peeking (and for your patience - it has been far to long!) - Henrik "VanTiki"

Aloha folks -

Finally back from Colorado. My lips have soaked up the humidity like a sponge, and no longer feel like ancient beef jerky coated in rock salt. Yeah. Other than that, Colorado was amazing and we had a great time. But hey - this thread is for mugs! I had to give these bisqued pieces a good dusting before I could begin the glazing process. They've been sitting around waiting for glaze for over a month! Here are the Hollow Log Brothers freshly glazed. I'll be firing them tomorrow. This clay body will turn a off white/tan/grey, and the interior glaze is a radiant gloss red. I dunno if you recall from my earlier posts, you can drink out of these fellows from their top-most cut off branch. Thursday night I'm finally getting around to a mug commission for thesneeze.com and over the weekend I hope to get the paper clay I bought freed from its plastic bag prison. I imagine it smells pretty terrible by now.

Going for a very worn stained wood/antler look with these fellows. Will it work? I dunno - I just want them to make it thru the glaze firing in 1 piece! :)

Mahalo for peeking (and for your patience - it has been far to long!) -
Henrik "VanTiki"

Post #408252 by VanTiki on Tue, Sep 16, 2008 7:08 PM