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Monthly Archives: August 2012
How to grout a mosaic table
Mixing grout. Choose a sanded grout if you want spaces between tiles. Choose un-sanded grout if the tiles are right up next to each other. Kind of weird looking when you grout but do not worry it all presses down … Continue reading
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How to make a mosaic table
Place tiles into your adhesive base. I like to give them a gentle twist to set them. I also take a foam grout took and press down slightly which makes a flatter surface. Trowel adhesive onto your surface. This is … Continue reading
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Table saw storage bench
My table saw has wheels and I do not use it often enough to have a dedicated space for it sooo. I made a big bench that fits over my table saw. It is very high but that is ok … Continue reading
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Garage logic
I thought I should post this quick ! It will never look like this again.
Majolica plate glaze results
Sunshine plate. Majolica base glaze on terra cotta clay. I sprayed it with stains . 1 part stain + 1 part frit 3124 The red is a mason stain called encapsulated red. On the yellow I added about 18 parts … Continue reading
Majolica glaze test with amaco velvet underglazes.
Top row – Arbuckle style majolica base. Amaco velvet under glaze colors: Turquoise,chartreuse,light green,radiant red,bright red,amythest, this is the test recipe for the last tile Stains-mixed one part stain one part 3124 frit + H2O stain colors: turquoise,pansy purple the … Continue reading
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Yarn bowls
Since we have been making majolica bowls lately we decided to make a yarn bowl. Check out the groovy spiral design where the yarn will come out I will have to think of a cute way to glaze these.
majolica tests
Ok, we went a little crazy making terra cotta patchwork bowls. They are turning out very nice. Now we are experimenting with different base glazes and also painting techniques. The plates are now in the kiln to test out the … Continue reading
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