Post #371895 by Babalu on Sat, Apr 5, 2008 8:02 PM

Hey Mooney, big thanks for bouncing in man! Your carving is rocking the house! keep up the great work.

Mudslinger, I am very honored that someone with 20+ years working in clay would like what I'm up to...Keep following, hopefully it will get even better.

Kelly, You know, for the most part, I gave up drinking about 15 years ago. However, If this bowl makes it through the drying and the 2 firings...I may just have to celebrate. :) Your Paradise Bowl will have 4 independent war bird mugs attached to the rim with removable heads (straws needed)...so basically, you are going to have to figure out a drink recipe for the mug areas on the bowl, and also the main bowl area...2 types of drinks - one bowl. Sounds fun huh? It's hard to go into all the details here on ceramics, but two main things to remember are...1. No air in the clay. One must work all of the air out of the clay while forming with it, or when firing, the trapped air in the clay will force it's way to the surface of the clay work causing a crack. 2. When joining two pieces of clay together, you want to try to use clay of the same moisture consistency (if you can), and score the clay (1st picture) so that the 2 pieces will adhere better.

I'm adding little buttresses under the rim where the main weight will be...