Post #372581 by Babalu on Tue, Apr 8, 2008 9:47 PM

Had to do my taxes yesterday, hence no clay work...tonight, however, I was able to texture all of the tentacles. The inside of this bowl is done. Now I can build up those last two mugs on the rim. I kept myself from building those last two mugs so that I could have more hand and arm room to reach around on the inside of the bowl and add the texture.

Paipo - Thanks man. I'm dying to see a couple pictures of your shop too...pleeeease post! :)

Cammo - Still gots some Oki's over here for you to glaze brother...come over and play.

OceaOtica - Thanks, my studio has been fun for me. As you can see, I'm into light. Where everyone else collects mugs around here, I have been collecting cheesy lamps for years. The electric bill is a little higher from burning bulbs all around my house all the time, but like one feels the need to spend the little extra to take long hot showers...I feel the little extra $ spent is totally worth it. Maybe I should start a "show off your lamps" thread over in Bildge? I bet lot's of TCers have some cool lamps?

Kate - Yay...you have some clay! Open the bag and dig in lady! Did you play in the mud as a kid? same thing really...this is dirt. Have fun! What type of clay did you buy? You can keep your clay work workable for a long time....keep the work moist as you go with a water spray bottle. Wrap your work in a plastic trash bag...double bag the work in the beginning as you put it away to rework later. Do you have any tools? If not, run down to Michaels, or someplace like that, and get one of their little beginner kits. You will get some wood tools and a wire to slice though the clay...If you don't have tools right now, that's ok...just dig into that bag of clay anyway. What would you like to build? maybe I can give you some pointers? Here are a few of my favorite tools...

Paipo, if your out there, I more or less use these same types of tools to work in that oil clay too.