MadDog Mike's Platterful of Pupule - 6 ft Concrete Moai Done! - Other Crafts

M MadDogMike Grand Member (8 years) The Anvil of the Sun Joined: Mar 30, 2008 Posts: 11103	M MadDogMike Posted posted on Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:32 PM Thanks Clarita & Robb. Yep Clarita, I'm hooked - I'm lovin' this clay stuff! I work 12 hr. shifts so I don't do much else on the days I work, but I play in the mud almost every day I'm off. My family is infatuated with Captain Morgan. Not his rum, mind you, but the Captain himself. It's not a family vacation unless we take a picture in front of some tourist attraction in the famous "Captain Morgan pose". So it came as no surprize that I opened a pair of CM lounge pants for Christmas. The PJs are cool but, more importantly, they came in a rum barrel shaped tin. I rolled out some clay, wrapped it around the tin, and let it harden a bit. Then I cut it down both sides, seperated the halves, removed the tin, and rejoined the halves (a trick I learned from Babalu, the TC Clay Mentor). I have some cleanup and detail work to do after it hardens some, then pray to the clay gods as it dries - it's pretty thick in parts of the cannon handle so it'll have to dry slowly. It's a big one, 6 inches tall and about 40 ounces. Working on a Captain Morgan face medallion to go inside the bottom of the mug. Blurring the fine line between art and crap. [ Edited by: MadDogMike 2009-01-02 18:25 ]

Thanks Clarita & Robb. Yep Clarita, I'm hooked - I'm lovin' this clay stuff! I work 12 hr. shifts so I don't do much else on the days I work, but I play in the mud almost every day I'm off.

My family is infatuated with Captain Morgan. Not his rum, mind you, but the Captain himself. It's not a family vacation unless we take a picture in front of some tourist attraction in the famous "Captain Morgan pose". So it came as no surprize that I opened a pair of CM lounge pants for Christmas. The PJs are cool but, more importantly, they came in a rum barrel shaped tin. I rolled out some clay, wrapped it around the tin, and let it harden a bit. Then I cut it down both sides, seperated the halves, removed the tin, and rejoined the halves (a trick I learned from Babalu, the TC Clay Mentor). I have some cleanup and detail work to do after it hardens some, then pray to the clay gods as it dries - it's pretty thick in parts of the cannon handle so it'll have to dry slowly. It's a big one, 6 inches tall and about 40 ounces. Working on a Captain Morgan face medallion to go inside the bottom of the mug.

Blurring the fine line between art and crap.

[ Edited by: MadDogMike 2009-01-02 18:25 ]

Post #426808 by MadDogMike on Fri, Jan 2, 2009 4:32 PM