Post #460303 by GO TIKI on Mon, Jun 8, 2009 8:30 PM

Thanks Babalu and RugyMatt, Here I'm working on a " Sculpting " A volcano bowl proto-type for a restaurant, The Volcano is hand sculpted, From a solid block of clay, Then molded, I added a relief of tikis, palms and villages, From a separate sculpt that I had " Sculpted " then molded, Then slipped them to the volcano, The bowl is wheel turned then molded into a ceramic mold, Because I want to make more of the same item, Not pressed clayed, Next are the KU's on the sides which where first molded out of a vintage home artist mold as a base, Then re-sculpted to fit the bowl, And re-molded again, Into a new mold, Next I added a logo of the restaurant which was " " should I say? Not making some artist production sculpts 100%, I'll skip that step, Next I used slip to attach all the finished pieces together at once, Next is to finish sand the bowl perfect, This step can take awhile, And in my opinion the most crucial, After Bisque, If it survives the kiln! Will be the reward of glazing! Which is a whole another experience in itself, I think Dani and Myself do some pretty cool glaze work? I hope this gives some more information than, Here's what I have been working on! Even though I don't really think I have to! I use many other steps to get to the look of what I want, I'm self taught I don't have a rule book! Cheers! Gogo