Post #529700 by Babalu on Wed, May 12, 2010 10:22 AM

Mad Doggie - your muggy fired out fine...you want me to mail him out to you, or you planning a drive by?

leleliz - Why thank you for you nice comment...that's very kind.

Mashuka - YEAH! :)

JONEsEY!! - Glad you like'um...the brown one in below pics is yours brother.

Thank you Swizzle...I should have several more done soon.

Wendy - Thanks kid...you and Dan need to come down and see the studio...You should stop by when your down for Oasis.

LLT - Thanks buddy. I'm planning on putting the final touches on our platter done for the show/sale the at Oasis if that's cool?

GROG - Yay GROG!!!

Absolutely incredible! You are a master... Thanks for sharing your process, both thought process and creative process, on these cobras. Sometimes I feel as if you pros just magically create everything dead-on crazy perfect every time you touch something :) It's encouraging to know you are still experimenting/perfecting as you go... but I guess that's what true art is all about, right?

One question as I was reading through your cobra process: What do you mean by sculpting a 'casting'? You tried out three different styles from castings you made of the first mold after wiping away the details... what exactly is this 'casting'? Thanks!

Thanks Jason - A casting is what you would get after pouring slip (liquid clay) in to a plaster mold. My first attempts at this Cobra mugs plaster master mold were unsuccessful in that I lost quite a bit of the detail from the original sculpt in the mold. So as a quick fix...I wiped clean all trace of the scales from the bad castings and re-carved them back in...a little better look I think too. I spent some time reworking the master sculpt (scales and such), and have since re-done a few new molds on it...it looks like they will be fine. They are drying out now...

And yes...In my opinion, if any artist, at what ever level of experience in their chosen craft, never produces something they are not happy with, or might consider unsuccessful, they are not trying hard enough. We learn from our failures in art, and in every other aspect of life as well.

Mike - Hope you can make it to Lake George this year. Thanks man...

G - ga-ga goo-goo weee! - should be the name of a band :)

Hank - Thanks for popping in brother.

Buzzy - I think your new mug fired out nicely - good job. Now, go polish your log :lol:

Sir B - I've got some work ahead of me if I ever even want to think about giving you a 'what fer' - you the boss... Hey, I have your clay over here ready for pick up.

Okay, on with things...I have lots happening over here...helping Master Squids with a few things, and getting ready for Lake George and Oasis, but here are those replacement snakes all done...they turned out fine this time around :)

more soon...

[ Edited by: Babalu 2010-05-12 10:23 ]