Noobs and Mug Making! (new stuff!) - Other Crafts

W Weitz Member The Bay Area Joined: Jun 23, 2010 Posts: 29	W Weitz Posted posted on Wed, Jun 30, 2010 12:20 PM Alright, so like I said before, I had some sculepy III lying around. Here's basically what I did (for any one else that's learning and for picture-posty sake)! Wrapped some clay around a collecting vial (I'm an entomologist, I am). It's skinny shotglass sized. Cut some stuff out of rolled clay, added. More stuff! Oven baked, painted several layers, and glossed! Woo. travel sized! Alright, so yay, my first tiki thing. It was fun to do this as a sculpting and carving excercise. But frustrating as well because I'm used to working with ceramics clay and this polyurethane stuff is SO hard. That and you need alcohol to smooth it. And it was so tiny that I really couldn't smooth it. Ah well! I'm off to Japan on Monday and then I'll come back at the end of July to work in the actual studio. He needs a name :/

Alright, so like I said before, I had some sculepy III lying around. Here's basically what I did (for any one else that's learning and for picture-posty sake)!

Wrapped some clay around a collecting vial (I'm an entomologist, I am). It's skinny shotglass sized.

Cut some stuff out of rolled clay, added.

More stuff!

Oven baked, painted several layers, and glossed!

Woo.

travel sized!

Alright, so yay, my first tiki thing. It was fun to do this as a sculpting and carving excercise. But frustrating as well because I'm used to working with ceramics clay and this polyurethane stuff is SO hard. That and you need alcohol to smooth it. And it was so tiny that I really couldn't smooth it.
Ah well! I'm off to Japan on Monday and then I'll come back at the end of July to work in the actual studio.
He needs a name :/

Post #539935 by Weitz on Wed, Jun 30, 2010 12:20 PM