Post #583528 by danlovestikis on Tue, Apr 5, 2011 4:13 PM

Today was super fun. The temperature in the garage was sublime. My cat kept me company along with Dan who played Hawaiian war chants which echoed from his man cave. I worked on all of my Tiki Bob orders and enjoyed every hour. I'm trying to have them all prepped by Friday so they can dry. Hopefully early next week I can get them bisque fired. Cheers, Wendy

8am

Working on a sombrero. Using clay cutters to get the size right for the mug.

Digging out excess clay to make room for the top of the mug.

Forming the shape of the sombrero.

After flipping back to the bottom of the hat I trimmed off the excess.

Using an antique butter paddle I further shaped the hat and added texture.

The tool that I used to dig out the clay isn't my usual tool but it was handy. I had just used it to make straw holes in two sombreros. I also made the inner rim taller so it would seat more firmly into its mug.
Now the sombrero stays like this while the clay dries more.
I got all the lines carved into the mugs that need them.

I completely finished the carving on ebtiki's Super Carved mug.

My last task was to form the base shape of the Fez hats. Just a great day.

[ Edited by: danlovestikis 2011-04-05 16:35 ]