Post #584196 by danlovestikis on Sat, Apr 9, 2011 9:31 PM

Hey zerotiki, congratulations on having a place to sell at Oasis 11. I do hope to see you there. You are Super, Wendy

I am currently working on two Shriner Bob's. Here are some steps I've done in making the hats.

This is the Cult Of The Eye Shriner Bob.

I shaped the hat and removed clay from the inside.

I like everything to be heavy so I left the walls thick.

I rolled out some clay and cut up a photo of the symbol.

I put the pieces on the clay and cut them out with a dental tool.

I dipped the pieces in slip and stacked them.

Once these are leather dry I can crave them flatter and add detail.

I cut out the straw hole so I could position the symbol directly across on the front.

I attached the symbol with slip and then I made the tassel and attached it with slip.

The slip goes everywhere, top sides and bottom. It's the best glue.

At the same time I've been working on the Aloha Shriner Bob. Here are some more steps.

I always have a bag of slip that was cut away from poured pieces. I like it to be mushy to firm. I use it to build what I need.

Here I have started to build the part of the hat that sit down into the opening of the mug so it will not slide off.

I may even add to this. I figure that out as I go.

Here's how it looked as I left it out to dry.

I have a lot of fine tuning to go on each of these projects and when they are completely done and dried it will be time to bisque fire them.

If you ever have questions I'd love to answer them to the best of my ability. Wendy