Wendy Cevola - New colors of the Frank mug by Frankoma now available. - Other Crafts

D danlovestikis Grand Member (8 years) Joined: Jun 17, 2002 Posts: 9082	D danlovestikis Posted posted on Fri, Nov 25, 2011 9:47 AM Hi zerostreet, umeone and Kele. Thanks for taking a look. That was so much fun to revisit the fact the Sven wanted my mug. UPDATE AND RECAP ON THE PROGRESS OF THE TIKI RESIN CHUNK LAMP PROJECT THE CLAY PATTERNS WERE DELIVERED TO ROGER AND WITH FURTHER ASSISTANCE FROM MIGUEL ANDRADE THEY PREPARED THE PATTERNS FOR THE MOLD AND THEN CASTINGS WERE PRODUCED TO GO INTO THE TIKI LAMPS THIS IS ROGER BODINE HE STARTED AND OWNED LAGUNA LAMPS. HE DESIGNED ALL OF THE ROCK CHUNK LAMPS AND AFTER HIS BUSINESS BURNT TO THE GROUND HE SOLD IT ALL. HE DISPLAYED HIS LAMPS IN THE FESTIVAL OF ARTS IN LAGUNA BEACH, CALIFORNIA. HIS CURRENT DESIGNS FOR SALE ON ETSY 2011. THESE ARE THE CLAY SCULPTURES THAT I BROUGHT TO LIFE FROM ROGERS VISION AND INSTRUCTION AS TO DETAIL AND TEXTURE (I fess up he taught me to use sandpaper) Before proceeding to make the rubber mold Roge called the company that makes Romo sculpting clay. He asked them it it would inhibit the cure of the rubber mold material. He was told that it wouldn't. They were not correct in giving that assurance. The mold did not set and was mush for 2 weeks and had to be discarded. The pink mold shows that it is still slimy where it touched the clay. Miguel was able to save the sculpts from this mess and to proceed to make new rubber molds with a different mix of chemicals. From the blue molds Miguel was able to cast the master's with all the detail. Next step. Miguel cast each of the heads. The God of Light The Easter Island Moai Next step was to place the head into a mold and pour resin and add the resin chunk rocks. Another design element that Roger came up with was to add lava rock boarders. He will also add this rock along the seams when the panels (4) are attached. Stay tuned for more photos next week. To check out the rest of Rogers Lamps see his etsy pages. http://www.etsy.com/listing/82524611/handmade-colored-and-crystal-resin?ref=sr_gallery_1&ga_search_submit=Search&ga_search_query=resin+rocks&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_ship_to=US&ga_search_type=supplies&ga_facet=supplies http://www.etsy.com/shop/ArtLampDesignByRoger?page=1 I watch their project the same way you do. They send photos and I post them here. I had such a tiny part to play but the thrill for me is huge! Cheers, Wendy “Wendy gets the credit for sculpting the Tiki and Easter Island heads. Without the heads in the Tiki Lamps, passion would be missing”…….Roger [ Edited by: danlovestikis 2011-11-25 12:40 ]

Hi zerostreet, umeone and Kele. Thanks for taking a look. That was so much fun to revisit the fact the Sven wanted my mug.

UPDATE AND RECAP ON THE PROGRESS OF THE TIKI RESIN CHUNK LAMP PROJECT

THE CLAY PATTERNS WERE DELIVERED TO ROGER AND WITH FURTHER ASSISTANCE FROM MIGUEL ANDRADE THEY PREPARED THE PATTERNS FOR THE MOLD AND THEN CASTINGS WERE PRODUCED TO GO INTO THE TIKI LAMPS

THIS IS ROGER BODINE HE STARTED AND OWNED LAGUNA LAMPS. HE DESIGNED ALL OF THE ROCK CHUNK LAMPS AND AFTER HIS BUSINESS BURNT TO THE GROUND HE SOLD IT ALL. HE DISPLAYED HIS LAMPS IN THE FESTIVAL OF ARTS IN LAGUNA BEACH, CALIFORNIA.

HIS CURRENT DESIGNS FOR SALE ON ETSY 2011.

THESE ARE THE CLAY SCULPTURES THAT I BROUGHT TO LIFE FROM ROGERS VISION AND INSTRUCTION AS TO DETAIL AND TEXTURE (I fess up he taught me to use sandpaper)

Before proceeding to make the rubber mold Roge called the company that makes Romo sculpting clay. He asked them it it would inhibit the cure of the rubber mold material. He was told that it wouldn't. They were not correct in giving that assurance. The mold did not set and was mush for 2 weeks and had to be discarded. The pink mold shows that it is still slimy where it touched the clay.

Miguel was able to save the sculpts from this mess and to proceed to make new rubber molds with a different mix of chemicals.

From the blue molds Miguel was able to cast the master's with all the detail.

Next step. Miguel cast each of the heads.

The God of Light

The Easter Island Moai

Next step was to place the head into a mold and pour resin and add the resin chunk rocks.

Another design element that Roger came up with was to add lava rock boarders. He will also add this rock along the seams when the panels (4) are attached.

Stay tuned for more photos next week. To check out the rest of Rogers Lamps see his etsy pages.

http://www.etsy.com/listing/82524611/handmade-colored-and-crystal-resin?ref=sr_gallery_1&ga_search_submit=Search&ga_search_query=resin+rocks&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_ship_to=US&ga_search_type=supplies&ga_facet=supplies

http://www.etsy.com/shop/ArtLampDesignByRoger?page=1

I watch their project the same way you do. They send photos and I post them here. I had such a tiny part to play but the thrill for me is huge!

Cheers, Wendy

“Wendy gets the credit for sculpting the Tiki and Easter Island heads. Without the heads in the Tiki Lamps, passion would be missing”…….Roger

[ Edited by: danlovestikis 2011-11-25 12:40 ]

Post #615207 by danlovestikis on Fri, Nov 25, 2011 9:47 AM