Post #623458 by Tiki Tonie on Fri, Feb 3, 2012 10:51 AM

Oh my gosh!!! Thank you very much for the comments. I was so nervous about posting the pictures. It's one thing when your little girl likes your mug, but putting it out there to the Tiki Community...Scary.

The only thing I know for sure regarding glaze is, the dog tags will be painted after the glaze in gold. I'd appreciate your thoughts on the glaze. I'm thinking, not too many colors, but I kind of wanted the teeth in white and the eyes and nose in black and of course the body in a golden brown. Do you think that's too many colors?

Wendy,
Thanks for recommending that I document my step by step. I totally forgot to do that when I was carving them (and I meant to). I think I'm going to use aluminum to make my mold box, like in your step by steps. That seems really efficient. I did use cone 04 for the originals and they're unglazed. Can you over mold soap a piece? That's my biggest fear that the plaster wont come off the original.

Thanks again to everyone! Your comments mean so much so please keep the advice and comments coming! Glaze suggestions are very welcomed!
If you know of issues making a mold from an unglazed piece, please let me know because I don't really know what I'm doing.