Post #636155 by danlovestikis on Sat, May 12, 2012 11:10 AM

Atomic Chick you get a big huge for that post next week at Caliente.

Sandra Dee I just got a great visit and hug from you thank you for adding a post too.

McTiki I just love surprising you. That's just the response I was looking for today.

Yesterday I spent it in the garage with clay up to my elbows. Here's what I accomplished. But as the story continues you'll see that ceramics may be one step forward and one step back.

Tiki Tonga Missionary's Downfall bowl. Hand built. His woman is in a pink sarong so the interior of this bowl will be pink too.




It's still pretty soft so I just roughed in where the stones will be carved.

Next up I built a Missionary's Downfall Alter with bowl. This maybe another one for Loki Tiki due to the sad story that follows.

I took out a new bag of clay. There is less of a chance that there will be an air pocket that will explode the item that way. I marked where I would start to remove clay for the alter and started scooping it out.

This looks like great modern art I should stop here and sell it for $100,000.

After scooping out a mountain of clay I got the form just right.

Close up.

Next I carved in all the stones.


The pillars are weak from being new. I used plastic wrap to support them as they dry.

The sad story. These take a lot of work. I'm not sure why but my guess is that the pillars are ticker and as they dry and shrink during the firing process they put stress on the thinner bottom of the alter.
I also made the bowl.

The sad story.
Out of the kiln this morning I found a crack on Loki Tikis alter. when I picked at it off came a larger chunk. I'll play with it to see what I can do. Meanwhile Loki Tiki will tell me if he wants to continue on with this project.

Dan's hungry so I have to stop now. Later today I'll try to post the photos of the glazed ceramics. I had a lot of success's too. Cheers, Wendy

[ Edited by: danlovestikis 2012-05-12 11:20 ]