Post #643112 by danlovestikis on Sat, Jul 7, 2012 10:45 AM

zerostreet thank you for the hint on the wood. Someday we won't have the strength for ceramics and I'll just paint more. The Kon Tiki mug was a challenge to copy. I hope it is close enough.

hang10tiki it was the best 4th thank you.

Bloody Good how fun to hear that you saw my painting at the last Elroy Artspace show. I didn't hear much back on that and never knew who bought it. I'm hopeful of finishing this painting today. The Hapi Tiki likes his friends who come out at night.

My cat has a friend who "plays" with her non-stop all day. She squawks loudly but I enjoy the company when I'm in the garage. I just hope my cat is never in need of a treat during play time.

During the last Wish List I made this purple Bob bowl for Dan.

Yesterday I set it on the car hood and turned my back. I glaze the bottoms of my ceramics and this one was so slick it slid off the car.

Progress Report:

The new molds worked out just fine. I'll be making a new bowl design with this head.

The blank slips out of the mold without opening it.

As casts dry they shrink. When they are fired they shrink more. But right out of the mold this fits my hand. This can be modified into all sorts of mugs just like the Bobs.

I hope to finish this painting today. It needs tweaking of shadows for one example.

This is how it looks as of yesterday.

Now it's time to fine tune it. Elroy Artspace expects photos this weekend.

Cheers, Wendy