Post #653713 by danlovestikis on Fri, Sep 28, 2012 3:06 PM

Hi Friends, we are back from our chores so I thought I post before I get to work on the Wish List projects.

When dartharnie told me about the Tiki Farm contest I knew I'd have to at least try. Sometimes its faster to make something than to draw it so that's what I did. I made a mug.

My idea was to make a mug for Tiki Farm Collectors. So I used my hand as a model and went to work. Here it is.

I grabbed a mug.

I squeezed the mug so it couldn't get away.

I rolled out a flat piece of clay and outlined my hand.

I extended the length of the wrist.

Using my hand I better formed the fingers.

Close up.

I attached the hand to the mug.

Then I went to work on the face.

Here it is in front of some of Dan's Tiki Farm Collection.

Now I'll fine tune the mug and bisque fire it. Then I'll either glaze it and Dan may add it to his Tiki Farm collection or I'll hide the wording on the back, mold it and make this one of my original mugs. I could put requests on the back.

The texture for the mug is mold friendly. I would add wood grain or something else after it was cast.

Does anyone like this mug?

Cheers, Wendy

PS there are 2 hours 50 minutes left to vote on the crawl mug