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 Wed, Nov 20, 2013 9:59 AM TikiRootsRocka you are so right in all you said. hang10tiki is keeping up with the over the top Las Vegas style. We loved his place and LV is an eye feast. hang10tiki so that's where GROG is. I've been waiting for him to show up here. I hope he chimes in soon. ========================================================================================================= Yesterday was another fun day in this city. Dan played Santa at the chocolate factory. We visited the conservatory at the Bellagio. In front of the Bellagio we watched the fountain show. At the end of the day we went to see the movie Captain Phillips. Excellent in every way. I highly recommend this movie. ======================================================================================= Now back to tikis. I have a confession. Before we left for our vacation we began to pour some projects.I found that Hefty makes 2.5 gallon plastic bags. They fit most of what I would pour so I decided to get ahead on the Wish List. At the same time I had a bowl I wanted to make on Speculation. So lets get started. First I choose the molds that I wanted to work with and we strapped them together. Years ago I went through a number of catastrophes trying to make a mold of my Missionary's Downfall bowl. I ended up with this giant mold that I cut in half and then chiseled out the sculpt. In the end I couldn't cast a bowl from it and just set it aside. I didn't toss it out because of the cost of the mold, the loss of the sculpt and the fact we never got anything for all the labor. So now I pulled it out and took a chisel to the inside part. My plan is to make a volcano bowl with more than one volcano. I've also learned that you can stop leaks from molds from the inside as well as the outside. So here I've rubbed clay into the breaks between the two pieces. We buy our slip in half gallons so I can add water and mix it up with my hand and shaking to get the right consistency. When I leave bottled water in the car and it gets hot chemicals that are unhealthy leak into the water. They don't affect the clay to I add them to the slip. Also when I have to add clay to the bottom of a mold to prevent leaks I put a paper towel on the bottom before turning it upright. That way the clay doesn't stick to the table and pull loose. We poured the bowl. I have also poured a Zombie Torch mug for Mondo-By-The-Sea. When I made those mugs with the flame on the top I got totally burned out after 30. I said then that I had made the flame for 50 so in the future I would make 20 more special orders of this mug. So as part of the Wish List I will take orders for these but the mug will not have the background and zombie done in the same color as the first run of 30. Front and Back. But in other colors. I can also make a mug version without the flame. But again I can't do any colors that I've done in the past. Dan the "will work for tikis" man is back at it. ================================================================================================================== THE WISH LIST #4 FOR CUSTOM ORDERS IS OPEN FROM TODAY UNTIL SUNDAY NOVEMBER 24TH AT MIDNIGHT. RULES I will do my best to fulfill your wish or wishes. If I am unsuccessful I will not expect you to take it or to pay me. For an idea of what I have made please look on at Gallery for my work and examine page 1, 9 and 11. http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=35609&forum=21&start=0&149 http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=35609&forum=21&start=120&149 http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=35609&forum=21&start=last& You should send me a PM with instructions. I will send you my email address and request that you send photo examples or rough drawings. I will tell you the cost and then you may decline or tell me to proceed. I posted examples of costs back in 2012 and those are one page 116. I also do black velvet and regular acrylic paintings. NOTE I am not a business. I do not take deadlines so if it is for Christmas you would have to give the person an under construction promissory card. I have a huge kiln and I work in full loads so I work on all the projects in phases. So you'll see photos of your work and then it will go away while I do the same steps on other mugs or bowls. Sometimes it takes months before your project is finished. But it's all fun and you become part of the gang that has ordered for the current wish list. I also make my own spec projects along the way. I hope to hear from you! Cheers, Wendy [ Edited by: danlovestikis 2013-11-20 10:00 ] [ Edited by: danlovestikis 2013-11-20 10:06 ] [ Edited by: danlovestikis 2013-11-20 10:09 ] [ Edited by: danlovestikis 2013-11-21 11:00 ]

TikiRootsRocka you are so right in all you said. hang10tiki is keeping up with the over the top Las Vegas style. We loved his place and LV is an eye feast.

hang10tiki so that's where GROG is. I've been waiting for him to show up here. I hope he chimes in soon.

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Yesterday was another fun day in this city.

Dan played Santa at the chocolate factory.

We visited the conservatory at the Bellagio.

In front of the Bellagio we watched the fountain show.

At the end of the day we went to see the movie Captain Phillips. Excellent in every way. I highly recommend this movie.

=======================================================================================

Now back to tikis. I have a confession. Before we left for our vacation we began to pour some projects.I found that Hefty makes 2.5 gallon plastic bags. They fit most of what I would pour so I decided to get ahead on the Wish List. At the same time I had a bowl I wanted to make on Speculation.

So lets get started.

First I choose the molds that I wanted to work with and we strapped them together.

Years ago I went through a number of catastrophes trying to make a mold of my Missionary's Downfall bowl. I ended up with this giant mold that I cut in half and then chiseled out the sculpt. In the end I couldn't cast a bowl from it and just set it aside.

I didn't toss it out because of the cost of the mold, the loss of the sculpt and the fact we never got anything for all the labor. So now I pulled it out and took a chisel to the inside part.

My plan is to make a volcano bowl with more than one volcano.

I've also learned that you can stop leaks from molds from the inside as well as the outside. So here I've rubbed clay into the breaks between the two pieces.

We buy our slip in half gallons so I can add water and mix it up with my hand and shaking to get the right consistency. When I leave bottled water in the car and it gets hot chemicals that are unhealthy leak into the water. They don't affect the clay to I add them to the slip.

Also when I have to add clay to the bottom of a mold to prevent leaks I put a paper towel on the bottom before turning it upright. That way the clay doesn't stick to the table and pull loose.

We poured the bowl.

I have also poured a Zombie Torch mug for Mondo-By-The-Sea. When I made those mugs with the flame on the top I got totally burned out after 30. I said then that I had made the flame for 50 so in the future I would make 20 more special orders of this mug. So as part of the Wish List I will take orders for these but the mug will not have the background and zombie done in the same color as the first run of 30.

Front and Back. But in other colors.

I can also make a mug version without the flame. But again I can't do any colors that I've done in the past.

Dan the "will work for tikis" man is back at it.

==================================================================================================================

THE WISH LIST #4 FOR CUSTOM ORDERS IS OPEN FROM TODAY UNTIL SUNDAY NOVEMBER 24TH AT MIDNIGHT.

RULES

I will do my best to fulfill your wish or wishes. If I am unsuccessful I will not expect you to take it or to pay me.

For an idea of what I have made please look on at Gallery for my work and examine page 1, 9 and 11.

http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=35609&forum=21&start=0&149

http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=35609&forum=21&start=120&149

http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=35609&forum=21&start=last&

You should send me a PM with instructions. I will send you my email address and request that you send photo examples or rough drawings.

I will tell you the cost and then you may decline or tell me to proceed. I posted examples of costs back in 2012 and those are one page 116.

I also do black velvet and regular acrylic paintings.

NOTE

I am not a business. I do not take deadlines so if it is for Christmas you would have to give the person an under construction promissory card. I have a huge kiln and I work in full loads so I work on all the projects in phases.
So you'll see photos of your work and then it will go away while I do the same steps on other mugs or bowls.

Sometimes it takes months before your project is finished. But it's all fun and you become part of the gang that has ordered for the current wish list. I also make my own spec projects along the way.

I hope to hear from you! Cheers, Wendy

[ Edited by: danlovestikis 2013-11-20 10:00 ]

[ Edited by: danlovestikis 2013-11-20 10:06 ]

[ Edited by: danlovestikis 2013-11-20 10:09 ]

[ Edited by: danlovestikis 2013-11-21 11:00 ]

Post #699986 by danlovestikis on Wed, Nov 20, 2013 9:59 AM