Post #700936 by danlovestikis on Sun, Dec 1, 2013 9:29 PM

TikiHula you and Dan both. We women thank you.

LoriLovesTiki I'm so glad but remember these are imperfect Tiki Bobs. Thank you and you are welcome.

We are shipping tomorrow because today was Sunday. After I added the chord I had Dan box each one up. Then I came back with the addresses and affixed them on. So we don't know who gets which Tiki Bob. When you share then I'll know.

VampiressRN we missed you very much. It was a lot of fun.

hang10tiki that was one of the best so far. Not only did Dan laugh his head off so did our cat.

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Right now I'm in the process of making casts of things I'll need to fulfill the Wish List. I started before I opened it so I've also cast things that I'll just keep in bags until I need them in the future. So right now it's put the molds together, pour the slip, empty the slip, open the molds. Clean up the casts, bag them, dry the molds and then start all over again. Here's a few of our days.

Putting the molds together.

Checking the bags with casts in them.

Molds here are filled with slip and waiting 2 hours to be emptied and turned upside down.

The next day a Zombies Torch came out with the top too thin and with a hole.

I just took some sticky clay

and from the inside pressed it in place.

Then with water on my finger tip I smoothed it inside and out. Later I built the top up thicker and ready to hold a flame.

Opening more molds revealed more casts.

Another Zombie Torch. I am going to make the 20 I put off from the first run. However all 20 of these will be glazed as a special order mug.

The clean up of these out of the mold takes more than an hour.

An example is the amount of work to clean out between the arms and to carve the thumb and fingers into better shapes.

I re-carve all the grooves.

I make them all come up to the top rim.

Then I use water to "sand" all the lines and shapes.

One shelf is now full.

The Zombie Torches are paired with the flame that fits.

Tomorrow will be another day to stock up some more casts.

Thank you for the visit, Wendy