D danlovestikis Grand Member (8 years) Joined: Jun 17, 2002 Posts: 9082	D danlovestikis Posted posted on Tue, Feb 11, 2014 10:51 AM DooWop I'm so happy that you are pleased. These posts make my day. Speaking of today, Ginger/Tina Louise who is on the mug turns 80 today. Imagine that. TikiRootsRocka thank you, your sculpting skills are terrific and you can do anything you want to do. I hope we see you on the 8th. ================================================================== The AL DEAD bowl has been drying for weeks. To prevent cracking due to one part drying faster than another I put extra baggies over the hair. I would uncover the bowl for an hour and recover in over and over again. Then one morning I found a crack on the top of the Fez. Flipping it over I found that, as suspected, it went clear through. I love this dental tool. I use it for so many things. Here I dig out the crack. If I left it alone until the entire bowl was dry it is possible that it would have continued to grow. I dug this much clay out a little at a time. No you can see clear through to the table top. I continued to dry the bowl day after day, covered and uncovered. Once the bowl was close to being dry throughout I carved the opening into a slope. I made a piece of clay that is concave like the original area. I made it larger so that it can shrink. I am now slowly drying this piece but keeping it covered and uncovered and flipping it over and back. Once everything is perfectly dry I will have more steps to share. When hang10tiki requested a Peanut Mug for his Honu Hideaway I cast one for Dan and one for Mahalo Tiki (it's his mold that I borrowed). I decided to alter Dan's into something new. Introducing the Rappa Maori mug copy write 2014! The original out of the mold from Mahalo Tiki. Adding on clay. View One. View Two. His Back. Well once again I need to get back to the clay to work on Wish List number four. I hope you are having a good day and that something joyful finds you. Cheers, Wendy PS what did I tell you about photos help to catch mistakes. I just saw a big one. I better fix it. RAPA MOAI is the right name. Did someone named iuzzifeli just highjack this thread? What's up with this? [ Edited by: danlovestikis 2014-02-11 14:27 ]

DooWop I'm so happy that you are pleased. These posts make my day. Speaking of today, Ginger/Tina Louise who is on the mug turns 80 today. Imagine that.

TikiRootsRocka thank you, your sculpting skills are terrific and you can do anything you want to do. I hope we see you on the 8th.

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The AL DEAD bowl has been drying for weeks. To prevent cracking due to one part drying faster than another I put extra baggies over the hair. I would uncover the bowl for an hour and recover in over and over again.

Then one morning I found a crack on the top of the Fez.

Flipping it over I found that, as suspected, it went clear through.

I love this dental tool. I use it for so many things. Here I dig out the crack. If I left it alone until the entire bowl was dry it is possible that it would have continued to grow.

I dug this much clay out a little at a time.

No you can see clear through to the table top.

I continued to dry the bowl day after day, covered and uncovered.

Once the bowl was close to being dry throughout I carved the opening into a slope.

I made a piece of clay that is concave like the original area. I made it larger so that it can shrink.

I am now slowly drying this piece but keeping it covered and uncovered and flipping it over and back.

Once everything is perfectly dry I will have more steps to share.

When hang10tiki requested a Peanut Mug for his Honu Hideaway I cast one for Dan and one for Mahalo Tiki (it's his mold that I borrowed).

I decided to alter Dan's into something new. Introducing the Rappa Maori mug copy write 2014!

The original out of the mold from Mahalo Tiki.

Adding on clay.

View One.

View Two.

His Back.

Well once again I need to get back to the clay to work on Wish List number four.

I hope you are having a good day and that something joyful finds you. Cheers, Wendy

PS what did I tell you about photos help to catch mistakes. I just saw a big one. I better fix it. RAPA MOAI is the right name.

Did someone named iuzzifeli just highjack this thread? What's up with this?

[ Edited by: danlovestikis 2014-02-11 14:27 ]

Post #707682 by danlovestikis on Tue, Feb 11, 2014 10:51 AM

Once everything is perfectly dry I will have more steps to share.