Post #708298 by danlovestikis on Sat, Feb 15, 2014 11:09 AM

Tiki Hula were on for molding tomorrow.

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Here are the rest of the steps for making the Sacramento Crawl mug for 2014. PM me with orders please.

I Buzzy just scored a matchbook from this place.

I decided to cut into the coconut to give the side some depth.

Then I added clay to do the same on the front of the tiki.

I'm trying to match the picture as close as I can while keeping it mold friendly.

I doubt that all the scratches will show up and I'll have to add them to each mug by hand.

What's a coconut without its three dents?

Next for the back I decided to make Sacramento CA and to make it huge.

Done.

Dan helps me all the time so I'm adding his name to the Crawl mugs as a thank you.

I started to add indentations.

At this point Dan said I thought you were making a coconut not a pumpkin. See how much I need him.

Ok so I fixed it.

I put my hand in this photo so you can judge size. It will shrink 10 percent in drying and firing.

Pinup photos of the five years of crawl mugs in order. 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014.

In these photos I've wrapped cloth around the top that will be cut off.

I've already made 10 tweaks to the mug. I removed the deep groove next to the tikis face and I've fine tuned the face and body. Tomorrow we will mold this mug and I'll have more photos for you then.

Cheers, Wendy

[ Edited by: danlovestikis 2014-02-15 11:27 ]

[ Edited by: danlovestikis 2014-02-16 09:40 ]