Post #733305 by danlovestikis on Wed, Dec 17, 2014 10:29 AM

cy thank you. This is why I do the Wish Lists. You never know what someone will want made and its fun to give it may best shot.

hang10tiki ahhh you all are so good to me.

tikilongbeach you are so right. It was fun to be asked and to keep it secret has been hard. But now it's out and my client is waiting to see if there will be another step forward.

Thank you for letting everyone know about the anniversary. I didn't know that or any of the facts you shared. Thank you.

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I carefully added the wood grain to each part of Homer trying to match the clients drawing.

I believe this finished off the sculpting part of the project.

NOW HOMER HAD TO SIT FOR MORE THAN TWO MONTHS TO DRY. I WOULD TAKE HIM OUT OF THE PLASTIC FOR AN HOUR AND THEN PUT HIM BACK IN. THIS WENT ON EVERY DAY, DAY AFTER DAY. I WATCHED FOR CRACKS.

I carefully sanded all of the mug. If that removed any of the wood grain I carved it back into the clay.

Into the kiln to fire. I had added so much clay. Would there be an air bubble that would blow him up like in the cartoon?

As I lifted the lid I hope he was in one piece. Success he was in one piece!

I scrubbed him really well and looked for cracks or missing pieces. So far so good.

After scrubbing all the projects for the Wish List were left to dry out a bit. You can see the other projects I was working on at the same time.

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Next up will be the glazing. Cheers, Wendy