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 Tue, Jan 13, 2015 10:28 AM hang10tiki what a wonderful view of Diamond Head. I miss that island and I miss you and Janelle. TikiAno thank you for the adorable photo. It's going to be fun watching him grow up. The first year is full of so many changes. My great nephew is 15 months and he knows how to throw down a football and raise his arms like a touch down. Too bad their Oregon team didn't win. I have broken a few metal ones over the years when the clay was too dry. I break the wooden ones on leather hard. It's so annoying. That mold has to be moved with leverage or it will break our backs! hang10tiki (o: hang10tiki Oh Oh Oh those are sooooooooooooooo cute. Tiki Ano you need to copy and paste them to your photo file. Show him these when he's a little older. You could make him a laminated book. hang10tiki these are so good. kingstiedye (o: ====================================================================== Tyber Tiki's Wish is being molded. Part II. I fill a bucket with the amount of water that I think will come close to filling the box to the level I want. Then we slowly add the plaster with the mixer going. When I start to see bubbles in the plaster I have Dan stop and I do a check. This doesn't have enough plaster. After adding more and mixing I check again. It doesn't take much to go from the first check to this one. Look at my thumb. It needs to be the consistency of buttermilk. The clay sculpture is soft so I had Dan pour slowly on the plastic end piece. I am making a 3 piece mold. Going... Going... Going... Going... Gone! Once we start to work with plaster we wear face masks. Even though it's been 45 minutes since we poured the first piece a flash photo shows the plaster dust floating in the air. This dust will turn to plaster in your lungs and never come back out. Breathing this is worse than smoking. Now that it has heated up and turned firm the boards can be removed. I then carve in a label. This M-15 is for Maori and the year. Later on I'll do this again with a crayon which shows up better. Part III tomorrow ================================================= Thank you all so much for the fun photos and messages. Jazzing up my thread helps keep it alive and right now IT's ALIVE! Cheers, Wendy

hang10tiki what a wonderful view of Diamond Head. I miss that island and I miss you and Janelle.

TikiAno thank you for the adorable photo. It's going to be fun watching him grow up. The first year is full of so many changes. My great nephew is 15 months and he knows how to throw down a football and raise his arms like a touch down. Too bad their Oregon team didn't win.

I have broken a few metal ones over the years when the clay was too dry. I break the wooden ones on leather hard. It's so annoying.

That mold has to be moved with leverage or it will break our backs!

hang10tiki (o:

hang10tiki Oh Oh Oh those are sooooooooooooooo cute. Tiki Ano you need to copy and paste them to your photo file. Show him these when he's a little older. You could make him a laminated book. hang10tiki these are so good.

kingstiedye (o:

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Tyber Tiki's Wish is being molded. Part II.

I fill a bucket with the amount of water that I think will come close to filling the box to the level I want. Then we slowly add the plaster with the mixer going.

When I start to see bubbles in the plaster I have Dan stop and I do a check. This doesn't have enough plaster.

After adding more and mixing I check again. It doesn't take much to go from the first check to this one. Look at my thumb. It needs to be the consistency of buttermilk.

The clay sculpture is soft so I had Dan pour slowly on the plastic end piece. I am making a 3 piece mold.

Going...

Gone!

Once we start to work with plaster we wear face masks. Even though it's been 45 minutes since we poured the first piece a flash photo shows the plaster dust floating in the air. This dust will turn to plaster in your lungs and never come back out. Breathing this is worse than smoking.

Now that it has heated up and turned firm the boards can be removed.

I then carve in a label. This M-15 is for Maori and the year. Later on I'll do this again with a crayon which shows up better.

Part III tomorrow

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

Thank you all so much for the fun photos and messages. Jazzing up my thread helps keep it alive and right now IT's ALIVE!

Cheers, Wendy

Post #735070 by danlovestikis on Tue, Jan 13, 2015 10:28 AM