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 Sat, Jan 17, 2015 10:11 AM hang10tiki ohhhhh I wish my sculpt had been in those wonderful photos. Maybe when I have one carved??? Tyber Tiki thank you. It takes a crafters hand to figure out all the pitfalls. When I was in grade school I had sheets of wax, razor blades and matches as toys. I would build houses and cars using these three things. My mom was great, she taught me how to figure things out. This mold is really the easiest mold being only three pieces, it's just the size that was a challenge. ===================================================== Tyber Tiki you Wish step by steps continue.... Now that piece two of the mold has hardened the box is removed. I will not need it again. Instead as will show in another photo these two pieces are now held together by straps. The last piece is the bottom of the mug/lamp. I dug out the blocks first and then started on removing the clay and the piece of cardboard that covered my name. I should have not put so many bump locks on one side and none on the other. I started to carve one and stopped to put in a wet paper towel to catch the plaster crumbs. All done, now I have a lock on piece number two that will fill with plaster when this piece is poured. Mold soap layers added times 4. Since this is a small piece for the bottom be changed over to a bowl and hand mixer. I add the plaster slowly into the water. I use the spatula while Dan mixes. Once the plaster was just right poured in into the bottom hole slowly so all the lettering fills up without air bubbles. I didn't see the clay debris until I saw this photo. I hope it is trapped in the center of the plaster. I made little clay dams at the top where the two pieces join that way we can overfill that piece. The reason for overfilling is so I can rasp the bottom flat with all 3 pieces the same. Then the mold can be slid together upright. If that center piece were shorter that would be more difficult. This was one of the least messy days we have ever had, no leaks for trips or drops! After putting that away and washing the tarps Dan began his routine mopping of the garage floor. Clay dust is deadly so dusting our garage happens more frequently than dusting Dan's mug collection. The mold is made just a few more steps. Cheers, Wendy

hang10tiki ohhhhh I wish my sculpt had been in those wonderful photos. Maybe when I have one carved???

Tyber Tiki thank you. It takes a crafters hand to figure out all the pitfalls. When I was in grade school I had sheets of wax, razor blades and matches as toys. I would build houses and cars using these three things. My mom was great, she taught me how to figure things out.

This mold is really the easiest mold being only three pieces, it's just the size that was a challenge.

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Tyber Tiki you Wish step by steps continue....

Now that piece two of the mold has hardened the box is removed. I will not need it again. Instead as will show in another photo these two pieces are now held together by straps.

The last piece is the bottom of the mug/lamp. I dug out the blocks first and then started on removing the clay and the piece of cardboard that covered my name.

I should have not put so many bump locks on one side and none on the other.

I started to carve one and stopped to put in a wet paper towel to catch the plaster crumbs.

All done, now I have a lock on piece number two that will fill with plaster when this piece is poured.

Mold soap layers added times 4.

Since this is a small piece for the bottom be changed over to a bowl and hand mixer. I add the plaster slowly into the water.

I use the spatula while Dan mixes.

Once the plaster was just right poured in into the bottom hole slowly so all the lettering fills up without air bubbles.
I didn't see the clay debris until I saw this photo. I hope it is trapped in the center of the plaster.

I made little clay dams at the top where the two pieces join that way we can overfill that piece.

The reason for overfilling is so I can rasp the bottom flat with all 3 pieces the same. Then the mold can be slid together upright. If that center piece were shorter that would be more difficult.

This was one of the least messy days we have ever had, no leaks for trips or drops!

After putting that away and washing the tarps Dan began his routine mopping of the garage floor.

Clay dust is deadly so dusting our garage happens more frequently than dusting Dan's mug collection.

The mold is made just a few more steps. Cheers, Wendy

Post #735407 by danlovestikis on Sat, Jan 17, 2015 10:11 AM