Post #738837 by RVICTOR on Fri, Mar 6, 2015 8:43 AM

Posting like crazy because I have been working and not posting. Just trying to catch up. It's kind of nice having my work on Tiki Central so that I can show friends and family my work.

Here is the final product of a random miniature carving.

For this one, I tried making a random, oblong shape and carved a beach scene into it. After it was fired, I just did a black wipe off with underglaze and liked the way it looked, so I just fired it. I put an impression in the back that was big enough to be glued to a standard wooden dowel after shrinkage. I got one of these cheap wooden boards, drew random tapa designs on it with a permanent marker (need a wood burner) and did a stain and finish. It's a little bigger than a 4x6 photo, for reference of scale.

Then there is my son's project...He and his girlfriend are making a coffee table from pallets...and I'm helping them with it a bit but not trying too do too much. They are learning allot from it, like 1.) patience, 2.)planning, 3.)physical constraints, 4.) construction techniques, and 5.)and the amount of money and time you have to throw into something you thought would be "essentially free". There really doing a good job and I'm excited to see them interested in building things. They seem to really be enjoying it.