Post #740876 by RVICTOR on Tue, Apr 7, 2015 11:39 AM

Posting photos of last nights, and this mornings, work. I made a few small molds at home. The sculpts were made from oil clay. I used foam board and a hot glue gun to make the molds. There press molds. It was my first attempt at making a mold at home and I am pretty happy about the results. This is a good step in the process of getting more things made in less time.

The first one is one of my "take the beach with you" necklace sculpts.

The next was a random tiki face for necklaces

The next one is for a friend Darlene Stokes at work. Her mother "Dinky" recently passed away and I discovered this tiki in her front yard when I went to the funeral reception. She told me that she thinks her dad carved it before he passed. I took photos of it before I left.

I asked her permission to use the tiki for a subject for necklaces and, just maybe, mugs. She said that she would love it...so I started with the necklaces. Here is the mold and the first 4. I am calling this the Stokes Tiki in honor of their family. I plan on doing a necklace for her family members.

Mahalo for looking.