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 Thu, Jul 23, 2015 8:39 PM Biotron2000 I bet he's no longer sad now that he has a new home. I'm super happy that you like him and posted here. Thank you, Wendy hang10tiki I wonder what the woman's bathroom looks like. At first I thought you would yell into the cone to talk to another room. We are having fun, everyday is a tiki adventour. We watch the news and see people cut off going to Vegas on 15 due to the fire and then on 10 due to the bridge collapse. I would rather be trapped in Vegas, one of our favorite places along with our friends to hang out with. ============================ Back in 2012 I made a mug with a flame on top that I called The Zombie's Torch. It was based on this menu. I started by making 50 flames. Then I cast 30 of the mugs. The molds were bad and it took me hours on each mug to make them just right. So after 30 I quit. I sold those with the understanding that in the future I would finish the run so that I could use up the other 20 flames. Since I numbered the first 30 as 1/30, 2/30 I had to make the last 20 in different color combinations. I have finally finished. Now all the flames have been used. In the past I showed all the steps to the making of each mug and how much carving I had to do. For the last ones I glazed them and these photos show how I paint them with enamel. I have to paint them lying down so that the paint doesn't run. Once they have dried overnight I can stand them upright. Next I did the hair. All done. Next I painted the skirts. This required two layers and four days. All done. I used a skewer to do the tiny nipples. All done and drying. The Zombies on the reverse side needed two gold earrings and their teeth painted. The skirts are deep red but the flash makes them look pink. I started the flowers with a base coat. Done. Close up. They are done and they sit overnight until I can put them into the house oven to set the enamel paint. A view of some with the woman and then the Zombies fresh out of the oven and without the flames. This project took years to finish. I hope you all think they are worth waiting for! Wendy [ Edited by: danlovestikis 2015-07-23 20:53 ]

Biotron2000 I bet he's no longer sad now that he has a new home. I'm super happy that you like him and posted here. Thank you, Wendy

hang10tiki I wonder what the woman's bathroom looks like. At first I thought you would yell into the cone to talk to another room.

We are having fun, everyday is a tiki adventour. We watch the news and see people cut off going to Vegas on 15 due to the fire and then on 10 due to the bridge collapse. I would rather be trapped in Vegas, one of our favorite places along with our friends to hang out with.

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Back in 2012 I made a mug with a flame on top that I called The Zombie's Torch. It was based on this menu.

I started by making 50 flames. Then I cast 30 of the mugs. The molds were bad and it took me hours on each mug to make them just right. So after 30 I quit. I sold those with the understanding that in the future I would finish the run so that I could use up the other 20 flames.

Since I numbered the first 30 as 1/30, 2/30 I had to make the last 20 in different color combinations. I have finally finished. Now all the flames have been used.

In the past I showed all the steps to the making of each mug and how much carving I had to do. For the last ones I glazed them and these photos show how I paint them with enamel.

I have to paint them lying down so that the paint doesn't run.