Post #750688 by danlovestikis on Fri, Sep 11, 2015 8:19 AM

Hi Friends, here's our super fast 2 day trip.

We drove past Mount Shasta and the lake. The water level in the lake was shockingly low and so little snow on the the mountain it looked parched.

We were there for a 5 hour long family reunion to see the newest addition to our family and

her brother who is now 2. I hugged everyone and we told stories.

The next morning we headed home. We did stop to look for tikis in Redding, California but didn't buy any since we had these.

We already miss our family but were so happy to have this time. Now it's back to the Wish List projects.

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kingstiedye aka Bullet here's your first update.

Carving letters into clay is hard. To make it easier I gave myself more space. I cleaned up this fogcutter mug and

then I widened the bands on the top and bottom.

Here are the pictures that Bullet requested be used for the front and back of the mug.

I started with the back. I held the picture to the clay and pressed in an outline.

I carved it using a wooden stick that I sanded into shape and smoothed each design with a wet paintbrush.

This is the backside of the mug.

Next I will tackle the front side as shown in the other photo. I like to be challenged and this is a good one.

Cheers, Wendy