Post #750903 by danlovestikis on Tue, Sep 15, 2015 8:49 AM

bkrownd living in Hilo you are surrounded by inspiration. If you can't do ceramics you can start as I did making thinkgs our of Sculpey clay. Here's an example of one of the first mugs I made with Sculpey.

I bought Sculpey on sale that's why it's in such crazy colors.

Painted with enamel. After awhile it became sticky. Spraying it with ceramic sealer took care of that problem.

Here it is next to a real Frankoma mug. Yep I made a super big one.

Sculpey can be baked to harden, for that I bought a convection oven and used it outside. You can't use your indoor oven because Sculpey is oil based and would ruin your indoor oven and the fumes would poison you. They ovens can be found for $100 on sale.

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Progress Report Wish List #6.

This is for Howard Dinits. I met him through facebook. He lived near the Lanai just as Woody's wife did so I've made mugs for both of them. For his version I removed the Eat Drink and Be Merry words and replaced them with the name of the place. The original mug had no words at all.

One project at a time. It's fun to go through the binder and select what I'll work on. It's time to do that again!

Cheers, Wendy