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 Wed, Sep 16, 2015 9:37 AM lunavideogames at the time those were some of the craziest mugs I'd ever made. I was thrilled when they didn't explode in the kiln. I've been using the same techniques ever since. Thank you so much for the photos. It's a blast for me to see those mugs again. =========================== Time to update the Wish List #6 projects. First off are two simple secret mugs for a wedding. A hibiscus flower in the near the face of the bride and one one the front of the groom. Their names are large on the backs but I can't show them or who these were made for because they will be a surprise. When in Maui I bought this wood carving that I could use as a reference for the flower. The bride will be all white and the groom will be black except for the face. I haven't been told the flower color yet. On the bottom I will leave an unglazed area where a felt pen can be used to write the actual wedding date which hasn't been set yet. =============================== The next project is for Tyber Tiki. He has been searching for the vintage mug for a long time and decided to have me make one customized for him. I'm so happy that I sculpted and molded three styles of fogcutter mugs. I used to have to add clay to cover a Tiki Bob so I could us it as a base. Now I just get to work. I started with the lettering which is super hard. I did my best to match the style of the original mug. This says Tyber Tiki. Then onto the top of the mug decoration. He requested that the eyes be changed to coffee bean eyes. That's a style I like too. Then I began to build the mouth. I forgot to take a photograph but the next one shows the addition along with the nose I added. The mug sat overnight in a plastic bag to let this clay firm up for carving. Now it's ready to carve. First I did the lips. Next the teeth. I added the body and here's how the front of the mug looked so far. Now after it sat overnight I began to carve the leaves aka hair. On the backside I was back to working on those difficult letters. I added the name of the bar. Then I continued on with the background carving. Finished and I await the opinion of Tyber Tiki. Did I fulfil his wish or is it a bust? Close up of the face I lived with for so many days! Fingers crossed, Wendy

lunavideogames at the time those were some of the craziest mugs I'd ever made. I was thrilled when they didn't explode in the kiln. I've been using the same techniques ever since. Thank you so much for the photos. It's a blast for me to see those mugs again.

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Time to update the Wish List #6 projects.

First off are two simple secret mugs for a wedding. A hibiscus flower in the near the face of the bride and one one the front of the groom. Their names are large on the backs but I can't show them or who these were made for because they will be a surprise.

When in Maui I bought this wood carving that I could use as a reference for the flower.

The bride will be all white and the groom will be black except for the face. I haven't been told the flower color yet.

On the bottom I will leave an unglazed area where a felt pen can be used to write the actual wedding date which hasn't been set yet.

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The next project is for Tyber Tiki. He has been searching for the vintage mug for a long time and decided to have me make one customized for him.

I'm so happy that I sculpted and molded three styles of fogcutter mugs. I used to have to add clay to cover a Tiki Bob so I could us it as a base. Now I just get to work.

I started with the lettering which is super hard. I did my best to match the style of the original mug. This says Tyber Tiki.

Then onto the top of the mug decoration.

He requested that the eyes be changed to coffee bean eyes. That's a style I like too. Then I began to build the mouth. I forgot to take a photograph but the next one shows the addition along with the nose I added.