Post #752367 by danlovestikis on Sat, Oct 10, 2015 11:09 AM

LoriLovesTiki thank you, I try to make them so they will last.

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Progress Report Wish List #6

Tiki Wahini ordered a Gilligan's Island mug. The step by steps begin.

I found a couple of reference photos.

In this one I noticed that the back of his cap is turned up. I'm going to use that photo for the cap.

This is the very helpful drawing from Tiki Wahini. Yep that's how she spells it here on Tiki Central.

Clay is too fragile to make the handle dimensions so small so I just did them as small as I could risk. I marked where each one would go.

I cut away the excess clay.

Next I used a whole bunch of different tools to form the shape.

I worked on the handles.

A few days later I was able to pick it up.

I took some pieces of wood and sanded them into different sizes for carving the words.

Started.

Brushed with a wet paintbrush to remove the sharp edges.

Now it will dry some before I try to fine tune the words.

Whew, so far I didn't break off any of the handles. Cheers, Wendy