Post #752746 by danlovestikis on Sun, Oct 18, 2015 7:54 AM

Wish List #6 the end of the step by steps for the Octopus vs Tiki Bob mug.

lunavideogames here are the final steps to sculpting your piece. I've had two "I want one of these" so far. How do you feel about more being made? Yours says #1 on the bottom.

The next step was to carves around each tentacle attached to Tiki Bob. The tentacles need to look separate from his body, not blended in.

Next I started making all the little suckers. One by one and attaching them to the tentacles.

After they were all in place I painted clay slip around each one.

The tentacle suckers are under the octopus and as he lifted them at the tips he had to rotate the suckers toward Bob to trap him.

I cut a hole in the bottom of the octopus body.

I punctured the balloon and then removed it.

I smoothed it with water.

Pinup photo of Tiki Bob.

I protected him when I put him on his side. However I didn't want him to dry out so I quickly put a layer of plastic over the towel.

I carved in my information on the bottom.

He has been in and out of a plastic bag for weeks. He had to be dried very slowly. Now he's with friends. I need to make everything and dry them before I fire again. No deadlines.

He dried without cracking a major obstacle to get passed. Cheers, Wendy