Post #753103 by danlovestikis on Sun, Oct 25, 2015 7:54 AM

kingstiedye you are so close to us that you should come over often. I just work clay and Dan needs to have some man talk!
I love looking at Kinney's paintings and now I know this one really well. He is so creative. I so glad that Jen Tiki asked if we could copy this bowl.

swizzle there is this weird phenomenon that when you finish the sculpture it feels finished. Then later you remember it has to be fired, glazed and fired again. Then the OH NO's set in. You go through that? I hope my brushes will fit into all the birds nooks and crannies.

hang10tiki thank you. It's so fun to play with clay and with good friends. I'm counting the days.

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Wish List #6 Progress Report.

Muskrat aka Keith Richardson asked if I could do a last minute alteration on his Moroccan Mole. First the arm amputation.

Next I made a tiny Tiki Bob.

I added clay to the back of the arm to make it rounder. I stuck it on and put the mug in his paw.

Side view.

Top view.

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Next Project.

A while back I did a wall plaque for Barbara Lawrence. Her next Wish was for a mug also with her mermaid logo on the front.

I didn't want to wrap her logo around a mug because the tail or mirror would be missing when looking at it straight on. What I did was add clay and make the mug shaped like an eye. That widened the front.

I cut out her logo and wet it and put it on the front of the mug so I could trace it.

Pealed off it left an easy way to get it right.

I added clay and

built it into a 3D image.

Her logo also has stars and dots. I first added all these dots of clay.

Next I carved each one into a star.

All done.

This will be glazed with sparkles and will be a very pretty mug.

That's it for today. Thank you always for the visits and comments. Wendy