Post #755219 by danlovestikis on Fri, Nov 27, 2015 8:08 AM

hang10tiki Happy Holidays

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Wish List #6 progress report. This Rat Fink holding a Moai tiki mug is for Cole Unger. He said to just make him a mug so here's what I did for him. I hope he likes it.

I started with one of my fogcutter blanks. I built out a platform for his feet to rest one with the toes over the end.

Working from the bottom up I know I'll not run out of room. Next came the bent legs, tail and shorts bottoms.

Next the belly. All the time I'm thinking don't allow any tiny air bubbles to get in there behind the added clay.

Now the head.

I built a shoulder and added an arm here

and an arm there then

the Moai mug.

I built the bottom jaw and added teeth. Next comes the top of the head with the nose. There are days between parts being added so that the clay can firm up. It's not all done at once.

Attached and smoothed.

Ears eyes and nose tip.

Now he's posing.

Now I've added the design to the rest of the mug and guess what he's posing again!

All done and slowly drying. On fb Von Franko did a wonderful drawing of crying over a dead rat vink. He used a program to bring it to life. Chippy did the same thing to his Hot Tub Hula Girls and I posted it on my fb page. If you haven't already ask to friend me.

Thank you for the Holiday Visits. Wendy