Post #764069 by danlovestikis on Sat, May 21, 2016 8:46 AM

SACRAMENTO CRAWL MUG 2016 SIGN UP NOW! This is my best bargain, a huge mug for $85 plus shipping unless you attend the crawl.

To have the wording be 3D I built a platform for the word THE.

I used the paper to draw and outline and then I carved around it.

Here it is roughed out.

Now I will do the same with the large word TROPICS.

In place.

I use a sharp cutting tool to get through the paper and clay.

I'm gone cutting and

then I removed the paper and smoothed the clay. The tool that is in front is my favorite wooden tool for clay work. I have had it since the 1960's. Once in awhile I sand it to sharpen the edges. I've never found another one. I treasure this tool. You can find both ends separately just not together and in this hard wood.

Done.

Now I trace Sacramento.

Then I carve it out and add the next band of bamboo just like in their ad.

Here's 2/4ths of the pineapple started but not finished.

There will be more steps to getting these areas finished.

Now I'm getting past thinking of the artichoke. Wendy