Post #764146 by danlovestikis on Mon, May 23, 2016 9:30 AM

hang10tiki looks like we all have written a book. I get messages from those who have read it and are working on their first mugs. My goal achieved but I'm not ready to stop. I have so much more to share.

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SACRAMENTO CRAWL MUG 2016 THE SCULPTING FINISHES WITH THESE PHOTOS.

Now it was time to start on the pineapple's surface.

I did all the lines in one direction using a piece of paper.

The I turned the paper and went back in the other direction.

Done.

Using this tool I started to work to bring in the side of each square.

Next I filled them in with more clay and then smoothed it into a mound.

Now I added more clay and

shaped it.

The last clay is added and shaped.

I also turn my sculpts upside down to finish them off.

I make sure there are no areas where plaster can run in and lock when making the mold. I added texture to each area.

I hope you think it looks like a pineapple from the backside.

Here are all the sides completed. The top will greatly change once it is cast and I re-work it.

This is many days worth of work. My hands wouldn't tolerate working this hard clay for more than a couple of hours a day.

It was great to get to this place and to know I can make the mold. That's going to be next.

I guess you can see why I start in January to get the crawl mug finished by October.

Cheers, Wendy