Wendy Cevola - New colors of the Frank mug by Frankoma now available. - Other Crafts

D danlovestikis Grand Member (8 years) Joined: Jun 17, 2002 Posts: 9082	D danlovestikis Posted posted on Mon, Jun 6, 2016 8:53 PM lunavideogames it is really a huge task but I started Jan. 1st. The year I made the first crawl mug I started in August. I am still shocked that I got them made by October. hang10tiki your comment just made the mug better. cy this was a fun bowl to make. Now it's in and out of a plastic bag all day long. Slowly drying. I sure like your new guitar design. ============================ Sacramento Crawl mug. The next step is to sand and to fine tune 70 huge mugs. It's time to wear a face mask for hours. Over the years I've learned a few things. One the clay dust will just fall right off of a big plastic bag so I wear one over my lap. Two I use a knee pad or other soft surface to protect the mug when I sand. Three I stick a piece of tape between my eyebrows so that I don't frown and end up with deep lines. You all know by now to WEAR A FACE MASK to prevent dying. When I designed this mug I knew it would be a bear to sand and to glaze but I did it anyway. It is always good to have a sanding plan and to stick with it on every mug. That will prevent you from missing a part. So my first area to sand was between each leaf on the top. 8 areas x's 70 mugs ='s 560 areas to sand. Next I sanded all of the bent over leaves, top bottom and edges. 8 leaves x's 70 mugs ='s 560 leaves to sand. I couldn't take a photo to show it but I used fingers from both hands to hold each end of the mesh and then I pulled it back and forth like a saw. I did this with the mesh pulled forward and then with it pressed backwards. 16 of these to sand on every mug. 70 mugs ='s 1,120 of these semi-leaves to do. Then I sanded both sides of each leaf base. 70 mugs x's 16 surfaces ='s 1,120 of the sides to do. Now going around the tiki I sanded the bamboo, the tiki, the bamboo, the name, the bamboo. So for all 5 areas times 70 mugs this equals 350 large areas. Next I did the bottom. 1 bottom x's 70 bottom's equals 70. The last step was to sand the pineapple made of 44 squares times 70 equals 3,080 squares. The grand total is 6,860 parts to sand to fine tune 70 mugs. Do I look hot and tired? I will be sharing my work days ahead. This wasn't a fast task. Time to rest, cheers, Wendy

lunavideogames it is really a huge task but I started Jan. 1st. The year I made the first crawl mug I started in August. I am still shocked that I got them made by October.

hang10tiki your comment just made the mug better.

cy this was a fun bowl to make. Now it's in and out of a plastic bag all day long. Slowly drying. I sure like your new guitar design.

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Sacramento Crawl mug. The next step is to sand and to fine tune 70 huge mugs. It's time to wear a face mask for hours.

Over the years I've learned a few things. One the clay dust will just fall right off of a big plastic bag so I wear one over my lap. Two I use a knee pad or other soft surface to protect the mug when I sand. Three I stick a piece of tape between my eyebrows so that I don't frown and end up with deep lines. You all know by now to WEAR A FACE MASK to prevent dying.

When I designed this mug I knew it would be a bear to sand and to glaze but I did it anyway. It is always good to have a sanding plan and to stick with it on every mug. That will prevent you from missing a part.

So my first area to sand was between each leaf on the top.
8 areas x's 70 mugs ='s 560 areas to sand.

Next I sanded all of the bent over leaves, top bottom and edges.
8 leaves x's 70 mugs ='s 560 leaves to sand.

I couldn't take a photo to show it but I used fingers from both hands to hold each end of the mesh and then I pulled it back and forth like a saw. I did this with the mesh pulled forward and then with it pressed backwards. 16 of these to sand on every mug.
70 mugs ='s 1,120 of these semi-leaves to do.

Then I sanded both sides of each leaf base.
70 mugs x's 16 surfaces ='s 1,120 of the sides to do.

Now going around the tiki I sanded the bamboo,

the tiki,

the bamboo, the name, the bamboo.
So for all 5 areas times 70 mugs this equals 350 large areas.

Next I did the bottom. 1 bottom x's 70 bottom's equals 70.

The last step was to sand the pineapple made of 44 squares times 70 equals 3,080 squares.

The grand total is 6,860 parts to sand to fine tune 70 mugs. Do I look hot and tired?

I will be sharing my work days ahead. This wasn't a fast task. Time to rest, cheers, Wendy

Post #764744 by danlovestikis on Mon, Jun 6, 2016 8:53 PM