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 20, 2016 8:50 PM hang10tiki too much saturated fat! =============================== I received a message asking if I could make 150 tiki mugs for a wedding occurring in October. I said if you mean October 2017. NOPE this October. So then I asked what is the least number of mugs you could go with and the answer was a reasonable 15. OK the only way I could do this is if there were supercarved Tiki Bob's because I made four molds of my Tiki Bob sculpt. They agreed and I added this to my work day with Dan helping. First off all molds should be checked every 10 minutes and if the clay level is getting near the top of the mug then you need to top it off. I keep doing this until it is time to pour out the remaining liquid slip. This opening is so small that I have to dig out the firm slip so that I can pour out the slip without it glugging. If it glug glug glugs then the sides will collapse because the slip is pulling on them as it leaves the mold. After years of messing with these I decided to risk a mold to see if I could make the opening larger. I carefully chiseled away some plaster Much better but I will still be topping it off. So I put all four Tiki Bob molds together to get them ready to fill with slip. But first I must fill in all the places between each piece with soft clay to prevent leaks. All four are leaky molds. They are the first I ever made and they also have been used a lot. So that the clay doesn't stick to the table and pull loose I put a dry paper towel under each one. Now they are filled. 2 hours later we poured out the still liquid slip. They are placed upside-down for the night. The next morning I opened the molds and had the first 4 Tiki Bob's. You can see all the slip that moved between the pieces. All of this must be cleaned off before it dries. The little bits that are left are what makes the mold leak by separating the pieces with their presence. Now the molds are clean and must dry over-night with the fans blowing on them. Cheers, Wendy

hang10tiki too much saturated fat!

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I received a message asking if I could make 150 tiki mugs for a wedding occurring in October. I said if you mean October 2017. NOPE this October. So then I asked what is the least number of mugs you could go with and the answer was a reasonable 15. OK the only way I could do this is if there were supercarved Tiki Bob's because I made four molds of my Tiki Bob sculpt. They agreed and I added this to my work day with Dan helping.

First off all molds should be checked every 10 minutes and if the clay level is getting near the top of the mug

then you need to top it off. I keep doing this until it is time to pour out the remaining liquid slip.

This opening is so small that I have to dig out the firm slip so that

I can pour out the slip without it glugging. If it glug glug glugs then the sides will collapse because the slip is pulling on them as it leaves the mold.

After years of messing with these I decided to risk a mold to see if I could make the opening larger.

I carefully chiseled away some plaster

Much better but I will still be topping it off.

So I put all four Tiki Bob molds together to get them ready to fill with slip.

But first I must fill in all the places between each piece with soft clay to prevent leaks.

All four are leaky molds. They are the first I ever made and they also have been used a lot. So that the clay doesn't stick to the table and pull loose I put a dry paper towel under each one.

Now they are filled.

2 hours later we poured out the still liquid slip.

They are placed upside-down for the night.

The next morning I opened the molds and had the first 4 Tiki Bob's.

You can see all the slip that moved between the pieces. All of this must be cleaned off before it dries. The little bits that are left are what makes the mold leak by separating the pieces with their presence.

Now the molds are clean and must dry over-night with the fans blowing on them.

Cheers, Wendy

Post #765283 by danlovestikis on Mon, Jun 20, 2016 8:50 PM