Post #772756 by danlovestikis on Tue, Feb 7, 2017 8:14 AM

hang10tiki I am so happy that you have one in your collection. It is a treasure.

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Wish List #7 a Shark Attack mug. Oh how funny first it was Mars and now it's a Shark!
Well this one bit me.

Jamie aka Jay drew excellent pictures of her wish. I started with a nice firm tube mug.

I cut out the mouth.

This would be an easy project if it weren't also a drinking vessel. I needed to make a floor so that half the mug could hold a beverage.

So with a balloon in place to hold the clay I began to press in the floor.

I removed the balloon to see how it was working. So so but the whole mug was stealing water from this clay and becoming limp.

I used more balloons to hold it up while I started to build the sides.

I lay it on its back and added a paper towel to hold up the lower jaw.

I left it overnight to firm up.

The next day I looked at it and said to myself that this isn't working.

Time to quit and to scrap the clay.

I learn from every failure. I have since figured out how to do this project which I will share tomorrow.

Clay days are the best days.