Post #773110 by danlovestikis on Sun, Feb 19, 2017 7:28 AM

hang10tiki I will tell you about keeping her neck open for air shortly!

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Wish List #7 Tiki The Hut and captured mermaid for lunavideogames.

The molds have been drying for 3 weeks with the constant flow of air from two fans. They are now dry and it's time to cast the first mug set for lunavideogames.

But first I have a task to accomplish. I am using the same bottom that I used to cast the Sacramento Crawl mugs.

I need to remove the Sacramento Crawl words and the

Cap City Crawl words. It is easier to carve these back into the run of crawl mugs than to fill them in on Treg's mugs.

The Tiki The Hut back piece is ready.

So is the mermaid mold.

Right off I saw a problem with the tiny mold for the tail pieces. So I built a clay dam so we could fill in more slip.

With the other two molds assembled we poured in the slip. The mug will sit full for two hours and the mermaid will sit for 45 minutes. I can't let her neck become solid or in the kiln the air trapped in her head would explode.

After two hours the tail is pretty firm. I filled it in with more clay. I want a solid tail.

This is what the other side looks like.

I stored the two pieces in a plastic bag to keep them from drying.

Once the slip was poured out the mugs remained upside down until it was time to open them. 3 to 4 hours is plenty of time for them to firm up.

It was time to open the molds. First the mermaid. One slab off and then I was able to wiggle out the cast.

She's looking fine.

The back piece for Treg's mug worked too.

Now I will work to alter and combine them into one mug. Wendy