Post #775163 by danlovestikis on Tue, Apr 18, 2017 8:42 AM

hang10tiki are you referring to me or the art? Hahahahhah! I call this the King's Goblet.

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The end of sculpting for the Wish List #7 this is for Cybernel aka Nelson Osorio. To get this bowl done I didn't take as many photos as usual. But during the glazing I will do more. Washing my hands to use my camera takes a lot of time.

The most complicated hula girl bowl I've ever made. I cleaned up a bowl and got started.

I cast a mermaid and began to alter her.

I was able to twist her head into a less defiant pose.

I filled in the tail and began a lei.

I did scales and the flower in her hair.

On a different day once the clay was firm I carved the disks into flowers.

I made an air escape outlet and

using sticky clay placed the hula girl into the bowl.

Then I added her tail.

The bowl was too deep to attach the hula girls around the sides so I cut it down.

One by one I altered the outside girls to match the first batch that eventually went to Owen.

Once I had them altered I attached them with sticky clay. This clay also has to be free of air pockets to prevent blowing up in the kiln.

The sculpting is done.

One last touch, the wave pattern around the bowl.

Yippy the sculpting is done for the Wish List projects. Now it's time to let them dry.

Cheers, Wendy

[ Edited by: danlovestikis 2017-04-18 08:46 ]