Post #782330 by danlovestikis on Fri, Dec 15, 2017 6:49 PM

Hamo thank you. When you tell me the page I go back and look at where you left off. I saw where I had put one photo on twice saying the second was a close up which it wasn't. I need to go fix that soon. I'm having fun, thank you.

bamalamalu goofy is Dan's nick name for me. It would be fun to see him as a group but I don't photo-shop. I had to learn to be patient so that my art doesn't crack. Ceramics are so much slower than painting.

hang10tiki it is a large bowl. More like 400 pounds.

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Another Moai bowl. I cast four more from the new mold and cleaned them.

I didn't take enough photos but I'll tell you what I did. I cut a slot in the arm on one Moai and than put sticky clay on the arm of the next Moai. Then I pressed them together.

I did this so that all four Moai were connected at their arms. Then I clean off excess clay or added clay according to what was needed.

I turned them over and cleaned up the center.

Here you can see how the arms are connected.

I used the end of a paintbrush to make pits in the clay looking like porous lava.

One down three more to go.

By the second day I had the four done. Next up will be the bowl.

Happy TGIF. Wendy