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, Jan 15, 2018 9:32 AM Hamo no wind that day so I never found out! Wow, you'll remember more of my posts than I do. This has been so much fun thank you. hang10tiki now that you have returned home I have to go to work posting again. I hope your next vacation is soon, I like taking breaks when you are posting. In fact whenever you finish a carving you should post it here. Thank you for all the fun. ========================= It's time for a progress report on Wish List #8. I have continued to work on projects and the next crawl mug. My garage is so full that I have now started on the first of many black velvet wishes. But first I will catch up on the clay projects to be posted. This Goblet #3 is for Mary Ann Edwards. Dan asked me to make one of these for him years ago but I didn't think I could make it work. When requested on the Wish List I decided to figure out how to do it. Now I've made three and this is just the start as you will see in future posts. Dan still doesn't have one. To start off I clean up a coconut base and let it firm up for a couple of hours outside of the plastic bag. Then when it is firm enough to hold it's shape sitting with the opening at the top I turn it over and do the cutting. The cast for the hula girl leans backwards too far to support the coconut so I have to cut out part of the stomach and to seal her sitting upright. For each girl I add a skirt, hair and maybe a lei. One done and Two done. I decided on tea leaves for this girl. The hula rockets! All sitting upright. I wait a couple of day until the stomach surgery is healed. Next I use sticky clay to seal them together and then I build hair between them. Top view as all the hair has been added and the base is ready for the coconut. One last side view. I add a bit of sticky clay to the coconut bottom and then I gently but firmly press it into place. Once in place I have to smooth the attachment with a brush or fingers. I even remove some clay to round the heads. Here are a just a whole lot of photos. The mug will dry under plastic for a couple of months. As hard as these are to sculpt the glazing is the hardest part. Wendy [ Edited by: danlovestikis 2018-01-20 18:34 ]

Hamo no wind that day so I never found out! Wow, you'll remember more of my posts than I do. This has been so much fun thank you.

hang10tiki now that you have returned home I have to go to work posting again. I hope your next vacation is soon, I like taking breaks when you are posting. In fact whenever you finish a carving you should post it here. Thank you for all the fun.

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It's time for a progress report on Wish List #8. I have continued to work on projects and the next crawl mug. My garage is so full that I have now started on the first of many black velvet wishes. But first I will catch up on the clay projects to be posted.

This Goblet #3 is for Mary Ann Edwards. Dan asked me to make one of these for him years ago but I didn't think I could make it work. When requested on the Wish List I decided to figure out how to do it. Now I've made three and this is just the start as you will see in future posts. Dan still doesn't have one.

To start off I clean up a coconut base and let it firm up for a couple of hours outside of the plastic bag. Then when it is firm enough to hold it's shape sitting with the opening at the top I turn it over and do the cutting.

The cast for the hula girl leans backwards too far to support the coconut so

I have to cut out part of the stomach and to seal her sitting upright. For each girl I add a skirt, hair and maybe a lei.

One done and

Two done. I decided on tea leaves for this girl.

The hula rockets!

All sitting upright. I wait a couple of day until the stomach surgery is healed.

Next I use sticky clay to seal them together and then I build hair between them.

Top view as all the hair has been added and the base is ready for the coconut.

One last side view.

I add a bit of sticky clay to the coconut bottom and then I gently but firmly press it into place.

Once in place I have to smooth the attachment with a brush or fingers. I even remove some clay to round the heads.

Here are a just a whole lot of photos. The mug will dry under plastic for a couple of months.

As hard as these are to sculpt the glazing is the hardest part. Wendy

[ Edited by: danlovestikis 2018-01-20 18:34 ]

Post #783126 by danlovestikis on Mon, Jan 15, 2018 9:32 AM