Post #784577 by danlovestikis on Fri, Mar 2, 2018 9:26 AM

Hamo the volcanos are almost too heavy for me to lift before they dry so when he dumps the mold he is lifting around 60 pounds. I'm so lucky to have him.

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While working on the Sacramento Crawl mug I've also been working on the Wish List #8.

Here is a wish for Jimmy White which is a Tiki Bobette. She will have a brightly colored moo moo on while partying. She can drink from a coconut and play a drum at the same time. Cheers!

I save the tops I cut off of mugs so that I can use them later to make my Tiki Bob's taller.

I put them on the bottoms with sticky clay (clay mixed with slip).

Then I build out the skirt

I have a huge what do you call it? It turns around. I was going to use it to make huge bowls but I never did. Now I use it on these additions of clay.

As I roll the tiki it turns so I never have to lift the tiki until it is done.

Using my fingers I pull out the bottom to

Here's how it turned out. Now I wrap the top and let the bottom firm up for a few hours. Then I lightly cover the mug overnight.

It's time to make the mug a woman.

Then I add arms and a coconut.

I sculpted flowers on both sides of the head.

Here's one side done.

Here I've carved the rings and a dress.

Then on all exposed flesh I did texturing.

The finished photos tomorrow. Wendy