Post #785066 by danlovestikis on Fri, Mar 16, 2018 10:15 AM

Progress Report on the Maori Lamp for Mondo By The Bay aka Karen Schell.

Dan said this mold is the largest we will ever make and hopefully all molds will be smaller from now on. After he said that I made the volcano. Poor Dan.

Opening the mold for the lamp.

I did the sculpt as a blank so that every Lamp will be hand carved and original. Or a lesser expensive uncarved one.

Here it is with the mold lines cleaned off and waiting to be carved.

Even the sides and back are blank.

There is also the option of adding clay around the sides as shown here.

Here all the clay has been added.

Flash photo. I will even carve these added pieces when they are firm.

Deciding the design takes awhile. Then I start.

I add indentations as to where the design ends.

Carving is the part I really enjoy.

I use a wet brush to "sand" it smooth.

The top is done.

I like to deepen the interior of the mouth.

Time to start on the back. Huh, the top of my table looks like a continuation of my carpet only with clay smudges.

Back at it tomorrow. Wendy