Post #785227 by danlovestikis on Wed, Mar 21, 2018 12:22 PM

hang10tiki I do so love to carve, you too. Your swap project is excellent.

Hamo I'm looking forward to having poured and cleaned all the volcano's and then moving into a glazing phase. That part is another challenge.

GROG as my mom would say, "just slow down and get it right". I would say, "don't forget the spell check". For a cave man you sure know your stuff.

TikiAno I could never center on a potter's wheel either. My sister was a professional potter and well known in Oregon. I just did it with globs of clay.

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Wish List #8 I Dream of Jeanne update.

I have never done this before. I saw how MadDogMike has done it so I decided to try his method. I think I should have looked it up again before starting. I had problems. So I covered the bottle with tissue paper. This would burn off in the kiln leaving behind the clay. I put on a few layers and let it slowly dry for a week.

It was time to add the clay but I started to worry. I thought how can I this come off the bottle with the clay?

I tried to cut the tissue paper with a knife then a razor blade. It was a mess. Who knew tissue paper was so tough to cut. MDM must have used one layer not the dozen that I put on.

I gave up trying to cut it off and just wrapped the whole thing with plastic wrap.

I pounded out a lot of clay. Keep in mind one air bubble in the clay this whole project will crack or explode. I started by adding it to the bottom of the jar.

Next I began the sides.

This clay is very soft. I would add some and then it would sit in a plastic bag over-night or is it overnight? GROG I need you!

The next day I would build it some more and then another day would go by.

This is a long process. I won't give up. Wendy