Post #785533 by danlovestikis on Sat, Mar 31, 2018 7:43 PM

hang10tiki I hope you post many more photos. I really need to see what's on the North Shore of Oahu. Dan's looking at them with me. 10 years ago at the Dole Plantation you could by a huge sausage sandwich and Dole Whip too. It was the best ever sausage sold at a stand on the left outside of the building. Did you see it? Fingers crossed.

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The last steps for the I Dream of Jeannie bottle. Soon you'll see how I make Jeannie.

Today I was able to dig out the remaining clay from the inside of the bottle stopper. Hopefully I got enough so that it will not crack.

I didn't want to just glue gems onto the bottle where they could be knocked off so I carved out flat areas in which to glue them. I made them larger than the gems because the clay shrinks as it dries and again as it is fired.

I did this for each gem shape I have for the bottle.

The inside is going to be Jeannie's home. I can't really replicate it but I can make some similarities.

I looked at the back wall.

I couldn't get my hand in far enough to do more than a couple of large versions. I will be able to glue gems into the round areas.

The bottle didn't crack today when I would on and off put it out to dry. I am hopeful it will be ok. Cheers, Wendy