Post #792985 by danlovestikis on Tue, Feb 5, 2019 7:52 PM

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It's time to catch up on some posting. Since I've shown the art of making molds so many times I'm going to skip the steps and just show a few photos and the outcome of a mold making marathon. I love Tiki Bob and this will enable me to continue to make him and alter him in many ways.

Dan and I made four Tiki Bob molds from my own sculpt many years ago. They all began to leak so badly that before pouring I would have to plug them with clay. It got to be too much work. So I destroyed three of them. One I kept because it's face is my Tiki Bob version and I'm about to change it for the next three molds we will make.

I still had the original sculpture so I brought it out. Using a vintage Tiki Bob as my model I re-sculpted the face to match.

Here is how it will not look.

Side view. I did not place the eyes. Those I will add each time I make one.

I added clay to the top and bottom of the sculpt so that he would be taller.

I did it again for this mold and one more.

During this marathon I also made the Harvey's mold. They all went into the kiln shed were for a month they had fans blowing on them 24/7 and each day a different side was rotated so the fan would hit a new surface.

I couldn't do this work without Dan and he also cleans up after we finish. I have the best husband.

A month later I poured the three molds.

Two looked like this and

then there is the one on the right. He is super tall.

These photos show the change from my Tiki Bob to the newer more vintage version.

I just need more hours in each day and new hands but I just keep on going one step at a time. Cheers, Wendy