Post #793191 by danlovestikis on Fri, Feb 15, 2019 1:57 PM

Thank you hang10tiki.

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Wish List # 8 continues with a project for John Mumford. I asked him to tell the story of his request. Here is what he wrote.

My brother David was an Imagineer for Walt Disney for 25 years. He's life was ended at age 46. The "Star Fish" was sculpted by the Disney Studios, in his likeness, to honor him. His star fish is displayed in "Mermaid Lagoon" at Toyko DisneySea. This was one of the last projects he worked on. He oversaw the construction of the lagoon. I wanted a replica to display in my tiki bar as a remembrance. John Mumford.

The photo is of the entire memorial. I am making a replica of the starfish for him.

I placed plastic wrap inside a starfish I found in a thrift store. This is help me keep the starfish hollow.

I used slip as glue and to keep out all the air pockets. I layered the clay until I thought it was 1/4th of an inch thick.

I trimmed off the excess clay then I

added bars so there are different ways to hang this on a wall.

I flipped it over and removed the plastic wrap.

I used this tool to pull up the clay to form the starfish.

The last step was to change the arms to match the position and size to match the picture.

Copying someone else's work is far harder than making your own design. I would say half the work is in tweaking the clay over and over again and even then it will not be a perfect match. I will do the best I can, fingers crossed.

Cheers, Wendy