Post #793979 by danlovestikis on Sat, Mar 23, 2019 8:36 AM

Sandbartender, HopeChest and CyroTiki I appreciate your messages. They keep me wanting to continue on with doing this art. Thank you all very much.

hang10tiki woo hoo I can check off another wish as having been sculpted. Did you want the green background or something else?

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My work never ends. Wish List #8 continues with the making of some more Hot Tub Hula Girls. I'm making eleven this phase and so I won't be filling all the wishes yet. I will contact people in the order I received the orders. Here's a quick overview of the work.

I hand carve this on the bottom of each mug. The box will be unglazed and the number will be added here. I am now making numbers 119 to 129.

I have a lot of mold lines to clean on each girl before I start.

I put sticky clay on the bottom of the legs and press her into place. Then I cut the hole in the coconut so that no air is trapped inside the girl when I'm firing.

I then take clay and build up

her hair in the back and

then in the front.

Next I carve the coconut texture into the bowl and

sand it with a wet brush.

Here is a different girl finished.

I made five and then

after a bunch more work

I finish off

another six.

I worked on these from 2/17/19 to 3/7/19. They slowly dry under and out of a plastic sheet to prevent cracking. Another 11 wishes will be filled.

Cheers, Wendy