Wendy Cevola - 01/10/2025. I've begun a Wish List painting on black velvet for Todd Locker. - Other Crafts

D danlovestikis Grand Member (8 years) Joined: Jun 17, 2002 Posts: 9301	D danlovestikis Posted posted on Sat, Mar 30, 2019 8:30 AM hang10tiki mermaids are so popular. No more mermaid bowls they are not work or cost effective. These statues and you'll see new mugs are OK. hang10tiki I see the solar powered light coming out of the sun, funny it didn't melt the pole. =================================== Continuing on with using up extra parts of a wish that never happened. I could have used these for bowls but I've discontinued making those so mugs it is. I think this is new for me. I can't recall having combined a mug with one of these mermaids. The buyer may choose the hair and eye colors but the glazing is up to me. If these blow up in the kiln the order is just cancelled. If in the end a buyer doesn't like my glazing the order is cancelled and I'll find another buyer, no obligation unless satisfied. I start with cleaning the mermaids and fine tuning them. ============================= Please note that I also post on facebook where items sell very fast. I check the times to see who asked first. Mermaid number 1 is $200 plus shipping. Sold to Mary Ann Edwards. Glazing this is going to take a long time. I stared by attaching the seat she is on to the mug, then I did the same with her tail that I built in place. I secured the back of her head to the mug and then I formed her hair. The last that I did was too carve seaweed into the mug. Mermaid number 2 is $175 plus shipping. SOLD This time to make glazing easier I removed the back of the mermaid. After removing some more clay inside of her I used sticky clay to glue her to the mug. I went around all the edges to ensure a tight fit. Then I built her tail. I then added her hair. For this mug I left it plain so I could use a watery glaze. ====================================== Mermaid mug number 3 is $175 plus shipping. SOLD For this one I did a woodgrain but I will still do it in a water color. ================================ Clay sculpting is fun but as GROG says glazing is hard work. Cheers, Wendy [ Edited by: danlovestikis 2019-03-30 19:46 ]

hang10tiki mermaids are so popular. No more mermaid bowls they are not work or cost effective. These statues and you'll see new mugs are OK.

hang10tiki I see the solar powered light coming out of the sun, funny it didn't melt the pole.

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Continuing on with using up extra parts of a wish that never happened. I could have used these for bowls but I've discontinued making those so mugs it is. I think this is new for me. I can't recall having combined a mug with one of these mermaids.
The buyer may choose the hair and eye colors but the glazing is up to me. If these blow up in the kiln the order is just cancelled. If in the end a buyer doesn't like my glazing the order is cancelled and I'll find another buyer, no obligation unless satisfied.

I start with cleaning the mermaids and fine tuning them.

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Please note that I also post on facebook where items sell very fast. I check the times to see who asked first.

Mermaid number 1 is $200 plus shipping. Sold to Mary Ann Edwards. Glazing this is going to take a long time. I stared by attaching the seat she is on to the mug, then I did the same with her tail that I built in place.