MadDog Mike's Platterful of Pupule - El Tiki/Ben Wilson Wall Finished - Other Crafts

M MadDogMike Grand Member (8 years) The Anvil of the Sun Joined: Mar 30, 2008 Posts: 11035	M MadDogMike Posted posted on Fri, Nov 25, 2022 8:41 PM Journey into the mind of a madman LOL I made stuff for my enjoyment, I usually only do one-offs. I don't have the patience for mold making and I detest glazing the same thing over and over. I sometimes use a lost styrofoam armature technique where I make a form out of Styrofoam, cover it with clay, then dissolve the clay out with acetone. 2 minute video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwgTsb6gB98 I don't know if I invented the technique but I have never seen anyone else do it. Working on a new project, I'll show you the steps but I won't tell you what it is yet. Can you guess? Exotic and tropical, but not Tiki. Origins in Hinduism and Buddhism, found in South East Asia and India Hot knife used to rough carve from a piece of foam More Carving Smoothed with a rasp Some more foam glued in and shaped Because the outside of the foam is rough and textured, the inside of the mug would be rough - not a good thing. New technique, I wrapped the foam with a flexible plastic tape to smooth it more. Hopefully after dissolving the foam I can grab hold of the tape and pull it out. Any adhesive reside left will burn out at 2000 degrees in the kiln. Yes, I'm aware it looks a bit phallic at this point LOL .

Journey into the mind of a madman LOL I made stuff for my enjoyment, I usually only do one-offs. I don't have the patience for mold making and I detest glazing the same thing over and over. I sometimes use a lost styrofoam armature technique where I make a form out of Styrofoam, cover it with clay, then dissolve the clay out with acetone. 2 minute video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwgTsb6gB98 I don't know if I invented the technique but I have never seen anyone else do it.

Working on a new project, I'll show you the steps but I won't tell you what it is yet. Can you guess? Exotic and tropical, but not Tiki. Origins in Hinduism and Buddhism, found in South East Asia and India

Hot knife used to rough carve from a piece of foam

More Carving

Smoothed with a rasp

Some more foam glued in and shaped

Because the outside of the foam is rough and textured, the inside of the mug would be rough - not a good thing. New technique, I wrapped the foam with a flexible plastic tape to smooth it more. Hopefully after dissolving the foam I can grab hold of the tape and pull it out. Any adhesive reside left will burn out at 2000 degrees in the kiln. Yes, I'm aware it looks a bit phallic at this point LOL .

Post #806623 by MadDogMike on Fri, Nov 25, 2022 8:41 PM