Art Swap 2023 - Drawing Done!!! - Other Crafts

M MadDogMike Grand Member (8 years) The Anvil of the Sun Joined: Mar 30, 2008 Posts: 11035	M MadDogMike Posted posted on Wed, Jun 14, 2023 8:13 AM in reply to Will carve OK Will, I'll give it a shot. It should be a challenge: Needs to be ceramic instead of wood so it can be a mug as well Tolerances will be interesting because clay shrinks as it fires. Hopefully the grooved box and the sliding lid will shrink at the same rate The spider and mechanism will have to be removable so the box can be fired. Plastic spiders don't do well at 1900 degrees LOL As clay dries it reaches a perfect consistency for carving. The key will be holding it to that consistency until all the carving is done. Spider mechanism should be food safe and rust proof since it will be immersed in the drink. Maybe stainless steel Let's do this! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cQCc-Zr1gg

OK Will, I'll give it a shot. It should be a challenge:

Needs to be ceramic instead of wood so it can be a mug as well
Tolerances will be interesting because clay shrinks as it fires. Hopefully the grooved box and the sliding lid will shrink at the same rate
The spider and mechanism will have to be removable so the box can be fired. Plastic spiders don't do well at 1900 degrees LOL
As clay dries it reaches a perfect consistency for carving. The key will be holding it to that consistency until all the carving is done.
Spider mechanism should be food safe and rust proof since it will be immersed in the drink. Maybe stainless steel

Let's do this!

Post #809468 by MadDogMike on Wed, Jun 14, 2023 8:13 AM