Post #810649 by danlovestikis on Thu, Sep 7, 2023 7:52 PM

hang10tiki it's so much fun to work clay again. Here is the start.

Years ago Dan said there "shouldhavebeen" a mug version of the Frankoma saltshaker. I thought so too but never got around to it. Now I have taken the design by my friend Joniece Frank and turned it into a mug. The mug will be released on September 22nd and 23rd right from the company. More information about that to be posted as I post photos of the process.

Once I decided and had the OK from the owner of Frankoma Dennis Glascock I went to work to do my part which was the sculpt.

I figured out the size I would need to sculpt with the cast shrinking 10%. The shakers always fall over so I asked if I could add a base and would he please put FRANKOMA on the front. OK again. Then he said where to we cut the top for the opening, and I drew that too.

Next I bought the clay that Dennis prefers for sculpts and began the long process of making each slab stick to the next. I love to use a vegetable chopper for both cutting and pounding.

Then I began to cut the clay to shape it for the mug. Dennis requested the base be square, so I remembered to not cut off the corner.

One step at a time.

[ Edited by danlovestikis on 2023-09-07 19:57:34 ]