Post #814967 by Tiki_Garage on 02/13/2025

Aloha dear Tiki-heads, greetings from cold germany... I am, as a hobby and small business on the side, always busy carving or sculpting something in Polynesian style.

Now I have created a draft/dummy mug for what I consider to be one of the fanciest Tiki - Hawaiian - cocktail bars. You can also see some of my other crafts there – in the “Blume von Hawaii” in Nuremberg.

The cup is my very special challenge.

The body/blank would be finished. I think it's really well done and beautiful - see the picture here:

But now I'm faced with the challenge of a) creating a plaster mold for the actual cup and b) possibly commercializing the part (number of pieces initially maybe 50 pieces, then maybe another 50 pieces per year).

I have now made my 4th attempt to build a 4-part mold. I simply lack the practice of working with plaster... and the undercuts and somewhat more complex shape do the rest...

Can someone maybe help me here? Is there anyone who could offer something like this? So molding the cup, then creating the clay blanks - glazing and firing?

Thank you for your ideas! Thanks!!

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