Bowana's Other Crafts

Fudge!
Shaken Not Stirred is waaaaay awesome!
and those are gonna be at Oasis?
Deeeeeeeeeng!
Beautiful!

you say you wanna REVOLUTION?
:)

How do you get the bevel on the seams, and the corners of your mold? File it down?

Oh man I hope that mold works out and lets you at least get a good number of mugs out of it.

LLT- We've got Dean and Hank Venture on our side! Yeah man, it's revolution time!

GROG-These are the tools I used to bevel the plaster, and I've written them in your own language:

For people who don't speak GROG, that's knife, Sureform, and Saw. First you hack off the corners with the saw, but be very careful because the mold can break if too much is cut off. Then make nice smooth bevels using the Sureform or knife. Fun fact: That saw belonged to my grandfather and it's over 100 years old!

The reason for the bevels is to give the mold a rounder shape to better accommodate strapping the pieces together. Less chance of a corner breaking off if there is no corner. It also makes the mold lighter and enables it to dry out quicker. The bevels at the parting line make it easier to open. GROG make mold?

leleliz: Thanks! Keep your fingers crossed!!

GROG help make a couple of molds years and years ago to make a ceramic robot arm for a Papermate commercial for Mexico. But, GROG would like to try and do another mold of a mug. Maybe soon while GROG on hiatus.

Start pourin' dem babies. GROG want to see some greenware.

As long as Bowana keeps making beautiful art like this, he can use Gman foot placement WITH permission. I am always speechless when I see your art, Dave. Simply beautiful stuff.

Man, that "Shaken Not Stirred" is another piece of perfection Bows, when you gonna Stop this stuff, you're Killin' me! But it's a Nice way to go I'll have to say. Thanks for the Mug info but I think you forgot all the secrets you used too, yes?
Just plain NICE stuff!

UPDATE!!

I see! a-little?

Bowana, those are the sweet little details that make us all bang our heads into the wall over and over.

Beautiful sculpt!

Can't wait to see how that baby looks outta the mold!

You all are going to be so :)

Sir B is da MAN!

Thanks for the comments, guys.

Coming along...coming along...

Wow Bowana, Beautiful! I hope I can see'em in person.

those look like they were made by a professional. :D

nice work. makes me wish i didn't turn my kiln into a forge.

Yep, Bowiz Daman !

Now THAT'S what GROG talkin' about!!

WOW, What more can I say but BEAUTIFUL?
Well, there's Incredible, Stupendous, Unbelievable, Awesome, Fantastic just to name a few. :)
Oh and I forgot Sweet, Schweeet, Voluptuous, I think you get the picture.

THAY're MUlTIplYIN like TriBBles!!!!

YAAAAAAAAY!

Wow!

so much depth and dimension
packed into such a small area

Looking spectacular! That mold it's a perfect 10 , and the mugs copied so well!
... are you going nuts with the glazing or did you find some interesting solution? Can't wait to find out...

Bowana I think I had a dream about this "Shaken" mug the other night!

Please be sure to post as soon as you have them glazed. I am super eager to see 'em done and hope to be able to purchase one .

Thanks for visiting, peoples!

mp- Thanks, Mike. Oasis here we come!

pdrake- Yeah, it's almost as if I knew what I was doing!

benella- Merci! You are da Man too!

GROG- Yep, creating depth is what it's all about. Squid did a fab depth job on his too.

Benz- I think you've gone through the entire dictionary now. Stop! Yer embarrisin' me! :)

LLT- Better than TriBBles! Mugs! But I think the Tribbles multiplied faster.

Clarita- Gracias! I wish I could go nuts with the glazes, but if I did that I would be glazing until next year! I'm going for one or two colors only. The copy I'm planning to keep for myself will probably be the nutsy glazed one. :)

leleliz- Oh no! Your subconscious is being controlled by a mug! Did you awaken shaken? :)

I'm planning on casting 25 of these and having them done in time for Oasis. Then it's KAPUT! for the mold. I pulled out number 22 today...

Thanks for stopping by.

Bowana-Gona-Get-Yoo!

Oasis Shamsis! What about the people who ain't going?

I didn't want your silly mug anywaysssssssssssssssssssssssss!!!

sits and grumbles

Bows, Don''t be 'barrassed, your stuff is totally outta this world.

Quality all the way!

This is sooo tasty... a sweeet Tahitian Treat! :D

:tiki: I WANNA BOWANA!!! :tiki:

Awesome stuff Bows, wish I was going to
oasis to see it all. I think Sherry and are planning to go to Oasis next year.

Thanks for commenting, leleliz, Benz, seeks, and Jonesey!
I'll post an update after the glaze firing.

Well you need to hurry, You are about to slide off the page. C'mon now I'm Dying to see these girls all glazed up!

On 2009-07-11 17:04, Benzart wrote:
... I'm Dying to see these girls all glazed up!

heheheee, I wanna see girls all glazed up too...:D

bowana,
since i've been away for awhile and couldn't attend oasis, are there any "shaken not stirred" mugs left for the offering??????

bd

Thanks for the bump, guys. Yeah, I want to see them gals all glazed up too! BD, yes they are available still, but not finished yet. At this point I am doing glaze testing to see which colors work best.

Bowie

Shaken, Not Stirred update:

I also put together a few Shell Girl pendants

The girl is ceramic and the shell is a shell. :)

I'm going to be hocking all this and more at Oasis. Check here for it and for other great artists' work that could be yours!
Artist Alley Thread

About half of the mugs are glazed at this point, the rest go into the oven...hmmm...tonight I think!
Thanks, Babalu for firing everything. You are my hero! Check his Clay Jams thread too while your at it:
Clay Jams

Bowie

Been mean'n to post on your thread for awhile,the latest mugs
look fantastic as does everything else you do and program you used
to do the gillman was way kool.Cheers Watango

shaken, not stirred is a bigtime winner! i gotta try to snag one of those. i can't help but smile looking at the joyful dancer. bravo!

Great range of colors on those new mugs. I am sure you will sell out-and rightfully so!

very cool, love the necklace, very different!

Amy

[ Edited by: Queen Kamehameha 2009-08-06 23:00 ]

The mugs are looking great, I love the glaze very classy :)

Thanks for your visit and complements, Watango, kingstiedye, leleliz, Queen K, and Clarita!
Here's the rest of the gals out of the kiln.

And thanks very much for your purchases Jonesey, leleliz, and ebtiki!

Bowie

it's like an army of beautiful midget mothra girls...

but even cooler!

the glazes look ace,Ace!

I love my mug Bowana! It is awesome and the detail is exceptional. It is a honor to own it!

Seriously don't think these will make it past day 1 of Oasis -- best work yet!

damn bowana! the girls look wonderful. makes me want them even more. still got a couple or at least 1 for me? great job. let me know.
thanks
bd

On 2009-08-11 18:49, little lost tiki wrote:
it's like an army of beautiful midget mothra girls...

Yeah!! Moth U raiiiiiiiii-AH!!

found this looking for Mothra girl photos. Mothra Kewpie!

Quality all around those girls. Excellent work my man.

Excellent stuff shakin' as usual mr Bows, Love all the grass swaying to the Aloha.

Thanks for visiting LLT, Liz, bd, Hank, seeksurf, and Benzo!
And thanks to everyone who bought a SNS Mug from me at Tiki Oasis! :)

Hahaha! I love the little Mothra Ladies!

Here is the latest in the "Squid's Luau Pig/Guest Ruiner" collaboration series.
It started as a casting of one of these nice lil' piggies:

Then after my ruinin' hands got a hold of one:

The transformation into the WAR PIG commenced!

Nothing signifies Tiki quite the way a Black Sabbath song can, right? :)
Into the fire and glaze next!
Thanks for looking.

Bowie

Awesome, Dave! Ozzy would approve!

Very cool!