Post #731598 by TikiAno on Sun, Nov 16, 2014 7:58 PM

More progress:

First I sketched out the design around the mug base. The first clay added was for the placket for the shirt... the rest of the shirt details would be measured off this "center."

Then a collar, a pocket, and sleeves....

If truth be told, first I practiced on a form that a fellow friend and potter (a fellow studio member at the clay studio where I work) made after she saw me put together the slab built mug. We always talk about the Art Swap and she's always interested in hearing about all of the different projects. Hers was thrown on a wheel and she was able to pull out the shoulders a little bit. She had already let this dry and trimmed it up, which allowed me to make a bit more progress. I'm practicing on hers, then using the same design on the Art Swap piece. Just don't tell her I said that. :wink:

I didn't make this one from the start by myself, so I can't use this as the Art Swap piece. I'll post some more photos of both as they both progress, but here's where I left the wheel thrown mug- I'm taking the same approach with the Swap Mug- now titled the "Aloha Shirt Aloha Mug," or ASAM. A collar cut out will work as a straw holder, of sorts. The "fabric print" will be plumeria, and will be appropriately mismatched. Buttons will be added, as well as a few more shirt details, including a few wrinkles.

[ Edited by: TikiAno 2014-11-16 20:00 ]