Wendy Cevola - Michael P. sends me a thank you from Hawaii. - Other Crafts

D danlovestikis Grand Member (8 years) Joined: Jun 17, 2002 Posts: 9083	D danlovestikis Posted posted on Mon, Jan 9, 2017 7:04 PM Brian K the glazing will make it far better than how it is now. It's hard to see the final mug when it's only grey clay. hang10tiki 48 hr Chicago Trip no really? In winter? You are so brave. You know it would have been so much cheaper to fly to us for two days. Did Janelle go with you? I couldn't find a photo of her. What did you do for her birthday? These are great photos. I wish they were all full size but I'll take what I can get and be very grateful. ======================================== Wish List #7 update. This Hula Bob is for Bill and Kirsten Bierearle. To be able to do a decent hula skirt I decided to add more length to the bottom of Bob. Then to shape it I used my cutting board in the kitchen. I just rolled it all the way around and then did it again. This may be the first time I have used this board in the last two decades. It was looking pretty good but was leaning to one side. I just took my label scrapper and cut off some of the bottom edge of clay. Now he sat in plastic for a few days to firm up. Next I made a woven chord around his waist and for fun added on foot poking out from under his skirt. Next I made hands and a tiki mug. I put the mug into his hand. I worked on his grass skirt. Next came his headdress. I placed all these disks around his head and then used a stick to form flowers. All done. There were a lot of flowers. Then I started to make rings around his body. He again sat for a few days. After some more detail was added Hula Bob is done and ready to dry. Well even thought he was slowly dried for weeks his bottom cracked. I carved the crack larger and then over a few days time I kept adding MadDogMike's wonder fix called Magic Mend. It filled in and I soothed it later. The next test will be to see if it survives the kiln. Clay will sometimes crack from the stress of different thicknesses of clay tugging on each other. Cheers, Wendy PS I hope this doesn't turn the page away from all of hang10tikis photos, if it does I will use my title line to direct the viewing.

Brian K the glazing will make it far better than how it is now. It's hard to see the final mug when it's only grey clay.

hang10tiki 48 hr Chicago Trip no really? In winter? You are so brave. You know it would have been so much cheaper to fly to us for two days. Did Janelle go with you? I couldn't find a photo of her. What did you do for her birthday? These are great photos. I wish they were all full size but I'll take what I can get and be very grateful.

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Wish List #7 update. This Hula Bob is for Bill and Kirsten Bierearle.

To be able to do a decent hula skirt I decided to add more length to the bottom of Bob.

Then to shape it I used my cutting board in the kitchen. I just rolled it all the way around and then did it again.

This may be the first time I have used this board in the last two decades.

It was looking pretty good but was leaning to one side.

I just took my label scrapper and cut off some of the bottom edge of clay. Now he sat in plastic for a few days to firm up.

Next I made a woven chord around his waist and for fun added on foot poking out from under his skirt.

Next I made hands and a tiki mug.

I put the mug into his hand.

I worked on his grass skirt.

Next came his headdress. I placed all these disks around his head and

then used a stick to form flowers.

All done. There were a lot of flowers. Then I started to make rings around his body. He again sat for a few days.

After some more detail was added Hula Bob is done and ready to dry.

Well even thought he was slowly dried for weeks his bottom cracked. I carved the crack larger and

then over a few days time I kept adding MadDogMike's wonder fix called Magic Mend. It filled in and I soothed it later.

The next test will be to see if it survives the kiln. Clay will sometimes crack from the stress of different thicknesses of clay tugging on each other.

Cheers, Wendy

PS I hope this doesn't turn the page away from all of hang10tikis photos, if it does I will use my title line to direct the viewing.

Post #771856 by danlovestikis on Mon, Jan 9, 2017 7:04 PM