Wendy Cevola - New colors of the Frank mug by Frankoma now available. - Other Crafts

D danlovestikis Grand Member (8 years) Joined: Jun 17, 2002 Posts: 9083	D danlovestikis Posted posted on Wed, May 24, 2017 8:10 AM TikiAno what a fun morning to wake up to these photos. I will smile all day thinking of him and the fruit photos. Thank you so much. Jeff Bannow that would be my choice too. ====================================== Update on the Wish List #7. During the last year...yes year...I started casting last June for this Wish List and began the project in September. Since I started so early on both the Wish List and the Sacramento Crawl mug I have a ton of Catch Up project photos to share. While I do that I have started to glaze what has already been fired. So much to show and so little time. I will get it out there day by day. So here is the first catch up. I have had problem with making lids for my huge Maori lamps. I would hand build the disk and then when firm do all the design carving. I would dry them in and out of a plastic bag and right about the time they were done drying they would crack. ARGH! So I decided that maybe I was trapping air in the clay when I made them and that casting would be better. So it's time to sculpt a lid and to make a mold. So I started with a mix of Romo #3 and #2 and some Monster Clay. To save my joints I use a wooden "thumb". I save lids that I can use as templates. I mark the clay for cutting. The so I don't slip I use one as a brace as I remove clay. I constantly smooth the clay. Looking at it I decided that I wanted the ring in the center to be larger. I added a ring of clay and smoothed it into shape. Thinking about mold making I changed to shape into a pyramid. once I was done adding clay I used my label scraper to cut the top flat. All done. Now how will I make a mold for this? I flipped it over and smoothed the top. I will need an opening in which to pour in the slip so I made a cone of clay. I set it in the center of my lid. I added clay at the bottom. I mushed it into place locking the cone to the lid. I smoothed it around the base. Almost looks like a space ship with a beam to steal cows! Now the lid is ready to mold along with my new Rapa Nui mug. I bisque fired the mug since the sculpt was made from carving regular clay and not sculptors clay. Now it is hard and can be molded. Now I'm off to work, Wendy

TikiAno what a fun morning to wake up to these photos. I will smile all day thinking of him and the fruit photos. Thank you so much.

Jeff Bannow that would be my choice too.

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Update on the Wish List #7. During the last year...yes year...I started casting last June for this Wish List and began the project in September. Since I started so early on both the Wish List and the Sacramento Crawl mug I have a ton of Catch Up project photos to share. While I do that I have started to glaze what has already been fired. So much to show and so little time. I will get it out there day by day.

So here is the first catch up.

I have had problem with making lids for my huge Maori lamps.

I would hand build the disk and then when firm do all the design carving.

I would dry them in and out of a plastic bag and right about the time they were done drying they would crack. ARGH!

So I decided that maybe I was trapping air in the clay when I made them and that casting would be better. So it's time to sculpt a lid and to make a mold. So I started with a mix of Romo #3 and #2 and some Monster Clay.

To save my joints I use a wooden "thumb".

I save lids that I can use as templates. I mark the clay for cutting.

The so I don't slip I use one as a brace as I remove clay.

I constantly smooth the clay.

Looking at it I decided that I wanted the ring in the center to be larger.

I added a ring of clay and

smoothed it into shape.

Thinking about mold making I changed to shape into a pyramid.

once I was done adding clay I used my label scraper to cut the top flat.

All done. Now how will I make a mold for this?

I flipped it over and smoothed the top.

I will need an opening in which to pour in the slip so I made a cone of clay.
I set it in the center of my lid.

I added clay at the bottom.

I mushed it into place locking the cone to the lid.

I smoothed it around the base.

Almost looks like a space ship with a beam to steal cows!

Now the lid is ready to mold along with my new Rapa Nui mug. I bisque fired the mug since the sculpt was made from carving regular clay and not sculptors clay. Now it is hard and can be molded.

Now I'm off to work, Wendy

Post #776221 by danlovestikis on Wed, May 24, 2017 8:10 AM