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Babalu
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From: Lemon Grove
|  Posted: 2007-07-12 11:58 am Permalink
TT - Very nice design there! Very interesting process too!
How many plaster molds are you planning to make on this mug? What kind of qtys are you planning to run on this design?
I am only able to pull about one casting per day from the molds I have, for a few mugs that I am doing now....I find that after I pull a casting, I have to put the plaster molds in the range of a house fan (while I'm at my other job during the day) to let them dry out a little before I can pour the next one, usually, that evening...doing one a day is a slow process. It would be nice to have multiple plaster molds...Another interesting thing...I had just figured that the original sculpt that I had made out of oil clay would be ruined in the plaster mold making process, and surprisingly, they came out fine; so I could feasibly do another plaster mold from them if I choose....can't say for certain that that would always be the case, but hey?
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Melintur
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From: Portland, OR
| Posted: 2007-07-12 1:43 pm Permalink
We usually do 4 plaster molds for a run of 100, 25 per plaster. I know our ceramicist gets up to about 5 before she puts the plaster in a 200 degree oven to remove the moisture.
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Babalu
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From: Lemon Grove
| Posted: 2007-07-12 3:41 pm Permalink
Thanks for coming back Melintur....This is all very interesting to me. I've heard that you can get up to 200 castings, or so, from a plaster mold before you start to loose definition. Does that sound about right to you? I'll have to try and heat my plaster molds to 200 degrees and see how long that takes them to dry them out. I guess it's just been fun just to have a clay studio up and running for a bit. Thanks for taking the time to post these progress pictures...It's also great fun to learn new stuff as well.
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FreddieBallsomic
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Posts: 626 | Posted: 2007-07-12 4:55 pm Permalink
Great step by step... Pretty damn interesting... Thanx for all the pix. ~fB
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Melintur
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From: Portland, OR
| Posted: 2007-07-13 08:40 am Permalink
It's the first time I did that part by myself. I'm getting the help of Rum Demon Studios for the next bit, which we'll hope to have done by next Tuesday. Tonight and Tomorrow I pour some positives that we'll use. I will keep up the snaps as we go along for fun (there's no profit save the joy of tiki!)
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kingstiedye
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From: sackatomato
| Posted: 2007-07-13 6:26 pm Permalink
this year's mug looks great! i'm looking forward to scoring one of them. however, i don't understand your dissappointment with last years mug. i dig the png style and think it turned out great.
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kingstiedye
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From: sackatomato
| Posted: 2007-07-13 6:28 pm Permalink
p.s. say hi to mark (dr. tongue) for me. i hope married life is treating him well.
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Melintur
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From: Portland, OR
| Posted: 2007-07-16 09:30 am Permalink
Bad news: our main run will be late due to scheduling difficulties.
Good news: We're doing a limited run with the help of Rum Demon. Expect more pictures and process, until they finally come out of the Kiln.
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Melintur
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From: Portland, OR
| Posted: 2007-07-19 09:29 am Permalink
Plaster molds, drying in my oven at 170 for about 10 hours. Overnight should do it, but I chose to let it go a little longer.
Last night I pulled some APs from the molds. Pics soon, Things are going very well (save for the time window!). At least no set-backs so far!
Wee!
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Melintur
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From: Portland, OR
| Posted: 2007-07-20 11:03 am Permalink
Hey folks! No time today for much text, so here are more photos of the slip casting process:
Georgie's Slip, ready to become Tiki mugs
Pouring the slip into the bucket
The interior of the plaster mold
Moving slip from bucket to pitcher for pouring
Pouring slip
Slow going pour
Drying slip
Starting to pour out the non-dried slip
Slip dripping upside down
Right side up, sprue has been scored to aid in drying
Starting to pull of top after slip drying process
Top is off!
Drying after top removed
Removing from mold the wrong way (turn mold upside down and have gravity help you)
Out of the mold
Melintur cleaning
Tikimama cleaning
More Tikimama cleaning
Hello, gorgeous!
Drying on the rack
Drying on the rack 2
See you in the funny papers!
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Mr. NoNaMe
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Posts: 1866 | Posted: 2007-07-20 11:55 am Permalink
TikiMama is actually doing the work correctly as far as I can tell. 
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TikiMama
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Joined: Mar 26, 2002
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From: Portland, Oregon
| Posted: 2007-07-20 12:04 pm Permalink
That's a Von Tiki (which, btw, I always call a Baron Von Tiki, which I think has a much grander feel) in my cocktail glass in case you want to play along at home. I try and incorporate drinking into all my hobbies if possible.
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Bora Boris
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From: Boogie Wonderland
| Posted: 2007-07-20 3:26 pm Permalink
I love that mug. I know it's early but I think it's a strong contender for Mug of the Year!
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Billbot
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Joined: Jul 18, 2006
Posts: 20
From: California USA
| Posted: 2007-07-20 9:19 pm Permalink
Greetings.
I'm jazzed to see the digital to mug process. Looks great!
I've got a similar project going.
I've a little more to do, but basically it's done. It's for the drink, "Monkey Brains", and it would have the recipe on the back. It would be like a large shot glass.
I want to print it out soon, and maybe try to make it into a mug.
However, I'd love some feedback: What do you think? Is it something that I could sell?
Thanks!
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Billbot
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From: California USA
| Posted: 2007-08-28 10:02 pm Permalink
I finally got my model printed out. I had it printed smaller than I originally planned. It's about 2 1/2 inches tall. I was impresses with the level of detail. I think I'm going to try to cast this one, just as an experiment and see how it turns out.
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