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rocktiki
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Jan 28, 2008
Posts: 11
From: Atlanta GA
|  Posted: 2009-02-20 11:20 am Permalink
Starting on my first mug. Thought I would post some pictures of the progress I'm making.I would love to see any other amatuer muggers work out there too.
Here are a few pictures of the initial carving.
What do you think?
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MadDogMike
Grand Member (3 years) 
Joined: Mar 30, 2008
Posts: 6389
From: The Anvil of the Sun
| Posted: 2009-02-20 12:33 pm Permalink
Looks great. What is the sculpt made of? Planning to mold and cast it? Look through the posts in the "Other Crafts" section, your find lots of work by other muggers - amature, semi-pro, and pro.
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VanTiki
Grand Member (5 years) 
Joined: Nov 25, 2005
Posts: 901
From: Hawaii
| Posted: 2009-02-20 4:22 pm Permalink
Looking great! Love the subtle wood-grain texture. I've got the same questions as MadDog - what media, and are you planning on molding and slip casting your mugs? Awesome start!
Henrik
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Hula Lula
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Joined: Nov 14, 2008
Posts: 45
From: Pasadena
| Posted: 2009-02-21 1:41 pm Permalink
I love your mug!
What a great design, love the subtle texture.
I also like how you photographed it
on the bamboo matt and red background, really nice!!
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OceaOtica
Grand Member (8 years) 
Joined: Sep 29, 2003
Posts: 869
From: la, home of Tiki Ti
| Posted: 2009-02-21 2:59 pm Permalink
Hey Rocktiki,
been absent, just trying to get caught up on all the art here, looks like a great start on your mug. I would pose some technical issues if you plan to mold and slip cast this mug. You have some undercut issues that will be particularly tough to get around. Hopefully we will get a response here about your plans with this mug, but it appears to be sculpted out of oil based or sculpty, and is solid, so my guess is you are planning to mold it. Hopefully we here more about your plans and some other mug artists will chime in to provide some insight.
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Robb Hamel
Grand Member (first year) 
Joined: Mar 07, 2008
Posts: 1013
From: Ohio
| Posted: 2009-02-23 09:42 am Permalink
FIRST MUG?
Really?
Wow.
Rock on....
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rocktiki
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Jan 28, 2008
Posts: 11
From: Atlanta GA
| Posted: 2009-02-24 1:29 pm Permalink
I carved it out of white hydro-cal plaster from a local ceramic shop. My plan is to make a silicone mold, then a silicone master and finally make a multi piece plaster mold from that. After that its the standard clay slip casting. I like the plaster, something about the way it looks carved instead of sculpted. I am also trying a few other techniques with chavant and water based clay. And starting some little Polynesian idols for my wife's obsession with geocaching. And thanks for the compliments.
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OceaOtica
Grand Member (8 years)
Joined: Sep 29, 2003
Posts: 869
From: la, home of Tiki Ti
| Posted: 2009-02-24 1:52 pm Permalink
cool man, plaster sculpting is fun. the question i have now is why go the route of creating a silicone master? If you seal the plaster you can just mold off of the original, or are you intending to have a soft positive version of your sculpture to try and get around some of the undercut issues? or are you wanting a master positive to make multiple molds off of?
I know some of the guys here sculpt originals in wax, i go with chavant nsp and Laguna's WED water based. Use these at work, so just have stuck with what i know.
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