Category: Pottery
Sep 07
Keyhole Tumbler 5
This is another example of the plaster mold. When I made the molds of the keys and keyholes in plaster, I used the wax positives I’d crafted with paraffin and the two-part soft silicone molds. To get the wax out of the plaster, I baked them inverted in a craft oven over a pad of …
Aug 31
Keyhole Tumbler 4
Here you can see both the background text (made with a rubber stamp, highlighted with iron oxide after bisqued) and the sprig. I wanted to make sprigs of keys and keyholes, for a steampunk theme (goes with the text. Don’t ask, in my mind they go well together. Garth Nix will back me up here.) …
Aug 24
Keyhole Tumbler 3
My sister asked me what I wanted for my birthday, and I told her I wanted rubber stamps that had blocks of text in a foreign language. I couldn’t find any myself, but she’s an expert shopper and found several nice pieces. They were unmounted, which made them perfect for these projects. To get the …