Now Ive begin the supporting shell for this, it will be in several pieces, each piece acts as a relief for various undercuts and opposing angled surfaces. Multiple smaller pieces make it easier to take apart too. Here’s a successive series showing how it’s made, with the last photo removing the rubber portion from the model;

Now that I’m done with the winged lion for the time being, it’s time to turn towards finishing the mold for the lioness roundel which I intend to complete today. The rubber portion has already been done, next comes the plaster shell. The first public cast is already pre-sold and paid for by a previous client who purchased the wolf head roundel some time back. I’m inclined now to start a lion model facing the opposite direction so there will be a pair. As I remember i have about 150# of the red clay, and about half a ton of the raku clay on hand. It would be a good…