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creators · Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2007 2:42 am Post subject: Yere there be dragons.

Do not mess with dragons for you are crunchy and go well with Ketchup. Anyway, these are many years old but I thought I'd stick them up cos I made them. They're made of earthenware clay, took three months each to build and breathed fire once.

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flapjack · Strawbophile Joined: 09 Aug 2007 Posts: 700

wow these are fantastic! Are they in your garden? Love them Smile

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creators · Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2007 9:14 pm Post subject:

Thanks Flapjack, I don't have any of them now but this one lives with my sister.
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hil26 · Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2007 9:48 pm Post subject:

They must have names.

like the first one, a lot
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creators · Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2007 9:51 pm Post subject:

Probably Dave, though I don't think my sister has named hers. The rest went to dragon friendly homes but I'm not in touch with them so don't know.
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Blue · Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 12:52 pm Post subject:

Wow- amazing detail! You're quite the- umm- creator, Keith! Laughing

I bet those were a lot of fun to make. Smile

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creators · Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 2:12 pm Post subject:

Thanks Blue, hence the name and my first web site creators-not-consumers, and why I think creative people are the life blood of the world.

They were a lot of fun and incredibly hard work, the clay had to be kept at exactly the right humidity and each scale was hand shaped and stuck on from the tiniest ones on the tail to the big uns on the body, dried slowly and fired, literally trial by fire, lost a few too. I hope to get back there one day, but no kiln now is just a bit of a problem.
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Blue · Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 2:36 pm Post subject:

I have seen directions for building your own outdoor kiln. Doesn't look too terribly hard, and seems like it might be right up your alley... of course it depends on where you live, because of the smoke and all. Plus, I don't know if I would trust it with something I had worked on for months. Probably not as reliable as an electric.
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creators · Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 2:48 pm Post subject:

It'd probably be worth checking out Blue, but the advantage of electric or gas is in maintaining a constant temperature.

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