Put the mother of all eggs in to a basket

Few days back a friend came over bringing this with him; any idea what it is ? :)

Well of course a giant 18 liter ceramic water egg! 

I got an assignement to make bases for ten of these so this is the story of the prototype.

First of we made a mould from an (half-a-century) old newspapers and tapestry glue.

Then the first models,

And with little adjustement it seems to work out allright!

   Then the same process with hickory board 

and the egglet

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After this the base,

 attached with 100mm screws to pre-drilled holes, no glue needed for this one.

Lo and behold! This egg has more water in it you drink in a week! ;)