I started with a clay model (not a good material choice) and made a mold. The mold material is very hard and is not forgiving at all.
Once I had both sides to my mold I started injecting. This proved to be very difficult and I had to make several modifications to the mold (widening the spout several times and cutting air vents). The closest that I got to a full form was the melted plastic extending to the bottom, but not filling the sides of the mold. I also tried filling each side of the mold separately and squishing them together. This sort of worked, but still looked messy.
After too many failed attempts to count, I decided to try using a hot glue gun to inject, because the plastic material reminded me of hot glue. I got 2 good forms with this method.
I painted one of them, but decided I liked the plain one better, so I added a cord.
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