Found: Wendy's Ren Clark Severed Head Tribute Mug - Collecting Tiki

D danlovestikis Grand Member (8 years) Joined: Jun 17, 2002 Posts: 9082	D danlovestikis Posted posted on Fri, Jan 19, 2007 7:28 PM Hi Ren Clark fans. I made a head for Dan and some friends in Southern California and then I sold two on eBay. It's possible that it was one of mine, they are made of clay, fired, painted with acrylic paint and then sealed with concrete sealer. Each person was told that the heads had to be treated as a painting on a wall would be. No liquids etc, no scrapping or bumping or they would peal. I know Vontiki was trying to sell his recently. These heads are very hard to make so if it was one of mine I'm happy it was close enough to make someone heart pound. I spent enough hours on each one that I figured I earned around $4.00 an hour when they sold on eBay for $120. I made mine from photos, a year after I stopped making these we bought an original from Ren Clarks family. To see the steps it took to make one you can go to my web page (still under construction) http://www.claytikis.com MY ART IS ON THE LEFT AND AN ORIGINAL REN CLARK IS ON THE RIGHT These being so fragile is why I paired up with Gecko in Hawaii to make the Bloody Maori. I've started two more projects with him this week that will be in ceramics when completed. How big was the head grapefruit size or a soccer ball size? Then I'll know who sold it if it's mine, Wendy ps sorry guys we all want to find a treasure hopefully your day is around the corner, we found the Elvis Presely Tiki Bob in Springfield Oregon for $18 we couldn't breath until we were out of the shop and in the car, then we squealed like little pigs, we also found a Frankoma war god for $40 in Reno, NV, those are our best two finds [ Edited by: danlovestikis 2007-01-19 19:32 ]

Hi Ren Clark fans. I made a head for Dan and some friends in Southern California and then I sold two on eBay. It's possible that it was one of mine, they are made of clay, fired, painted with acrylic paint and then sealed with concrete sealer. Each person was told that the heads had to be treated as a painting on a wall would be. No liquids etc, no scrapping or bumping or they would peal. I know Vontiki was trying to sell his recently.

These heads are very hard to make so if it was one of mine I'm happy it was close enough to make someone heart pound. I spent enough hours on each one that I figured I earned around $4.00 an hour when they sold on eBay for $120. I made mine from photos, a year after I stopped making these we bought an original from Ren Clarks family.

To see the steps it took to make one you can go to my web page (still under construction) http://www.claytikis.com

MY ART IS ON THE LEFT AND AN ORIGINAL REN CLARK IS ON THE RIGHT

These being so fragile is why I paired up with Gecko in Hawaii to make the Bloody Maori. I've started two more projects with him this week that will be in ceramics when completed.

How big was the head grapefruit size or a soccer ball size? Then I'll know who sold it if it's mine, Wendy

ps sorry guys we all want to find a treasure hopefully your day is around the corner, we found the Elvis Presely Tiki Bob in Springfield Oregon for $18 we couldn't breath until we were out of the shop and in the car, then we squealed like little pigs, we also found a Frankoma war god for $40 in Reno, NV, those are our best two finds

[ Edited by: danlovestikis 2007-01-19 19:32 ]

Post #279798 by danlovestikis on Fri, Jan 19, 2007 7:28 PM