Post #300594 by bigbrotiki on Fri, Apr 20, 2007 6:38 AM

On 2007-04-19 14:07, Sabu The Coconut Boy wrote:

I may be wrong, but I believe Gecko reproduced his mug design from a vintage one he had in his own collection. I remember him posting pictures of his older version before he created the "Mount Bumatay". Sven had told him there was a smaller size of this vintage bowl as well, so I think he might have the most knowledge about it. The blue glaze looks vintage to me, but I'm no expert.

Sabu

There actually are three original sizes of this vintage (I would say 70s) design:

The wide one, which is in the Book of Tiki, page 184
The medium one (the one posted on the previous page, and below), which will be in Tiki Modern
AND the mug sized, narrow one, which I don't have, and which was used as a model for Gecko's mug

They are all without restaurant markings (or maker signatures), and thus were probably produced for home use. The conical shape of the medium bowl, and the grey stone color of the godheads suggests that they were meant to depict Aztec idols. I have never seen this blue version though, which is weird, since the concept seems to clearly depict fiery hot lava dripping onto panicking idols. Maybe the ones on Cheeky Half's bowl are afraid of drowning from sea water... :)

Here's MY medium bowl:

The lava glaze is truly amazing, and it was those vessels that inspired Gecko to develop his wonderful "exploding Volcano" bowls.

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2007-04-20 07:32 ]