Post #348058 by VanTiki on Thu, Dec 6, 2007 11:49 AM

Got some good and bad mojo in the studio yesterday -

First up: the bad. I bisque fired the two Iron Tiki mug sculpts on Tuesday, and when I opened the kiln yesterday morning all looked well -

Until I peeked at the bottom of Iron tiki #2!

Gasp! Sadly this Tiki won't be holding any fluids. I blame myself - this was a complex build that should have been dried out extra slowly, and I removed it from the plastic too soon. I suppose the upside is I scored a great looking mug for my shelf :) Perhaps in the future it may be used for an art swap or auctioned as damaged good on eBay - but for now I'll just place him on the shelf above my computer and enjoy him (after glazing, of course). The first Iron Tiki made it through the firing with flying colors.

And now, the good news! I also got my finished mini pickled head out of the kiln yesterday and he is terrific. I did this piece as a xmas gift for my Brother and his wife. Hope he likes it!

Today I am glazing the Deep Sea Tiki #2 (finally!) as well as the 2 Iron Tiki mugs. They will all hit the kiln tomorrow morning and will be up on my site (and ebay) on Saturday for the last VanTiki mug offerings of 2007. I'm off to Lanai for my B-Day next week - can't wait!

Oh - one last thing. Some of you may remember from past posts my love of GeoCaching and my little TikiCoins. I've been working hard on TikiCoin series 2: Tiki's Stackers and the first silver versions are done.

The silver editions is very limited (only 10 pieces - and of those I am only offering 8 to the public), so you may want to hold out for the bronze version which I'll have done soon. More info on my GeoCoins site: http://www.geotiki.com

Mahalo for looking!
Henrik "VanTiki"