Post #353212 by Babalu on Sat, Jan 5, 2008 5:36 PM

Just back from the Chop...that was fun!

Whoa Kelly...such kind words. You is one very "Hip" lady in my book!

Mr. Jones...your the man among men...thank you boss.

LLT...Thanks man, It makes me feel "great" when a true artist, such as yourself, enjoys the work I do.

Cammo...Dude, I know your only saying all those nice thing because you think my Mom's hot, and you want to see more pictures of her. :)
I did put some time into these guys sure, but I don't think was 15 hour each, still hey, thank you Cammo, you've been a really good friend to me.

Hip Hip, It was a great pleasure to collaborate with you on this project as well. Truly, the biggest reward for me in this whole endeavor is that your so happy with your new "flock". Would it be a flock, or a grouping? Not sure what one would call a gathering of wild jelly fish creatures with bird heads wearing tiki pendants. Can you imagine such creatures floating around in the ocean making strange birds calls to each other? :) I was sick all last week and posted up on the couch watching "Planet Earth"...best darn disk set one can buy....anyway, I learned there are 42 different types of Birds of Paradise in New Guinea (the bird, not the plant)...these are some wild and strange looking, way cool birdies.

Let's see...what to explain about the mugs?....

Well, as you mentioned, I used 16 different premixed, store bought glazes on these guys to get the color effect. Of course, a few of them were only used marginally in the places....for those of you that like to play in clay...here was my chosen palette.

Laguna brand - Sunburst yellow

Duncan brand Translucents - Cherry Red, Miami Pink, Pumpkin Orange, Sun Yellow, Plum Blush, Royal Purple, Grape Splash, Galaxy Blue, Bluegrass, Leaf Green, Sea Mist Green, Walnut Brown, Black, White, and finally Clear.

The one on the far left of the top picture I took for Hip Hip was the one that was my test firing, or artist proof. It was from that one that I made the choice to add to the pallet a little.

Kelly and I decided to "go" on this project in like mid November. Kelly very much wanted to get these birds to their new owners by Xmas, but with all the traveling I had to do prior to the holidays, I'm afraid they were a little late making that deadline. To the new owners...sorry for being late guys.

Cammo, Thanks for taking on the cards brother...they turned out sweet. The Bird of Paradise drink recipe on the back of the card was thought up by Hip Hip herself....

I did a little research to come up with some direction on the little birdman tiki mask on the side of the mug. There are some really cool images out there to pull from....I knew, however, that I did not wish to copy something verbatim, so I pulled a little from here and there and tossed a little Babalu in for good measure.

I only fired these guys twice...the bisque firing, and the glaze firing.

Anyway, not sure what else to say, except, Thanks again Hip Hip for for making this project possible. I very much look forward to our next endeavor together.

Peace!

Schooled by the finest.....Capt. K and Master G

[ Edited by: Babalu 2008-01-05 17:37 ]