Post #368730 by Babalu on Sun, Mar 23, 2008 11:49 AM

HAPPY BUNNY DAY!!!

Thanks for bouncing in Hip Hip :) Your party bowl is next up...I have a start on it. It will be interesting to see if I can make this low fire clay sculpturally do what it is that I want it to do...stay tuned.

Piapo - You da man! Thanks for the schooling....."Rapetiki"...yes, yes...I like it! Here's a cool picture of Lapakahi on the Big Island.

Mudslinger - Thanks for the pms...It is fun shooting the bull with another clay nut.

Ben - Thanks, Your swap piece is sure making me Happy, Happy too!

Cammo - Sure brother, I'll glaze one of these mugs off the cuff...I'm seeing some fun coloring on one of these as well.

Well, This guy is just about done. I still have a little bit of burning to do on him yet, but he is very close. This guy is still very wet, and I may or may not have to fix a crack when he dries out. It's funny, I will most likely put a few coats of Spar on him when he dries, but I really don't think he will ever look better than he does right now. Kind of hard to tell from the pictures, but this drying palm has this wonderful light yellow hue to it that really turns me on. It will fade as the piece dries.

Sometimes, if an image of the "Great Mother" starts to show through in a carving, you just have to let it happen...Right Piapo?

Here is one area where I have not finished the burn yet, but you can see how I wish to depict a great battle tattooed on the ears.

This is what happens when you put your fingers to close to a mad rabbit.

I polled from many folks...eyes, or no eyes? Kinny is of the no eyes clan. It's running about 80% keep the eyes - 20% loose the eyes.

Birdman's boy got a little too close yesterday as well :)