Post #378752 by VanTiki on Wed, May 7, 2008 12:14 PM

Aloha Folks!

Time for an update - first off, mahalo for the comments! I'll do my best here to reply:

TikiShark - Yowza! Thank you so much! It means a lot coming from you - I check your thread like 10 times a day for updates! You must bring your amazing mug designs into the 3D realm!

BGreen - Mahalo! Yep, I fire at cone 5-6. I occasionally fire cone 10 when I join up with the Hawaii Potter's Guild. Cone 10 gave me some neat results - but it is hard to get bright color at those temperatures. Also, it really shortens the lifespan of an electric kiln (I use electric not gas in my studio)

Kahu - I am a fan of the bat as well. He is drying nicely (knockonwoodfingerscrossed)

Matt - Evil Dead! Too funny. Love the film, and when I was in LA I worked for the shop that did all the deadites for Evil Dead 3 (before I got there). Had a bunch slowly rotting away on the walls watching us while we worked.

Mr. Gambino - ohboyohboyohboy Sam-freaking-Gambino likes my mug! :) Mahalo!

Frostiki - Thank you! Yeah, they have been getting rather intricate. Ms. VanTiki always comes home, looks at the new mug and rolls her eyes. I say, "what?" and she replies, "geez - how much bigger can they get?"

Flat Black - Stoked you like the Monkey Mug - it is one of my all-time favorites!

GreenTikiPat - Thanks for posting. Your tiles are in a holding pattern in the studio - and I'll take them in for a landing (by dipping them in glaze) this weekend.

Okay! So, I have a bunch of sketches that I am dying to turn into clay and have set aside the entire weekend for sculpting. Can't wait! Expect a lot of photos Monday! In the meantime, Fired up a bunch of spooky skull tiles last night (along with some test chips) and finally got around to getting some glaze on the tentacles. Proceeded to run out of the glaze and will have to finish them up tonight after hitting the clay store this afternoon. A post of the first coat: the orange underbelly -

Thanks again for all the comments and encouragement - it really fuels the artistic fire! (wow - sorry if that is corny!)

Henrik "VanTiki"