Post #406656 by Yoryuk on Mon, Sep 8, 2008 12:22 PM

I was going to reply by offering a totem pole made out of limited, rare, and one of kind mugs glued together, with African tribal masks glued on. It would be an -original- artwork because it would have in big red letters painted all over the mugs 'f*** off wankers', but I wasn't sure if that would go over so well.

Not to be a spoiled sport but I'm editing out my posts for reasons given in the original post. Plus, it's an interesting subject but this thread has little to do with my auction anymore, I had intended to post more auctions in the thread but I don't think I'll do that, start a new one if I post again sometime. Thanks for the replies though, I do appreciate the responses received both in and out of the forum.

Sorry for the childish reply motiki, but I thought that was a pretty heavy accusation for my first post. I have been ripped off before and I don't take being called a thief lightly. I love the design of their mug and it wasn't my intent to dishonor it or cause any controversy. I don't have much online but I do have an original work some might have seen available in the past that might explain my interest in the modification, if anyone has an interest in seeing it they can pm me for a link.

I've been tuning in to the forum for years, the moldmaking really interests me. I finally signed up to buy one of squids mugs a while back, (for the record, it was a limited event mug and I wouldn't modify something like that.) I think everybody is inspired a little by everybody else's work and I like that. That's why there are art movements, why Polynesian art is still inspiring people and why so many retro styles have become popular again.

I like the tarred ben mug but it needs some bulging eyeballs if you are going to ask several hundred dollars for it.