Post #414636 by tikiracer on Tue, Oct 21, 2008 8:21 AM

New mug design and build pics

This mug has been on a slow burn for a while now.

Named Pistoniki, it's a marquesan styled mug which also looks and feels like a motor engine piston - hence pistoniki... I wanted a short mug good for mai-tai's, always a favourite in my homebar.

Here's acouple pics of the master carve, from a large plaster slug.

Right for the get go, I wanted to have fun with the packaging of this mug.

Each mug comes wrapped in out hot rod magazine pages, and a box filled with brown cardboard packaging. The box designed to look like a vintage [NOS] auto parts box. Also included is a small instruction sheet with a recipe for Engine Oil. This cocktail was keenly researched and created at the tikiracer workshops. The drink has the colour and pour of motor oil, but not the taste. Not that I've tried oil...

The great folks at Cheekytiki have been making these and helped source a great limited edition glaze for a run of client gifts. This red hot colour with white hot edges works really well. I only have one left which is number one of 16, is available here.
http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=30199&forum=12&0

Now the mug again from different angles.

And now the underneath.

Here's the mainline [available soon] colourway. This is a great oily brown glaze that feels slick and reacts really well in different lighting. The inner glaze is a carbonised, matt black.

Some details.

Mahalo for looking.