Post #448273 by Babalu on Mon, Apr 20, 2009 7:28 AM

Morning All,

LLT - I'm making new Trophy Heads as I write this...now that's hard to do :)

GoGo - Congratulations on you and Dani's big day...The wedding looked perfect!

Mike - Glad to hear your headed to the studio. I love the mug I brought from you at the Tonga Hut...yes, yes.

I wanted to show off a little octopussy mug that my neighbor Ellen did. Ellen is part of the Pod maker clan here on TC. Proof again that "Girls Rule". The sculpt on this FIRST mug of hers is wonderful, but what really set me off is her under glaze work on this guy. The pointillism approach that she took to the surface area is really cool...one I may have to try out for myself down the road. You ROCK Ellen!

Next up, the sculpting part on the Paradise Bowl is finally done - YAY! It shouldn't take to long to dry this one out. For those that may not know, I've built this thing 3 times now...This is the last time. If it doesn't make it through the first firing this time, I'm moving on. This bowl is big, and is meant to be used for a 4 person party. There are 4 mugs built around the top rim of the bowl that hold cocktails separate from the main bowl area...a straw is inserted through the bird's heads feathers to drink from the mugs. Then, the main bowl is the communal bowl where long thin straws are used. This bowl here will be wonderful for that old TC past time favorite game of 'Drink till you Drop'...yup, yup - (ps: the heads on the birds are white becuse they have already been fired once)

And just when I I was doubting that Buzzy really has a time machine...he sends me this picture as proof that he took his time machine and my concept, and traveled back in time to some remote island in the South Pacific and copied my idea just to be the first...Dang Buzzy! I should have never doubted...sorry.