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Post #468375 by MadDogMike on Sat, Jul 11, 2009 9:46 PM

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PNG Kundu Drum, inspired by Babalu's Birdman drum (but not executed nearly as well :) )

This is the piece that fired my smoking madness. I had originally planned to glaze the inside of this mug and the incised lines on the outside, then smoke fire it. But the lowfire clay I made the mug out of wasn't up to the stress of smoke firing. So I ended up with some Courtyard matte glazes on the outside instead. Not the look I was after but it will have to do. The feather ornament is connected with a magnetic clasp to allow quick disconnect for washing. (If indeed, you do wash your tiki mug. Some would say it destroys the fine rum patina)