Post #536284 by Babalu on Mon, Jun 14, 2010 6:25 PM

Hey, thank you all :up: :)

Well, I know I haven't posted in a while...it has been busy in the studio though. I've had a few other (not mentioned below) projects that I have been doing for other folks that has taken up my some of my time over here, but hey, it's paying the bills :)

Here is some progress stuff on some of the things that I can mention.

First up: Wendy (Dan loves tiki) asked me if I would help her out molding up one of her designs. It's a 3 sided, "Eat, Drink, & Be Merry mug. Wendy and Dan have been wonderful supporters of mine, and I wanted to help out with this one project...Wendy can tell you more about it, but I know the concept was taken from another crypto design that I have seen in Tiki Quest. It really is a nice mug Wendy. I am only going to do a run of 20 of these mugs....Wendy will be glazing up a few customs in addition. After that, no more... I will post in Market Place when I get this run finished. They will be glazed similar to the first Papua Omma Mow Mows. Test glazing later this week. YAY!

Next: look at this...Amy (Queen K) passed off her Squid colab that she started over here to Buzzy to pass of to me to fire. Amy tells me this muggy has traveled around in the trunk of her car for months, and some un-godly number of miles. The fact that it survived is AMAZING to me...good job Amy! The first firing is done on it...time to come over and glaze it :)

Next, next: I made a little mold up of a shape I found in the wild. I'm not quite sure yet what intrigues me so much about this shape, but I made the mold with 2 end pieces so that I could make 2 different shaped vessels 'clay canvas' out of one mold. The below picture shows a bit of playing around with it...

Lastly, The new molds (with the new snake scales) for the Cobra Fang Mugs worked out purdy good...I've finished 10 of them which I am going to drag along with me to the Ohana event in Lake George, NY in a couple of weeks. My main goal for this Event is not to sell a ton of stuff, but more over to have a GOOD TIME :) I like this Cobra Fang mug, however, it is a hard one to clean and glaze....I going to limit the run on this mug to smaller numbers as well. The next run after these will be available at Oasis.

Most importantly is the Silent Auction that is taking place at Ohana for Tiki Kate. My offering for this auction is this 2nd casting from my new Cobra molds here...This is my favorite one, and it is the "only" Albino, or White Cobra that I will be doing. Please check out this thread http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=36809&forum=15&3

More soon...thanks for stopping in!