MadDog Mike's Platterful of Pupule - El Tiki/Ben Wilson Wall Finished - Other Crafts

M MadDogMike Grand Member (8 years) The Anvil of the Sun Joined: Mar 30, 2008 Posts: 11037	M MadDogMike Posted posted on Tue, Apr 19, 2011 6:59 AM Thank you BruddaBear. I love that sculpting smiley :lol: Now that Mojave Oasis is over, I can post pictures of the project I have been working on :D First of all I want to thank Amy for this opportunity. This project was the most fun I have had in my short artists career, and to be able to have my work stand with the art of so many great tiki artists is a bit humbling. A special thank you to Bamboo Ben for his help in getting everything set up for me. Amy’s vision was that the back bar cabinet of the Mermaid Lounge would have an undersea photo backdrop with 3D ceramic pieces coming out of the front of it. So I started with three 2x4 foot backlit photos on Plexiglas panels mounted in a distressed “driftwood” frame. The 3D elements were mounted to the front and the whole scene was lighted with a underwater effect light projector. Here is a list (complete, I think) of the items mounted to the front of the panels and spilling out into the bar: Ceramic Items “Clay-Taku” fish dish Sea Slug Grouper 2 Starfish 2 Octopus tentacles 2 Lampreys 2 Shell & Pearl dishes Sponge 2 branch corals (one covering where I cracked the Plexiglas panel) Sea Anemone and Clown Fish Coral Bowl Blue Tang Bowl 3 Sea Monkey Shakers for Nutmeg, Cloves & Cinnamon (which were mistaken by some people as turnips :lol: ) 2 Feather Duster Tube Worms 3 Raku Seahorses Hermit Crab Brain Coral Natural (real) Items Dried Pufferfish 2 Sea Fans Assorted Shells & Barnacles Other Items Plastic Jellyfish FeatherLite rocks 3 foot tall Styrofoam Moai Oak Red Snapper Cutting Board Iron Anchor Styrofoam Sand Drift Here it is in the wild with Rory tending bar. Surrounded by Ben and Kinny's awesome work. Please note that the 3 crystal phalluses in front of the Moai are NOT mine :lol: Here are some pics after the install but before the bar was finished You can play "I Spy With My Little Eye" with the list and the pics :D I have close-ups of most of the elements if there is something you want to see more detail of. I didn't take any nite pictures, I didn't think the moving water lighting effect would translate well to a still image.

Thank you BruddaBear. I love that sculpting smiley :lol:

Now that Mojave Oasis is over, I can post pictures of the project I have been working on :D First of all I want to thank Amy for this opportunity. This project was the most fun I have had in my short artists career, and to be able to have my work stand with the art of so many great tiki artists is a bit humbling. A special thank you to Bamboo Ben for his help in getting everything set up for me.

Amy’s vision was that the back bar cabinet of the Mermaid Lounge would have an undersea photo backdrop with 3D ceramic pieces coming out of the front of it. So I started with three 2x4 foot backlit photos on Plexiglas panels mounted in a distressed “driftwood” frame. The 3D elements were mounted to the front and the whole scene was lighted with a underwater effect light projector. Here is a list (complete, I think) of the items mounted to the front of the panels and spilling out into the bar:

Ceramic Items
“Clay-Taku” fish dish
Sea Slug
Grouper
2 Starfish
2 Octopus tentacles
2 Lampreys
2 Shell & Pearl dishes
Sponge
2 branch corals (one covering where I cracked the Plexiglas panel)
Sea Anemone and Clown Fish
Coral Bowl
Blue Tang Bowl
3 Sea Monkey Shakers for Nutmeg, Cloves & Cinnamon (which were mistaken by some people as turnips :lol: )
2 Feather Duster Tube Worms
3 Raku Seahorses
Hermit Crab
Brain Coral

Natural (real) Items
Dried Pufferfish
2 Sea Fans
Assorted Shells & Barnacles

Other Items
Plastic Jellyfish
FeatherLite rocks
3 foot tall Styrofoam Moai
Oak Red Snapper Cutting Board
Iron Anchor
Styrofoam Sand Drift

Here it is in the wild with Rory tending bar. Surrounded by Ben and Kinny's awesome work. Please note that the 3 crystal phalluses in front of the Moai are NOT mine :lol:

Here are some pics after the install but before the bar was finished

You can play "I Spy With My Little Eye" with the list and the pics :D
I have close-ups of most of the elements if there is something you want to see more detail of. I didn't take any nite pictures, I didn't think the moving water lighting effect would translate well to a still image.

Post #585573 by MadDogMike on Tue, Apr 19, 2011 6:59 AM