Post #625383 by danlovestikis on Fri, Feb 17, 2012 8:23 AM

Psycho Tiki D (Duane), Thank you for the bowl order. I had a bowl poured and it became yours.


There are always glitches to clean up.

I wet the sponge and spin it against the rough spots.

It even fits under the lip.

Nice and smooth. When it is put together with the small Bob's and dry it is also sanded.

Even though we had cleaned up for the morning we started again and poured your small Bobs. The bowl is just the right size for three Bob's. Do you like these colors? If you come over you could pick any color on my wall of tests.

The Bob's are poured.

Progress Report:

All of the mugs that had been sanded and were almost dry have been dusted with the air compressor and loaded into the kin along with four Bumatay for the resin lamps.



These were brought out to dry further and to wait to be sanded. You can see here the difference in height as they shrink as they dry. Even those in the kiln are still in need of further drying before firing. Even with my huge kiln I found they are too tall for two layers. I had to move the one mug to the top shelf to make room for the last tall one on the bottom. I can bisque fire with them lying on their sides but when I glaze it will be one layer each time.

I worked on the South of the Boarder Bob for The Blue Kahuna last night. Using these two tools I made the rings look like a palm tree.

The Body is done!

Now I need the sombrero mold to dry so I can do the hat. I had it out in the sun all day yesterday and I'll do that again today.

Now I went to work to make a hat for the Fu Man Chu mug for TikiTomD

I formed the top of the hat and made rings.

The smallest ring will fit into the mug so that it won't fall off. I have to do this twice.

I use slip to glue it into place and then tools to smooth it into one piece.

Next I do this again for the larger ring.

I'm copying a hat I found on-line.

Next ring attached to the first and I'll clean it up.

The next Bobs were dry enough for me to smooth them with tools and water.

I cleaned up four and put them aside without covers for the night. By tonight they will be ready to be carved for Professor G, WestADad and hang10tiki

So next up for us is to open all the molds (8) that were poured yesterday and to clean them up. I need to pour another bowl. The tonight I'll carve Bob's.

So that's it for the Wendy and Dan show for today! What are my Nielsen Ratings?

Cheers, Wendy

I want to share this web page. America in space. Thank you TikiTomD for showing us this site. Launch later today. Check the site and watch it live.
http://spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av030/status.html

[ Edited by: danlovestikis 2012-02-17 08:36 ]