Post #625717 by danlovestikis on Mon, Feb 20, 2012 8:22 AM

Hi Everyone, I love getting up to a bunch of notes. Thank you all so much.

Professor G I'm so happy that your Island Tiki Bob brings out the giggles.

The Blue Kahuna rum giggles? How about sombrero giggles check the photos.

Swizzle wow a convert. It is his history that makes me fond of him.

LoriLovesTikis these craft threads are so fun that I know what you mean. Don't just stay on page one. Look back and check out all the artists. You'll end up with a very long list of favorites and lots of helpful hints. Your first tikis surpassed my first.

WestADad Ahhh, thank you for all your nice comments. I'm sending you a PM.

hang10tiki let us all know here on my thread when you start posting your new tiki bar on the tiki bar thread.

Beachbumz I think that your work is always to clean and wonderful. I need to check your thread to see your newest projects.

Progress Report:

Yesterday I got up to begin on this table full of projects.

But first we went to the garage and I put all these molds together.

We poured and set them upside down to continue draining. I have 25 Zombie Torches poured. Those in the kiln are still drying. They must be completely dry or the water in them will boil and explode in the kiln. Air bubbles in the clay also explode. You never know what you'll find when you open the kiln.

The Blue Kahuna's sombrero mold felt dry so we began the pour of the slip.

Slowly we filled it to the top.

It sat for 1.5 hours and was then emptied.

When it is dry enough I'll remove it and see if it is thick enough.

hang10tiki your Tiki Bob is done being carved. Now it needs to dry.

Along with each of the Bob's I continue to clean up all the Zombie Torches. I did two yesterday. Two more are coming out of the molds today.

Psycho Tiki D's bowl step by step. This tool is good for cutting holes.

I just pressed straight down.

I kept cutting away clay until the small Bob fit.

I then smeared on a lot of sticky slip that I had semi dried.

I pressed the tiki into that mess and began to fill in from the back. One air bubble and the tiki will blow off in the kiln.

It's smoothed but when it is all dried it will be sanded even flatter.

Look at that smile! Three Tiki Bobs on this bowl.

This is my little work station in front of the TV. I caught up on Top Chef and Storage Wars yesterday.

Professor G here's the front of your Island Tiki Bob.

Today I'll start on the back.

Thanks for popping in and keeping me inspired to keep working these long days. I worked 8 AM until 10 PM yesterday and I enjoyed every minute. Cheers, Wendy