Post #640069 by danlovestikis on Mon, Jun 11, 2012 9:52 AM

hang10tiki I hope I deserve you, thank you for being here.

MurphDog, I love this photo. Thank you so much. This is the best reward I get for the work.

Loki Tiki we should have Tiki Ba up again. There is the Blue Bob Group and now a Bob Dog club too.

Psycho Tiki D we love you too. Thank you for all the support and kind words.

Wish list progress and etc.

Along with all the other Bob conversions I did a surprise 50th birthday gift for
Rugby Matt from Deb. She has given it to him so I can now share these photos.









HAPPY BIRTHDAY MATT

Sunday we poured the old and new Bob molds. One leaked horribly but in the end we got our 4 good Bobs.

I made the two new Bob molds with tall heads so I could do other types of Bob conversions.

Here you can see two at the regular height and two that are taller.

I can cut the top off at any point.

Since I'm making these for the next wish list I have to wrap them 6 times so that they do not dry out.

We poured a set of Bobs again today. But first I filled the holes that caused the leaks with clay. This photo shows one on the right filled and one on the left waiting to be filled.

After the mold was put together I covered the bottom with more clay.

I put plastic over this so that when it was placed upright it wouldn't stick to the table top.

It worked no a single leak. Here Dan is pouring out the excess slip. Notice on the mold I've written the amount of time the slip needs to set in the mold to make the thickness I like for the Bob's. Notes on molds are a big help, especially if you pull out an old one to use.

I think this is Tiki Atari selling mugs on this site.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jchaffin/the-horror-in-clay-cthulhu-tiki-mug-production-run

He has a video and as he walks away I can see one of my Tiki Bob decanter's on his shelf. Thanks Tavarua Tiki for sharing this with me. It looks like he's had over 700 sales of his mug I hope he's sending them to China to be made. It would take me 3 years to make that many.

Yes I did open the kiln this morning and I've taken out all the mugs and bowls. I need to go over each one to see if I can enhance it with cold paint or if there is a problem. Once I've done that I will photograph them and request addresses for shipping. I'll also post photos. Hopefully I can do all of this by tomorrow night or tonight.

We will be taking a few days off for a family reunion. So if we disappear you'll know we are with my sisters family having a blast.

I'll be back! Wendy

[ Edited by: danlovestikis 2012-06-11 09:53 ]