Post #641007 by danlovestikis on Tue, Jun 19, 2012 9:23 AM

Hi Friends, it is always good to get home and back into the routine that we enjoy so much.

Thank you:
Philot for posting photos. I'd love one more with you and the back of the mug showing.
Tavarua Tiki see you in August.
Swizzle - I wish I could photo-shop a set. Some had shipped before I thought of the line up.
MadDogMike off playing I know we'll miss him for awhile.
hang10tiki always my rock
Kele sorry for your loss, family is important, I'm happy you all get together too.

Yesterday I opened the molds. My goal is to pour enough green-ware to cover a Wish List of projects. So as soon as I have finished my two paintings I should have enough Bob's etc already to customize and I'll open up for orders.

Pre clean up.

After clean up and ready to plastic wrap to store.

Pouring the next set.

I do more thinking than painting. Here I printed photos of McTiki's tiki in different sizes to see how they look on my painting.

I selected the smallest.

See Philot I take blurry photos too! Here I have outlined the tiki with black ink.

Now I fill in the outline with a mix of black and dark brown paint.

All that thinking wore me out so now it was time for dinner and TV.

Today I'll open those molds again. Now that the hot weather is here we carry all the molds outside and put them in the sun. That way I'm able to pour them more often.

Thanks for stopping by, Wendy