Post #641676 by danlovestikis on Mon, Jun 25, 2012 3:21 PM

Thank you Atomic Tiki Punk. I'm going to try to put it up now.

Some of this story is on page one but since I want to keep it all together now I'm duplicating some information.

The Frankoma/Cevola Story continues...

Dan wanted me to make another Frankoma Tiki Bowl. I got out the photos of the small tiki and went to work.

I kept Joniece informed of my project by sending her photos. During one of our conversations she said, "I've sent you something special, when it arrives call me".

When Frankoma burnt to the ground it was such a loss. All the molds were destroyed and all the green ware on the shelves waiting to fire were gone. Everything except one small tiki that Joniece found among the rubble. It had survived the fire. This is what she sent to me. A precious treasure.

This tiki would have been one for a bowl because there were no salt or pepper holes in the top. Now that I had a real one I could see how far off the one I'd made from photos was.

I finished my bowl and Dan has it in his collection.

Far view.

Kingstiedye a friend we see every few months or so directed us to Mike a master mold maker. If I could make molds then we could become ceramicists. Mike wanted us to bring something that we could mold in two pieces.

If I brought this precious Frankoma tiki I could bring it back to life.

This is Mike and Dan.

Here is the little tiki being molded.

Here are a couple of finished tiki statues.

Here is the only bowl I've made so far.

What's up next? Check in for the Dan and Wendy show tomorrow morning!!!