Post #644845 by danlovestikis on Fri, Jul 20, 2012 7:36 AM

hang10tiki thank you thank you thank you. My wish list asked to be photoshopped and you keep filling all my wishes.

Progress Report:

Tiki Oasis Spy/Tiki painting. I had to start over on Otto's face. So I devised a new trick. I put part of the photo I'm copying on his face and taped a pin that told me where to start his eyebrow and the angle.
Then I painted the eyebrow. I'll use this for each step so that I don't have too much space between nose and mouth etc.. These huge photos really help. I can see his cheek bone is off, I'll fix that.

I've started the back of the Sacramento Ohana Crawl mug for October. For the back I've copied the matchbook. I have to pull objects closer together so that molding will work.

I'm fine tuning the front as I go.

I can see that the shape of the huge lei is off, I'll fix it some. Again I've compressed for molding. Here I had to put the West on top of Sacramento.

My plan with this mug is to hand carve tapa down the sides and across the bottom under the hut. Each mug will be done by hand so there will be variations. I will also add the lei around her neck before firing. Once the base glaze is finished I'll hand paint each mug adding color and the woman's face. Busy busy busy.

Thanks for stopping by, Wendy