Post #657712 by MadDogMike on Sat, Nov 3, 2012 10:40 PM

I know I've slackin' on the Tiki ceramics while working on the Piratre Ship. But now that the starboard hull is finished (the side that faces the road), I'll divide my time a little better.

Besides, the time change really messes up any outdoor projects, I get home from work around 4 and it will already be close to dark! Isn't that like cutting one end off your blanket and sewing to the other end to make the blanket longer? Doesn't seem to work. They talk about how we get an extra hour of sleep tonight ~ I'm calling Shenanigans! My internal clock wakes me up at 5am every morning. Now for the next few weeks I'll wake up at 4am! Then I'll be begging for 9:00 to come around so I can go to bed :lol:

The Ambum bottle is in the kiln and should be ready for saggar firing tomorrow. I finished another pair of Sea Monkey Salt & Pepper shakers for a TCer and finished sculpting another Raiders skull mug for a friend.

Tonight I started a tiki project I've been wanting to do for a couple of years. John-O may recognize it, it's the logo from the "El Tiki" restaurant I worked at as a kid. I want it to look like the 1960s vintage mug that never existed ~ single color, maybe a crackle glaze on the outside, on the back I'll put "El Tiki Imperial, Calif." using the old abbreviation instead of the current CA.

I like sculpting ceramic clay better than plastacine or wax so I'm making the master from Laguna EM347. I have decide if I want to make the mold from wet clay or from a bisque fired piece.