Post #674927 by danlovestikis on Sat, Apr 20, 2013 8:40 AM

hang10tiki actually we take some time off...to go to Tiki Events!

littlegiles the sculpt of the crawl mug as shown below is at 12 1/2 inches. I don't know if that is tall enough. The clay is very hard, you can't even press a fingerprint into the block of clay. But it is oil based and will melt. So I do that and when its mushy I can apply it. Then I can carve it or mold it with tools.

VampiressRN isn't this turning into a fun year. Not only do we get Mahalo Tiki store we get Dr. Tiki Mojo and Eva moving to Elk Grove and making another tiki home for the crawl.

hang10tiki they are all so cute, thank you. I've got to get Dan in here so I can hear him laugh.

TikiAno first Dan said to tell everyone that he's Italian and really looks like that ape when he showers. The little white box that I melt clay in...that was originally for wax. He had me wax off all the hair on his back a couple of times but when he found out it just grows back he gave up.

I started doing ceramics for the first time the summer or 2010. Before that Gecko cast all my sculpts. He still is doing a few. I will always be learning from others who love clay, that means you.

I'm feeling good about the crawl mug. I always want them to be different in some way. This being HUGE will make it different.

I saw Joe Banks post this of GROG and I didn't want any of you to miss it.

There should be a GROG toy. He's so cute.

Thank you everyone for all the kind or funny comments.

Progress Report:

I tried to push on some clay but after 20 minutes I only had a small ring around the top.

So I started melting the clay and I would add it to the top like frosting on a cake.

littlegiles wanted to know how it compared to my Zombie Torch mug from last year. Here's the front of each

as well as the backside of each.

After already painting the heads for three hours yesterday this is as far as I got in the evening. I did take some time off hang10tiki.

Cheers and have a happy weekend, Wendy