Post #676351 by danlovestikis on Thu, May 2, 2013 8:54 AM

hang10tiki Dan likes the new look. I think its time we add exercise to our daytime activities.

TikiAno I'll open the kiln today. I hope I didn't destroy the mug. Once we hit Oasis we just stay in place so we don't miss anything. Surfboards would kill us. But thanks for the offer you young stud.

Robb Hamel I spend a lot of time trying to make each piece a keeper. Your work shows that same dedication. I was on your thread this morning just marveling at your expertise. I love your work.

Thank you everyone for the visits.

Progress Report:

A big box arrived from Gecko'z South Sea Arts. Nope, no Gecko tikis it just held some of my things.

I had him cast two of my Missionary's Downfall bowls. They have a 50% cracking rate in the kiln and I need to make one for Psycho Tiki D. He already has the woman but has been waiting for 2 years for the bowl.

Neither Gecko nor I noticed that I'd left the second I out of Missionary's so after the cast I had him wipe out the first part of the word. I'll carve it in properly before I start firing this bowl.

He had one of the Missionary Downfall woman molds that he could part with so I bought that too. Since I can alter the woman I want to keep a crisp mold and my other one is getting old.

The Sacramento Crawl Mug

I started on the headdress. Each section is carved like a gemstone.

Again I love to use my label scraper.

I added clay to build up the top of the head.

Smoothed out the shape is starting to show.

When a sculpt is going to be molded I have to watch for undercuts which will break the mold. So here I added a small amount of clay at the base of the hands.

Now there is a slope and the mold will pull off.

Now its time to get busy. Cheers, Wendy