Post #676571 by danlovestikis on Sat, May 4, 2013 8:21 AM

I am so lucky to have you all making this fun for me. Thank you for your messages. I'd rather read these than the morning news paper.

tikilongbeach there's room for lots of ice for a hot day.

MadDogMike glazing is the fun part. I'm thinking all kinds of things from traditional to outrageous. Maybe I'll glaze a few and take a vote. Too bad that's still a long way off.

GROG maybe its a share a drink mug with long straws.

Philot I admit that I like that butt which is modeled after Dan. Fluffy/Sherry likes to watch the work in my hobby room. She does seem to be staring at it.

LoriLovesTiki I wish all Hawaii 5-0 episodes were that good.

WaikikianMoeKele and ha ha.

lunavideogames you should start a thread, such as what's you biggest mug, on collecting tiki and when this one is done you can add a photo of mine.

tigertail777 your wish is fulfilled today.

littlegiles I think I'll have to measure the amount that it holds in the future.

Progress Report:

I've become obsessed with making these heads as perfect as possible. So I spent another day glazing them. After they dried in the backyard they went back into the kiln.

I have one more load and all 22 will have been glazed at least twice maybe three times. My electric bill is through the roof. This is the load from the day before.

Top layer held the Trader Vic's mug that I repaired.

It worked. The colors were perfect and it fixed all the chips.

Someday I'll experiment to see if I can repair a hairline in a vintage mug. But it worked for chips.

Then it was time to take Dan to see his surgeon. He has re-torn the meniscus in his knee. Today we are trying cortisone.
look how long the needle is before it goes in.


If this doesn't help with the pain then Dan will have another surgery.

We love Dr. Hong. He's done knee repairs for Dan and I so we know him well.

Take care of your knees, cheers, Wendy