Post #683063 by danlovestikis on Fri, Jun 21, 2013 9:18 AM

TikiAno I'm so glad to know that Mahalo Tiki is making sales with the mugs Dan sold to him. Dan has to give up some to get space for new additions. I can remember when he bought the Libby mugs. It was 2010 and we were at the antique sale under freeway 80 in downtown Sacramento. How about that!

I like your "keep on mugging" message. I will. Frank loves his sheriff mug and hopefully it survived firing. I open the kiln later today.

Yesterday we were busy because Dan had Nuclear Medicine Rest and drug induced Stress heart studies. It was fun for me because Greg the department manager was my college sweetheart and we both choose the same careers. He is also married and has three grown children. We caught up on everything while Dan was trapped in the camera. Greg did Dan's entire procedure. The outcome...Negative. No pending hear attack on the way. I'm going to put more photos on the Ohana Infirmary page.

At the end I took Dan to Thunder Valley an Indian casino where I lost $40.

Progress Report from danlovestikis...

When we poured crawl mugs #37 and #38 I had us pour a bowl. I had so many hula girl body parts to use that now was the time.

So I opened the mold and cleaned up the bowl inside

and outside.

Then I opened the bag of parts and looked to see how I could fit them on the bowl.

I sliced off the back of the woman and attached her both inside and outside the bowl. Why not make it differently than most hula girl bowls.

I used snakes of clay, water and a brush to seal the front and back to the bowl. I added two more hula women. Three fit the bowl perfectly.

Using a board on the top and bottom of the bowl I was able to flip it.

Now I added clay to the bottom of each woman. It is very soft so I'll do this again after it firms up.

I added clay to the sides.

Going through the opening I dug out a hole into the back of the head that is in the bowl. If there isn't a place for hot air to escape it will blow up. She would then lose the back of her head. You can see the hole in the bottom right opening.

Earlier in the week I had cleaned up a couple of these and had them dry out on funnels. These will be necklaces.

Once they had dried I sanded them

and carved my name and copy write on the back.

I removed the paper towel that had been wet and found that the patch had held together. I will glue this piece in with glaze and then the volcano will not leak.

The rim around the cannibal pot was wavy. I leveled it with my label remover. Sanding is slower and this has a sharp edge that is great for scrapping.

Now I loaded the top layer in the kiln. Some pieces could still hold some moisture so I did a ten hour preheat as Clayton recommended and then a 13 hour ramp fire. Today I'll see if anything exploded!

The hula girl bowl is now firm.

Here I added a longer strand of hair.

Here a lei.

Their hair will run past their shoulders to the bottom.

All three backs of the heads are in the bowl. Some will have the hands covered by her hair.

Sacramento Crawl mug #49 and #50. This ends the run, I will continue to pour more that I'll use as glaze tests and replacements if I break any. There are a few left for sale but until I decide the price no one is committed only on the list to hold one if they decide to take it.

Now I feel as if I've caught up. Time to clean up some mugs. Let me know if you liked the photos. Cheers, Wendy