Post #686996 by danlovestikis on Tue, Jul 23, 2013 7:22 AM

zerostreet it was fun to see Munktiki. Their downstairs is all tiki and the upstairs is tiki free. We had many work spots in common. They are super nice people and we've missed them since they moved.

lunavideogames I hope there will be photos of Marketplace and Tonga hut to see. I'll check later today. Monkey mugs are fun in any color.

hang10tiki GROG hairy now that's different. He's cute either way.

MadDogMike thank you so much for posting to make my story complete. That is a great work of tiki art. We are looking forward to seeing you and Teresa at Oasis.

Woodtiki I remember Milk Farm. My parents went there ordered steaks and got ground grain. They never would go back so I missed visiting it and now it's gone. I never saw the dinosaur.

TikiAno we haven't found tikis like that in years. I am always amazed at all the tiki finds posted by Buzzy and Psycho Tiki D from California when we can't seem to find any here.

(Dan's posing took away all need for photoshopping (well, except for Jon's work)- thanks, Dan!) He got a kick out of this, he really laughed.

Badd Tiki I've always thought that about Dan. He's so quiet around friends but when its just him and I he's a nut. I love nuts.

WooHooWahine, oh you are going to have so much fun...with us. Dan has been imitating Soccer in lots of his photos. See you at Oasis. We are so lucky to have your Marketplace and so many great events to attend.

WaikikianMoeKele we have everyone here in mind when we take our photos. We love sharing and are so happy that everyone enjoys our travels.

Gene S Morgan I would really like to have this tread on a DVD. If Tiki Cental went away I would feel lost. We were very lucky to find these tikis and we are elated.

Thank you all for your messages, I really enjoyed reading them all.

The MadDogMike Swap is almost here so I jumped on it yesterday and glazed my swap art. It was not easy and I'll show you the steps here. Some worked and some did not.

First I hauled in all the glazes that I would need.

I sat and thought about how I would get the glaze in place.

First I used a funnel to get it past the woman.

I tipped the bowl to cover the sides. I couldn't get it to go on the backs of the arms and the rest of the body and that needed to be done.

While I thought about that I put glaze inside of the woman.

I painted the skin on the woman to see how much I could cover. Then I put a baggy over the bowl and secured it with a rubber band. I turned it upside down and ran it over her back and the backs of her arms.

Now I cleaned her up and added more glaze to her face and body.

All done with here now I started on the bowl.

I aged the bottom of the bowl by rubbing glaze on and then off.

Top view.

Front view. She's ready to boil in the kiln poor thing.

Cheers, Wendy

[ Edited by: danlovestikis 2013-07-23 09:44 ]