TikiAno of course I made Dan pack up the clay projects for our trip. We are obsessed with doing our tiki work. I bet you have clay on your mind every day too which reminds me to check out the swap page tonight. I really do miss working on clay. We worked really hard the two weeks before we left so that I would have photos to post during our trip. I really do like keeping the show going. You have a fun show too.

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We went to the Pawn Stars shop on Las Vegas Blvd.
It was raining today so the line wasn't long and by the time we parked and walked to the shop the line was gone.

It's not much like the show. They have a section you don't see on the show where you show your items that you want to sell.

None of the stars work there. Instead they have t-shirts and their autographs for sale. It was like a shop that promotes them.
We still have fun watching the show and seeing some rare items that are brought in.

Riding down the strip in the rain Dan captured this photo of the Paris Eiffel Tower.

We went to see Ender's Game. Having read the book made it really easy to understand the movie. In the book the hero is 6 years old in the movie he is 13. The fun part was seeing Ben Kingsly as a Maori.

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Back to sharing another work day.

I am able to flip the bowl over using a couple of flat boards that I've covered with plastic wrap so that the clay won't stick.

Once I turned it over I was able to clean up the bottom. I still need to build a wall where it's missing.

I opened the mold for the Zombie's Torch mug for Mondo-by-the-bay.

The top is never thick enough so I add a layer of sticky clay.

I check the opening to make sure the flame will fit. As the clay dries I will adjust it. I have to also leave room for the glaze on the mug.

There is always a lot of work to clean up mold lines on a detailed mug.

I touched up all the lines on the mug and added earrings.

I added nipples.

I cleaned up a tumbler by removing mold lines

and then I indented the bottom.

This same day I poured a couple of Tiki Bob mugs, short and tall.

When I cut the tops off on one I exposed a hidden air bubble and possible bomb. I felt very lucky to find and repair it so that it wouldn't explode in the kiln.

By the time I finish these Wish List projects the year will have changed.

At the end of the day I had these cleaned up.

It's always fun to get ahead of the Wish List by casting mugs before the orders come in. The first time I did this I wrapped all the casts in plastic wrap and all of them dried and couldn't be altered. I just carved the dry clay like I did for the swap mug.
The next time I used plastic baggies but they were too small for many pieces. This time I found 2.5 gallon bags by Hefty. They are perfect.

It's 9:16 in Las Vegas. I call that bed time. Good night, Wendy

[ Edited by: danlovestikis 2013-11-23 21:23 ]