Post #703345 by danlovestikis on Mon, Dec 30, 2013 10:16 AM

hang10tiki my wish came true. Thank you always.

TikiHula the planet has a lot of problems. The worst is that there are not enough tiki bowls. Tiki Hula designed an over the top bowl and it's beginning to look like we can make it.

Here are a lot of photos of his dream bowl.

These photos will show that the volcano is a Fez. So we started on the Fez designs by using a vintage Fez vase from southern California.

One piece at a time.

Each is made from very soft sticky clay.

They are made thick and can be sanded down to the appropriate thickness later.

Getting them on and every edge sealed to the Fez without air pockets is the challenge.

This is also a shrunken head bowl. So Mike came up with the title AL DEAD for the Fez.

So we counted letters and found the center.

I used this as a guide as I sculpted and

placed the letters on the Fez.

One more letter to go.

The A was fun and fancy.

The front is done for now and will need to dry and equalize with the rest of the bowl.

Mike is happy here. Then I told him we needed to flip the bowl. The center is thick and heavy. The bowl is not and it is still wet so we can attach the heads. Could we do it without it collapsing?

One last look before we risk it all.

Together we managed to side the bowl onto a sheet of plastic on top of a board. I put plastic on top of the bowl and put a board on top of that. I picked it all up and with his hands ready to catch if I slipped I flipped that whole mess.

Taking off the board we could see into the Fez. The bowl did not collapse!

I begun the task of carving out some clay to make the walls of the Fez thinner.

Once the walls were right I carved our names on the bottom of the bowl along with the copy-write date.

Now it was time for Tiki Hula to carve the threads into the tassel.

The tassel will be part of a rum fire experience. A design that he is perfecting with this bowl.

What do you all think of a Fez volcano? I think he came up with a very cool design.

Now it's back to work on my list. He'll be back tonight to do more work on this bowl.

Cheers and Happy Holiday, Wendy

PS thank you again hang10tiki I just can't get enough of your creations because they are so fun