Post #710838 by danlovestikis on Tue, Mar 11, 2014 10:04 AM

LoriLovesTiki Dan aka wendylovestikis says thank you very much.

Chippy we had a perfect trip home and it was good to see you too.

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I thought I'd finished the Wish List but I re-connected with Tavarua so I started on his order which is a Kings Goblet with the Place of Refuge tikis on the back.

Here's how far along I am.

I cast three Frankoma tikis and connected them together.

Air bubbles are a constant worry.

I just started to bury the Frankoma salt and pepper shakers with sticky clay.

A little at a time to

try to make them close to the actual tikis.

So far they have no teeth but

this one doesn't seem to care.

I had put a hole in the head of the war god and now I added the bowl with sticky clay.

After a day of adding sticky clay a little at a time I put it into a plastic bag and let it rest overnight
to equalize the amount of water in all the different parts. This helps prevent it from cracking.

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I recently finished this for Mondo-by-the-bay. It's a fish style Bumatay bowl.

Sticky clay on the back of each fish.

Attached and sealed one by

one until all three are on the bowl.

Then the attachment areas are cleaned up and made sharp.

I fine tuned all the carving on each fish.

Then I added the sea waves

and sanded them with water.

Now it's ready to dry.

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For Kele aka WaikikienMoeKele I finished off the hand, lips and eyes of her Hello Kitty sculpt.

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Thank you always for the visit. Cheers, Wendy

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[ Edited by: danlovestikis 2014-03-11 10:12 ]