Post #713003 by danlovestikis on Fri, Apr 4, 2014 8:00 AM

hang10tiki It's so big!

littlegiles I've always thought it was the women and not drink.

TikiHula we enjoy your visits. Tomorrow!

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I glazed the first piece yesterday but I still have things I've made to share first.

Bee Hive Bob.

After adding the tikis I turned it over and

cleaned up the bottom

Then I added the names and copy write.

I didn't start off to make this a bee hive. I just thought it would be fun to run Bob's rings all the way around.

As I proceeded I could see the bee hive forming.

I made this back when I had a lot going on and my table was a mess.

I started the lid.

I made it a three straw lid.

The bowl was dryer than the lid so I made it larger so that as it shrunk I could whittle it down to the right size.

I printed some photos of bees.

I made the bee with sticky clay and lifted it off the table with the label scraper.

Now with it on top of the lid I was able to add more clay and to shape it.

Wings added.

after a few days I fit the lid.

Now I fine tuned the bee.

Close up.

I plan to glaze this in traditional colors so that it can be a regular Tiki Bob bowl or the lid can be placed on top for a Bee Hive Bob.

I'm so excited to be glazing now. So I'm heading off to play, Wendy