Post #725202 by danlovestikis on Mon, Aug 11, 2014 8:57 PM

Professor G thank you. I love praying mantises. I carried him to the garden and let him go. The mugs look better when seen without a flash. I'm happy for the thumbs up.

TikiAno 63 is a good year for me, not so for Robin Williams. I'll miss him.
I would love to see photos here of those who get the mugs.

little lost tiki thank you brother. I'm going to miss my Kinny hug since we are missing Tiki Oasis this year. I've enjoyed watching all the art that you are taking. You sure do work hard.

hang10tiki I'm so happy that they are done and I can work to finish off all the backed up projects.

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We are not going to Tiki Oasis this year so we are going to miss all of you who we routinely see there. Bummer.

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The last thing I needed to do for Tiki Atari was to ship him the kickstarter mold. Dan said Wendy we are out of peanuts should I ball up some newspapers? I thought about it for awhile and came up with the idea of using the bottoms from a whole bunch of boxes.

So first we strapped the mold and poured a mug. So when he gets it one will be ready to come out of the mold. I think it will keep the pieces even more secure for the journey across the country.

Here's what the bottom of the box looked like with the cut box bottoms.

Dan lifted the heavy mold into place.

We surrounded the sides with cut boxes.

Here's a photo of Dan cutting the boxes with my electric knife. It really works well on cardboard and sponge rubber.

Here the sides are all done and

then a layer on top. Taped it shut and he was off to the post office.

Tiki Atari here comes the mold!

Back to ceramics tomorrow. Cheers, Wendy

[ Edited by: danlovestikis 2014-08-11 21:11 ]