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D danlovestikis Grand Member (8 years) Joined: Jun 17, 2002 Posts: 9082	D danlovestikis Posted posted on Sat, Oct 25, 2014 9:39 AM hang10tiki Tiki Bob says he's very please you think he looks good. TikiHula glazing will require some patience but I don't mind. Maybe you'll be here to watch. TikiAno It's so much fun to multitask. Get well, watch TV and carve a Tiki Bob all while nibbling on veggies! I watched the Brady bunch movies. I'd never seen them and it was so fun. Vincent Price was a favorite actor of Dan's and mine. It was good to see him too. ===================================== Here's a fail that I turned around. I did this once before but this time I supercarved Bob. Every once in a while I pour in slip that doesn't have enough water content. When I go to pour out the Bob I sometimes forget to check that all the slip has poured out before I leave the mold upside down for the night. If I'd noticed I could have stuck in a long stick to get the sludge moving or pounded the side of the mold with a rubber mallet, this too will get the thick slip to move out of the cast. Well since I did neither I had a Tiki Bob whose bottom half of the mug was thick wet slip. The only way to get it out was to cut out the bottom of the mug and scoop it out. I did it until it looked like this. It is easier to add a top than to form a new bottom so I made a piece of clay with a hole in the middle. I added some sticky clay to this piece and then I pressed Bob into place. I cut around to remove the excess but left some that I could pull up the side of the mug to seal on the piece better. I flipped him over and cleaned up the whole mug. Once it was firm enough I carved in some designs. This Tiki Bob will have a flickering bulb on top of his head. He's a torch. Now I just started doing some carving around his sides. Not too elaborate just fun. I also added a hole for the electrical cord. The swirls in the front didn't tie in so I changed them and then I hated it so I removed the new design also. Sometimes less is better so this is how I've left him to dry. This Tiki Bob will join his brothers to wait for his day in the kiln. I hope you are having a fun weekend. Tiki Ano's baby is due in a couple of weeks. Will you name it Tiki Bob or Tiki BobBette? Wendy [ Edited by: danlovestikis 2014-10-25 09:42 ]

hang10tiki Tiki Bob says he's very please you think he looks good.

TikiHula glazing will require some patience but I don't mind. Maybe you'll be here to watch.

TikiAno It's so much fun to multitask. Get well, watch TV and carve a Tiki Bob all while nibbling on veggies! I watched the Brady bunch movies. I'd never seen them and it was so fun. Vincent Price was a favorite actor of Dan's and mine. It was good to see him too.

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Here's a fail that I turned around. I did this once before but this time I supercarved Bob.

Every once in a while I pour in slip that doesn't have enough water content. When I go to pour out the Bob I sometimes forget to check that all the slip has poured out before I leave the mold upside down for the night. If I'd noticed I could have stuck in a long stick to get the sludge moving or pounded the side of the mold with a rubber mallet, this too will get the thick slip to move out of the cast.

Well since I did neither I had a Tiki Bob whose bottom half of the mug was thick wet slip. The only way to get it out was to cut out the bottom of the mug and scoop it out. I did it until it looked like this.