Post #730772 by danlovestikis on Sun, Nov 2, 2014 7:34 PM

Tiki Hula with comments like that you'll always be on my good side and welcome back to play with clay.

hang10tiki you make Dan feel very special. That's a great tiki although it looks a bit crazy in the last photo.

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Dan's Frankoma bowl firmed up some so that I could start to work on it again.

First I lined up all the Frankoma tikis to be cleaned.

I put them in a plastic tub to keep them from drying out.

The next day:

Now I have all the parts ready for the bowl.

The volcano had collapsed a bit and was too big. Observing that I needed to push out some air from inside the volcano

I helped Dan to side two choppers underneath the bowl and to lift it up.

Once this was done I was able to squeeze in the sides before we put the bowl back down on the turnstile.

Now the volcano is taller and the right size all around.

Now we put the tikis around the bowl to get them into place.

Looks pretty good.

I can get an idea of what the bowl will look like finished and 6 tikis was just right.

I put a little ball of clay centered on each tiki so that I'll know where to put it after I take it away for the next step.

I cut off part of the tikis butt until it would get up close to the bowl.

I added some very soft and sticky clay back to that same area.

I pressed the tiki in place while holding the bowl from caving in.

I did this with all 6 tikis and also cleaned up excess clay where the tiki was joined to the bowl.

When I finished Dan came for a final inspection.

Top view still pretty good placement.

Side view.

Next day:

These tikis will pop right off if the drying process isn't slow enough. So the whole bowl has been in plastic over night and this morning it was taken out for a couple of hours. Then back in again. I also needed the inside of the volcano to dry so with help from Dan it was placed on these two turnstiles so that the opening is not covered.

I will dry this bowl over the next week or two. I will watch for cracks and repair them as they show up.

So that's it for now. Have a great night, Wendy