Post #731778 by danlovestikis on Wed, Nov 19, 2014 2:46 PM

uncle trav thank you for the compliment and the photos. I will never complain about 30 degree weather again.

hang10tiki so cold.

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Although I won't open Wish List #5 until after Thanksgiving I am working on the first order for hang10tiki. It is a thank you for all the effort he put into gathering all of my previous Tiki Bob's and posting them a few pages back. I also added them to my Gallery page.

His wish was for a full size Tiki Bob holding a small Tiki Bob mug. This was LoriLovesTikis idea for a past Wish List however hers was with a small Bob statue.

Here's what I came up with for his Wish.

It takes around an hour to fine tune the mug enough to carve it. I always start with the face.

Next I carved out the design.

I left the area where the hand will go flat.

hang10tiki said he really liked my recent Marquesas Island Bob so I put the name of his home tiki bar on the back in the same way I wrote Marquesas on the other mug.

I forgot to take photos as I did the designs so we'll just skip ahead to adding the hand. I made the hand which I also forgot to photograph. They I made the flat area on the mug sticky a couple of millimeters deep. They I added the hand and pulled down clay to lock it in place.

I started the small Tiki Bob mug in the hand.

Using the big Bob as a model I kept lengthening the chin.

Now he looks like a Tiki Bob.

Next I carved the designs all around this hand which you'll see in the pinups.

Two days and he was finished except for fine tuning when he is dry. I will make the tiny Bob's nose less wide at that time.

Pinups.

hang10tiki will this fulfil your Wish? Cheers, Wendy