Post #734852 by danlovestikis on Sat, Jan 10, 2015 9:06 AM

LoriLovesTiki you all keep me going with comments like that one. Thank you so much. I really like all the challenges that come with opening a Wish List.

hang10tiki Eric is on the mend just frustrated that he had so much to do when this happened.

That's so cool that you went to the place Tyber Tiki told you about. It's so much fun to explore.

Thank you for all the fun photos. Janelle is just so darn cute she should be on a mug. You two have a lot of fun together and it shows. I liked the goofy face photos but Dan liked Janelle's best!

Almost 400 pages! Thank you for noticing IT MUST BE TIME FOR A CONTEST! I'll think one up and post it tomorrow.

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Here's something interesting. Dan likes this style of carving where once the body is done it's painted black and then the detail is carved to show the lighter wood underneath.

In Dan's collection he has them from Tahiti and Ghana! Now how did that happen?

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Progress Report on Tyber Tiki's HUGE Maori mug/lamp.

If you have been comparing what I've done with the photo you may have noticed that the side detail is missing.

Stepping back a week I did start to make the side decorations.

I got this far when I decided that I'd rather not try to mold these. So I stopped before I'd gotten very far and

took them all back off. I will add them to Tyber Tikis and then for future casts as the style dictates.

Now the this basic Maori has been completed it was time to measure how large the parts for the mold box would need to be made. Then it was off to Home Depot to find the wood and then

to have it cut. Once at home Dan assembled the sides so we'd be ready to start the mold process.

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I hope you all have a great weekend. I'll come up with a contest tomorrow. Maybe by then I'll be on page 400! Depends on what you all do here today. Any baby photos Tiki Ano? Hawaii hang10tiki, kitchen LoriLovesTiki, post surgery ebtiki, Munktiki collection kingstiedye, my art displayed Mondo-by-the-bay, photo of your tiki bar lunarvideogames, your girls dartharnie, selfie of Atomic Tiki Punk or or or... any photos are OK with me, let's have fun.

The more that is posted today the better the prize will be for the contest tomorrow.

Cheers, Wendy