Post #736162 by danlovestikis on Wed, Jan 28, 2015 10:44 AM

hang10tiki I liked that.

kingstiedye you are so cute. Let's start today by showing the start up for your first of two mugs for this Wish List #5.

Tyber Tiki there is nothing better than fulfilling a Wish and yours was a BIG one! Thank you, I'm so happy.

swizzle but every hour was enjoyable. You and I have the love of clay and that is joyful all the time.

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I will be carving on the backside of Tyber Tiki's HUGE Maori in the future but I'm taking a break and working on

kingstiedye aka Bullet two ordered Wishes and here's the first steps. He calls this the DEATH TIKI

He loves this character but he wants him to have a complete body.

This tiki has an arm set that is very similar. With a tweak of his hand shape and

a well rounded bottom kingstiedye designed a very doable new mug.

Dan got to enjoy his clean room for awhile but

now it's time to haul in the supplies.

I cast this mug as a base. It is one of three new fogcutter shapes I have available. I carved and molded them. One day I'll share how we did three molds at the same time.

I started with the backside.

Each piece is painted with slip before attaching. This helps to eliminate air bubbles that explode in the kiln.

I finished the rear end and then I

pinched in the waist to match the photo.

That's it for today.

LoriLovesTiki I'm glad you weren't in Boston!

Cheers, Wendy