Post #738796 by danlovestikis on Thu, Mar 5, 2015 6:16 PM

hang10tiki for a moment I thought you thought IDoVooDoo's necklace broke and then I remembered our concrete moai. At least it still looks good on it's side.

Wow I love the letters, thank you for sharing...and maybe putting them in place???

TikiHula I sent you a message.

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Progress Report on Wish List #5.

Tyber Tiki has decided that the HUGE Maori mug/lamp should be a lamp. So he requested the lid and hole so that he can adapt it once it is in his hands.

When I made the first lid for Dan's it took a long time and it wasn't as nice as I would prefer. So I figured out a better way with what I had available.

I had already cast one of my tube mugs and it has been sitting on a shelf waiting for a purpose. I cut off the bottom and set it aside.

I cut the top in half and

wet my fingers and began smoothing it flat.

I put a piece of plastic wrap on top of the clay so I could use Dan's top as a guide for cutting.

Next I folded the plastic over on the leftover piece and put it in a plastic bag for another project.

Now that the first piece was cut I put a lot of sticky clay on top. I cut the top off a tall Tiki Bob mug and

pressed it down into the sticky mess.

I cleaned it up and cut a hole for the lamp fixture.

I put it on top of his lamp and then I

cut more off. I left enough so as it dries and shrinks it will still be large enough.

Then I drilled a hole at the bottom for the cord.

Once I have finished my "work" day for the Wish List I am free to play.

The bottom piece I cut off the mug was just begging to be turned into a bucket mug.

I just had fun playing with this and doing a fast carve of 5 tiki faces.

I just love playing with clay.

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More on Frankin Fink tomorrow. Cheers, Wendy