Post #751060 by danlovestikis on Fri, Sep 18, 2015 5:08 AM

hang10tiki always a pleasure to see you here.

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Wish List #6 update. Rich Teski and James Molter Jr. both of facebook ordered Frankoma bowls. The story of how I got this little tiki from Joniece Frank (named for her father John) is on page one of this thread. It is a special tiki she designed. It was the only tiki to survive the horrific fire at the factory.

This is one of her rare tiki bowls.

All of the Frankoma glazes are now lost. The bowls I'll be making will have some beautiful glazes. I cast all the little tikis and bowls that I would need for this project and then I set to work.

I used the tiki to mark where I should cut the bowl.

Here the top is removed.

I flipped the bowl and cleaned the bottom. I also carved my name and copy write.

Flipping it back over you can see where the mold line runs up the side.

I add clay to the inside of the bowl until it is smooth.

Here is an example of a cleaned up little tiki next to one just our of the mold. I clean the entire tiki and deepen lines.

Now I add sticky clay to the back of the tiki so I can glue it to the bowl.

I use a stiff wet brush to remove the excess clay that squished out.

Three tikis on each bowl.

Different view.

The bowl had crimping so I did that too.

Three bowls for Rich and two bowls for James.

Two back up bowls in case any of these fail and the tikis fall off when fired.

Lots of Wishes filled this time. Wendy