Post #751108 by danlovestikis on Sat, Sep 19, 2015 9:24 AM

Thank you for the visits to see how Wish List #6 is coming along. I am having so much fun making all of your wishes come true.
I'm sure there will be times I just don't get it right. That is actually part of the fun. Be sure to tell me if you don't like how I've done your projects.

I don't share the work ahead of posting. These are my SUPRISE pages. At the same time these are the pages that must be judged as to whether or not I did it right. Don't worry I can take criticism or suggestions. Remember your wish must come true.

So here's the next mug.

The last TC swap I participated in was the Enchanted Tiki Hut swap. I made a mug for swapping and another one for Dan. After the swap I had 3 requests for Dan's mug.

So Mahalo Tiki, Dale (Tiki Tonie's husband) and Lloyd AlohaHaHa here are your mugs.

I used the photo from Disneyland and started adding clay to one of my fogcutter mugs. Actually I did each step 3 times for 3 mugs.

I smoothed the tiki base into shape. After doing all three they sat in plastic bags overnight to firm up.

The next day I carved the faces and the long "mouth" that makes them a slit drum.

Then for each I carved these rings.

Three ready to go to sleep for the night.

The third day I did all the carving for the designs around the mugs.

I clean them up with a wet brush.

All done and ready to dry over the next few weeks.

Backside.

When really thick areas of clay are added they will split off of the mug base if not dried very slowly. I keep them in plastic and then during the day I remove it and let them dry for an hour and then back into the plastic. This occurs for most of my pieces even the bowl need to dry slowly so the little tiki won't pop off.

I do this for weeks and eventually they are dry.

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I'm having fun. I hope you all are having a great weekend. Cheers, Wendy