Post #751211 by danlovestikis on Mon, Sep 21, 2015 2:22 PM

hang10tiki thank you and thank you. We were just talking about how fun it would be to visit you in December. I love to go to Ethyl M's when all the little lights are shining on the cactus plants. We also need to see the Golden Tiki. Did I get the name right?

I LOVE it when you use my tikis as a backdrop!

IDoVoodoo I am nearly ready to start on your cannibal bowl. Are you going to sketch for that project or am I to go by your word instructions?

Comicbookhero not only your wish but your design. I really enjoy lending my hands to make a wish come true. It is now hanging out on the drying table. This takes a week or two.

hang10tiki preserving all that hard work is great but doing so really makes them look good too. How hot was it outside when you were working?

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Before I started the Wish List #6 I made another HUGE Maori lamp ceramic. If anyone is interested let me know. This is a one of a kind design, hand carved and the 4th from the mold. $350 with the buyer doing the electrical and shade. Buy it now and you can choose the color or colors for it.

Here are the step by steps.

DAn's nightmare is that I'll want him to life the HUGE Maori mold. Poor Dan.

The next day the molds are opened. The Ren Clark head is what I changed into the devil head that Freddie snagged.

Once in the house I clean it up and add

clay pieces to the sides and then I carve them.

New style eyes.

More work done.

I even carve the top where it might end up covered by the shade.

The front is finished. I even changed the shape of the war club.

Here it is without the flash.

Now I'll carve all the rest of the body.

Finished. I like photos without the flash to show that the carving is deep.

I build my lids from scratch. That way they always fit tightly.

I choose something that is the right size to use like a cookie cutter. This time it was a funnel.

I get some strips of clay and fuse them together.

I press them into place.

I let them sit in a plastic bag until firm. Then I use tools to scrape them flat.

I keep removing clay to make them fit.

I keep scraping and

scraping.

At the end I carve a trough so that the lid sits over the edge of the top.

I started to carve the lid.

I added the hole for the lamp fixture.

I matched the carving on the lid to the carving on the body.

In place. Now it will dry.

Thank you Tyber Tiki for asking me to make the first one. I enjoy doing these so much.

Cheers, Wendy