Post #754059 by danlovestikis on Tue, Nov 17, 2015 8:44 AM

Tikiwahini this is the only mug I've done with RVICTOR

Is it IDoVooDoo's cannibal bowl with tiki cook that you like?
He's named it The Offering. I have started a Wish List #7 binder
even though that's so very far away. I have 23 Hot Tub Hula Girls to
make next. But who knows, I started this Wish List months before I'd
planned too.

TikiAno I just thought about you yesterday and the last nice visit we had. Thank you again for the necklaces. I'm so glad you do pop in from time to time. I just knew with your darling baby boy you'd be spending all your free time cuddling him! You are a good day.

IDoVoodoo is the project done or does it need tweaking on the tiki? The pot fired last night. The tiki is drying slowly.

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Wish List #6 progress report. A while back I made a Gilligan's Island mug for Tikiwahini and then I broke it. I wasn't able to repair it so I started over. Practice really helps. This mug is better than the first because I figured out how to do it better.

This time Gilligan has ears. I hope you don't mind Tikiwahini.

Here's the back in progress.

Fine tuning the tiny tiki.

These small ones are a challenge.

With the hat in place and plastic wrap keeping it from sticking I added clay all the way around so that the
cap will sit securely.

Now he will sit in a bag until this soft clay is firm.

The biggest challenge is the ships wheel. That's the part I broke last time around by picking up the mug with my thumb in the middle of the wheel. Dry clay is very brittle and I learned the hard way. Here's how I made it.

Different tools for different cuts.

Now it sits in plastic until it is firm enough to pick up.

Once it is firm I was able to carve the lettering or

for the smallest letters to push in the clay with a sharp stick.

More tomorrow, cheers, Wendy