Post #764040 by danlovestikis on Fri, May 20, 2016 8:35 AM

TikiAno that looks like the girl on the TV. Jon is as cut as a ... Jon! My reaction to the beetle was, yeeeeeeeeewh. I was glad that he wasn't moving. I think he died in the mold and that I forgot to check before pouring in the slip.

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SACRAMENTO CRAWL MUG. TIME TO LET THE TOP REST AND TO WORK ON THE TIKI.

Working to replicate someone elses work is much harder than making your own. It would be wonderful if the person who carved this tiki back in the 1040's would see this and come forward to say "hey I did that". There was no name on the bottom.

To get the proportions right I print out a few sizes of the photo until I find one that is just right to fit the sculpture.

Then keeping it in place I cut through the clay to make an outline.

Using the photo I begin to sculpt the tiki.

I use wood tools and some metal cutting tools.

It's taking shape! AT this time I decide to add some arms, hands and feet.

It's done for now. I will come back to it later on as the overall design comes to me.

Next it's time to figure out how I will do the name of the restaurant. Again I printed out many sizes of the name and

then picked the one that fit best.

I decided to make a bamboo trim around the tiki so I went to work on that part.

Now the name will go below the bamboo.

This will turn into a very detailed sculpt. More tomorrow. Wendy