Post #764385 by danlovestikis on Sun, May 29, 2016 2:57 PM

TikiAno nope she doesn't make tiki mugs but she made one adorable Tiki Ari. How about an updated photo.

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While the mold for the Sacramento Crawl mug was drying I had time to work on some other projects. Owen Wright on facebook has wished for a huge bowl.
He drew this picture.

Four full size Tiki Bobs with indentations on the heads so rum flames can be lit. A topless hula girl with a grass skirt in the center of the bowl.

A small monkey kind of hidden and wearing a blue fez. Well this sounds fun so it was time to start. Oh, I forgot to mention that each Tiki Bob and the bowl were to be super carved!

It was time to pour a big bowl. This mold dried way faster than the crawl mug mold.

Then the Tiki Bob's were poured along with

one hula girl.

The pieces are adding up!

I took the bowl out of the mold by having Dan tip the mold while I held this board in place.

I got it in place and then cleaned off the mold lines.

Then I wrapped up the Tiki Bob's the girl and

then the bowl so that they would firm up overnight.

I use a label scrapper to cut the clay. This is a great tool.

It came off in one piece. I always save this clay to use in many ways.

Now I have the hula girl ready to work on.

First I use some of that saved clay to build more hair.

Each Tiki Bob needed a cap on the top.

It was easy to press down against the air pressure. When I had it where I wanted I then cut a hole in the bottom to relieve the pressure. This also prevents it from blowing up in the kiln.

It only works to go so far before the clay needs to rest overnight. Me too!

Cheers, Wendy