Post #765072 by danlovestikis on Wed, Jun 15, 2016 1:47 PM

hang10tiki the book is a close as we have gotten to Smuggler's Cove. One day we will go.

TikiHula gosh your ears must have been burning up today. Dan and I were talking about you because today I gave him the mug I got from you.

He is so happy to have this mug. He took me on a tour of all the places that bumped mugs until space was made that was just right.

He will treasure it and always think of you when he sees it.

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Last Wish List when I was doing so many custom pieces I also had 30 Hot Tub Hula Girls to make. My work days were far too long. So I decided to make my work days longer during the winter months.

While sculpting the Sacramento Crawl mug I spent 10 days casting 30 more of the parts for the Hot Tub Hula Girls. So if you are on the waiting list then these mugs are for you.

When I posts months of work it looks so easy but there's so much to do for each step.

January 2016

I cast 3 sets a day. All the molds must be cleaned and dried between castings.

I put them into plastic bags where they will stay until I have time to work on them.

February 2016.

I took one out of the bag and found it was covered with mold.

So I ignored the mold and cleaned off the mold lines and

underneath the mess was a beautiful girl.

I added long strands of hair. Once she was finished she went on her side on a table to wait for the next step.

March 2016

I finally finished fine tuning all of the girls.

Dan enjoyed watching this part. Cheers, Wendy