Wendy Cevola - New colors of the Frank mug by Frankoma now available. - Other Crafts

D danlovestikis Grand Member (8 years) Joined: Jun 17, 2002 Posts: 9082	D danlovestikis Posted posted on Sat, Nov 4, 2017 6:54 PM hang10tiki that's Frankie's tiki that's smoking. It is bad for you. I had two women I worked one who smoked and one who worked where there was smoking. The first one died before retiring and the second one right after. Now Dan and I have a friend and a relative who have COPD one is 40 years old. Gasping for breath is horrible. My wish is for everyone to stop. CY thanks for the visit. It always reminds me to go check out your work. Wow that is one tall tiki pole, good job. ========================= The third Wish for Wish List #8 is for Andreus Gibson. He wanted a Tiki Bob with the design of his favorite carpet as his body. He also requested hands and feet and a small Tiki Bob in one of those hands. This is the carpet. To be able to add little feet to Tiki Bob I had to make him taller. I sacrificed a mug to cut off the bottom and to add it to this one. After the added clay has firmed up it needs to be carved down until this area is the same thickness as the other areas. If this isn't done it will most likely crack as it dries. I use a piece of paper to mark the design on the clay and then I go back and carve with with a stick that I've sanded to the right size. I did that to the end of a wooden skewer to make a square and that I pressed into the clay. I did the design where it fit around the mug. The little shoes were fun to do. I did my best to match the colors of his photo. Three layers going around all the carving took a very long time. First layer. Third layer. Dry them between each layer. Out in the wind works well. Time t fill in the indentations. All done. Time for the clear glaze. After firing this is how it looked. It's good to have a few projects done ahead of time and there are a few more to show. Wendy [ Edited by: danlovestikis 2017-11-04 19:21 ]

hang10tiki that's Frankie's tiki that's smoking. It is bad for you. I had two women I worked one who smoked and one who worked where there was smoking. The first one died before retiring and the second one right after. Now Dan and I have a friend and a relative who have COPD one is 40 years old. Gasping for breath is horrible. My wish is for everyone to stop.

CY thanks for the visit. It always reminds me to go check out your work. Wow that is one tall tiki pole, good job.

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The third Wish for Wish List #8 is for Andreus Gibson. He wanted a Tiki Bob with the design of his favorite carpet as his body. He also requested hands and feet and a small Tiki Bob in one of those hands.

This is the carpet.

To be able to add little feet to Tiki Bob I had to make him taller. I sacrificed a mug to cut off the bottom and to add it to this one.

After the added clay has firmed up it needs to be carved down until this area is the same thickness as the other areas. If this isn't done it will most likely crack as it dries.

I use a piece of paper to mark the design on the clay and then I go back and carve with with a stick that I've sanded to the right size. I did that to the end of a wooden skewer to make a square and that I pressed into the clay.