Post #782670 by danlovestikis on Wed, Dec 27, 2017 9:12 AM

zerostreet it's so much fun to look across at Dan wearing one of your shirts and to think of our fun Cuban meal with your family. That was such a special visit and very much appreciated.

bamalamalu Thank you for the photos. I love my Tiki Tony bird and it's fun to see another one with a santa hat, ours has a straw hat.
It's been a fun year and I'm off to a running start for next year. More fun ahead.

hang10tiki we were in high school during the ultimate music years. The year we married Staying Alive by the Bee Gee's and Disco was in full swing.

Hamo I think Dan would have liked the ride if we weren't freezing and he was so afraid his glasses would fly off and he'd be blind for the rest of the trip. I think Jet Boat rides are really fun in warm weather. I went back and looked at the photos you stopped at. I still think that Hawaii can not be beat by Tahiti or the surrounding island because they are also very tiny and lacking restaurants.

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Wish List #8 continues on with A WARNING OF NUDITY IN GREY CLAY! This wish is for Fred Ferrer. He requested that I do Hot Tub Hula Girl breasts on a Tiki Bobbette mug. Dan says to rename her Tiki Boobette.

I take a regular size Tiki Bob and convert it to a super tall Bobbette by adding clay to the bottom.

I have photos that are being rejected here so I'll just continue on.

He requested that the girl hold a mug so I made this one.

I put it in place and used some slip to glue it well and then I used a ball on a stick to make the mug opening.

Now it was time to add more clay to make the grass skirt. After I did this mug I remembered how I did the first two and they were much easier. I'll go back to the old method.

I just kept adding clay and working it into place.

This took way too many days and too much time.

It doesn't yet look good but I will continue to add clay until it does.

After a few days of adding clay and adjusting the shape it was firm enough to proceed.

I like to carve around the Bob's face. This helps to prevent runs.

Time to build the Hibiscus Flower.

Done

Time to do the lei. Addition of clay can place air pockets that will detroy the piece so I make sure that I do make any. I flatten the flowe disc before placing the next one.

Once I had all the discs placed I wanted to cement them to the mug. I used a brush and added slip around each disc.

The I turned the mug upside down and did it on the underside.

Now I added a few strands of hair.

Time to carve the detail.

All done and posing.

The sculpting took about 9 days, I hope the glazing will go faster.

Thank you all for the Christmas cheer and the visit, Wendy