Post #800741 by danlovestikis on Mon, Feb 17, 2020 9:39 AM

hang10tiki he had more s and p's than we knew. Spread out in the collection they didn't look like so many. Yes! I did love this coincidence.

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Progress Report on the Wish List #8 (2018) Phase Five. I have made a whole lot of Tiki Bob's for peoples wishes. I will show them all one at a time. I glaze them then according to the persons place on the Wish List they will get to choose.

To start I have made five Santa Tiki Bob's. Here is the first one. They are not numbered but I will call this number one for my own reference.

I started by making a cone of clay and then hollowing it out.

I worked so that it was the right diameter for the mug. Then using slip as glue I stuck it to the top.

The I cut a strip of clay and added it around the top again glued with slip. Then I used a tool to attach it better by dragging more clay to the hats side.

I wet my hand and then I stretched and bent the clay into position.

The mug was a bit top heavy so I added a bottom rim at the base of the mug.

Time to add the beard and mustache.

I did some fine tuning.

No flash.

After the mug firmed up in a couple of days under a loose plastic table cloth I cut a hole in the back of the mug.

Cleaned up the rim and inside the mug.

One down many more to go. Wendy