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Bowana's Other Crafts
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tikigodz
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07/29/2010
SSIIIIICCCKKKK!!!! |
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Clarita
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07/30/2010
Haha cool self portrait! |
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Bowana
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08/07/2010
Thanks for visiting, everyone! On to the next:
She's wearing a traditional Tahitian style dance headdress with an alteration of the back to keep the mug shape. Thanks for stopping by! Bowie BTW, I'll have this piece and more at Oasis so be sure to stop by Artist's Alley and see all the incredibly cool works everyone has come up with! |
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GROG
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08/07/2010
GORGEOUS! Another one out of the ballpark. The sculpt is just beatiful, but your glazing is AWESOME!!! [ Edited by: GROG 2010-08-07 10:10 ] |
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TORKERTIKI
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08/07/2010
Very Nice Work! How can I get one? |
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Jungle Trader
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08/07/2010
WOW! Great stuff Bowana! |
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08/08/2010
Incredible stuff as Usual Bowz and she Even has her own bone pendant. COOL! [ Edited by: Benzart 2010-08-14 16:46 ] |
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GROG
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08/08/2010
Not Babs, Bowie. |
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TikiG
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08/09/2010
Leela is gorgeous! Another Bowana masterpiece that's off the chart. Thanks Bowie for posting your latest. G |
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08/09/2010
Bowana, your sculpting skills blow my mind! That last one is a true beauty! I love all of your work, and it's all fun, but the last is a work of art! I expect your work will be in many books in 50 years as "one of the great mug makers of the early 21st century! |
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Bowana
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08/14/2010
Thanks for visiting ever-body! GROG-Thanks, glazing hardest part of project. Bowana not like glazing.
That's okay if Benz calls me Babs. Babalu is not such a bad guy to be confused with. I'm thinking about abandoning this thread and jumping over into the "Other Crafts" forum. I'm posting much more other crafts than carvings any more. Bowie |
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08/14/2010
"I'm thinking about abandoning this thread and jumping over into the "Other Crafts" forum. I'm posting much more other crafts than carvings any more. Come away from the dark side! You don't belong over here B'wana, these hammer-swinging people are not like you. Come over to "Other Crafts" with the civilized people where you belong. But don't abandon your work thread for the pounders to destroy, have it moved with you :lol: :D :lol: Beautiful work as usual Dave! :) See you at Oasis |
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Benzart
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08/14/2010
Thanks Grog/grag/grig, sorry Dave/bowie/bows,, Still Awesome stuff. |
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Babalu
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09/15/2010
Bump! Time to rock boss - see ya in a few! |
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little lost tiki
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09/20/2010
WHAT......ARE.....YOU? |
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Bowana
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09/29/2010
Thanks for the bumpities, guys. Yep, I did it Mike. In the Other Crafts now with a little help from Bora Boris. So anyways... She who once looked like this... Spent some time looking like this... This appeared to be a successful glaze firing until one day a huge flake of glaze just fell off her face. I tried to touch up the glaze and re-fire several times, but it just kept getting worse. The glaze crawled in some spots right down to the bare ceramic. Note to self: clear gloss over fired clear gloss does not always work. Where's my ball-peen hammer? It almost came to that several times, but I was encouraged by Babalu to keep trying to reglaze. I managed to successfully reglaze the David Bowie eye, but the Phantom of the Opera cheek was a losing battle. Then the lip happened. This is not a good look for a girl. Ah, an idea,
First I flicked off all the loose glaze and ground down the trouble spot with a diamond bit to even out the surface. Then painted on several coats of the enamel until it was as smooth as I could get it. I made the lips a bit darker so they would show up better. Finally I sprayed on several coats of clear gloss Krylon until it smoothed out even more. GROG have similar trouble with glaze I remember. GROG able to repair? Smile, Leela. You've been given a second chance.
I.....AM......FINE......WHAT......ARE......YOU? :) Later, Bowie |
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09/29/2010
Sponge sanding pads are the bomb. Use in between coats of paint for serious smoothing before final clear coat. http://www.aftosa.com/3mspsapaset.html Smile, Leela! Lookin good. |
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09/29/2010
She looks awesome Dave! So glad she didn't end up shattered out of frustration. At the very least I am sure you could of just made her into a zombie if you needed to try a different route. BTW after over a month I FINALLY got the Aloha Sisters mug back from MP who has been keeping it hostage since Oasis. Even though you claim your love affair with them is over they are here for you if you ever change your mind xoxoox |
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GROG
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09/29/2010
Excellent save Bowana Dav. GROG not refire bowls with glaze problems yet, so GROG not know if problem fixed until the next glaze fire. (Hopefully soon) Thanks for holding on to GROG' Aloha Sisters Mug, Leleliz. |
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MadDogMike
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09/29/2010
Great save B'wana, amazing eye for color matching! |
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leleliz
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09/29/2010
You are welcome. See...the ladies are hanging out with your work so they get comfortable around yet another amazing ceramic artist's wares :wink: |
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little lost tiki
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09/29/2010
Good Save,Bowie! |
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Babalu
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09/29/2010
YAY!! Great save Sir B. If we test to re-create the problem, we can figure out how to avoid it in the future. :) |
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Bowana
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10/27/2010
amybean-thanks, and an excellent tip! I just finished this here bowl: It's hand built with castings of a sculpture I made on the sides.
Thanks for visiting! Bowie
[ Edited by: bowana 2010-10-26 18:33 ] |
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Bay Park Buzzy
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10/27/2010
For some reason, I just came up with the idea that I want to carve a tiki chess set... I wonder what I should use for pawns? |
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GROG
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10/27/2010
Good job Bowlwana. |
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leleliz
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10/27/2010
Unless that little Caveman can find out where I live there is no way hes getting his grubby mitt on my mug! I agree BOWLana great job! It looks similiar to a Treasure Craft type of glaze with the brown/white combo but that is one of the things I love about it-the new/old look. How big is it ? I love how you just breeze in and post something amazing every once in awhile like its nothing but an after thought for you :) Awesome work! [ Edited by: leleliz 2010-10-26 19:20 ] |
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MadDogMike
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10/27/2010
You're right B'wana; very coconutesque - NICE!!! |
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TikiG
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10/27/2010
Understated elegance with that "this here bowl" Bowana - very "Hawaiian" IMHO and very "clean" Thumbs up! |
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Bowana
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10/29/2010
Buzzy- Oh shoot! Busted! Bowie |
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little lost tiki
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10/29/2010
now that is ONE GREAT LOOKIN Bowl,Bowie! |
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10/29/2010
A wonderful bowl. Your eBay auctions with dabigpuka are going well, everyone should check those out too. Wendy |
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Bowana
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11/03/2010
Thanks Kenny and Wendy. Yes, the Bowana/Gecko mugs are going well on ebay! :) I didn't want to post this bowl until after it was fired in case something went horribly wrong. Nothing went horribly wrong, so here 'tis: It was difficult for me to chose a color for the inside. I finally decided on this green. Gives it a retro feel methinks. Thanks for visiting! :) Bowie
[ Edited by: bowana 2010-11-02 21:57 ] |
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Babalu
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11/03/2010
The pictures turned out real nice Sir B! Folks these babies show waaaay over the top when your looking at them face to face... Bowls!!! bring on the BOWLS!! |
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11/03/2010
Excellent texture, Dave! |
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MadDogMike
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11/03/2010
2 pieces in one week, B'wana's on a ROLL! That green interior worked out very well. |
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little lost tiki
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11/04/2010
Now a MOAI!?!?!?! love the green glaze on the inside of this new one! |
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Bowana
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11/13/2010
Thanks Babalu, Madogmike, 4WD, and LLT! I'll be doing some more bowls in the future I'm sure. Plenty 'O possibilities there. In the meantime, I have another project I'm finishing up currently. Here's a sneaky peeky: 8 1/2" Wahine bust. Haven't named her yet. Probably Sunshine or something like that. Thanks for visiting! :) Bowie |
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4WDtiki
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11/13/2010
Dave, you seem to have a thing for pretty wahines. Good thing you do them so well. |
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GROG
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11/13/2010
You're hired. |
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teaKEY
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11/13/2010
Bowana is creating a woman from clay. |
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GROG
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11/13/2010
It's called "Pygmalion Syndrome" Teaks. |
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Bowana
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12/20/2010
4WD- Yep, guilty as charged! Sunshine made it out of the kiln okay. Glaze next. In the mean time I've got two more hand built mugs.
Now this one is Tiki! The Mighty Ku!
Thanks for visiting! :) Bowie |
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OceaOtica
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12/20/2010
BEAUTIFUL WORK MAN! |
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MadDogMike
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12/20/2010
SPACE MONKEY- AWESOME!!! Just don't name him Albert 'cuz that's an unlucky space monkey name; I think Space Monkey will need some white gold luster :D |
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LOL Tiki
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12/20/2010
Hahaaa! Love that monkey! |
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LOL Tiki
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12/20/2010
Albert (Edward VII) died in a can; evidently no one let him out... |
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leleliz
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12/20/2010
awesome as always Dave!! |
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