MadDog Mike's Platterful of Pupule - El Tiki/Ben Wilson Wall Finished

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I don't see there error code but here's where my Hai Karate mug is now. Waiting to dry before the first of at least 2 firings

Working on a new lamp now, it's a small one because I don't know how it will work out. Built a wooden box with wood panel sides and bottom. "Fissure" cut-outs in the panels Took a torch to the first panel and burned it to a crisp! Placed the charred pieces in a mold box with some lava rocks and poured red resin over it. I hope the resin will stabilize the charred wood

Go Maddoggy, Go!!

Great idea! I like where you're going with this.

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Thank you GROG and SpaceMonkey! Looks like it might work out, the first panel unmolded fine and seems rigid enough to support itself when attached to the box

Panel 2 poured

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Very cool!

LittleGiles! Thank you sir

Hai Karate mug made it through the first firing with underglaze color. This is wet with water, should look like this with a clear glaze. Working on 3 coats of clear glaze tonight, should be ready to fire again tomorrow

Continuing to work on my new lamp. The light fixture and bulb are installed, I have ordered a 2 inch socket extension to move the bulb to the center of the lamp

Working on 2 glazed Pele figures that will help spice up the blank ends of the lamp.

All three resin panels are cast and attached to the lamp

Another great project. Your creativity never fails to amaze me.

Thank you LG. Here's a "glamor shot" of that mug

Looks good Maddoggy. You forgot the "Karate hands" though.

Thanks you GROG! "Forgot" is a strong word. I decided I couldn't make them recognizable in a small format on a black glaze background. But thanks for pointing that out LOL

LOL.

Last night I got the error code when a new page was ready to start. All I had to do was post on the page before one more time and it flipped to the new page. All is well.

Your tiki patio is wonderful and the light with the name to match is special.

Dan looked at your Hai Karate mug and asked me if they were still making it! I told him it was your new mug. Very cool.

Wendy, I remember that the old Tiki Central would do that error on a new page sometimes too.

Thanks Wendy, I bet Dan wore Hai Karate back in the day and had to fight off the ladies LOL

I have wanted a porthole with a TV screen behind it but didn't have a good wall to mount it on, so I decided to use the ceiling instead. My patio roof has exposed ceiling joists so I have room to stash a TV.

Didn't want to buy a $100 brass porthole so I made one from particle board instead. Inner diameter is 12 inches, outer diameter is 19". I cut some blocks and tabs for the hinge & latches, added bolts, nuts, and washers

Painted with a base coat of latex paint to seal the wood

A couple coats of spray metallic over the latex

And sponged blue and green over the copper

Mounted to the ceiling

Up Next, video

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It's easy to find "aquarium" type video of reefs and fish and such, but I needed underwater video looking up at the surface. I ended up doing screen capture of the Oculus Quest virtual reality Ocean Rift. It has sharks, dolphins, turtles, and sea lions swimming overhead. https://youtube.com/shorts/ywC5VXN9_uk https://youtube.com/shorts/0XWAbf-UfcU

Mad Dog, amazing! Caught up a bit and you have been busy and I'm floored (no surprise there). Love the port hole, great aging and I look forward to seeing it with sealife- I think an old computer screensaver would be great- perhaps with a flying toaster in it? Does anyone get that reference?

Oh well.

Keep up the incredible creativity. The lamp is incredible as well as all your other amazing clay work. Cheers!

I just choked on a smell flashback 😂

Way kool Bruddah

Lots of sweet projects here

Cheers

TikiAno and Hang10Tiki, thanks AtomicTonyTiki - LOL

Working on some GIANT Chinese Jade Tiles. Thinking of ideas for ceiling decor and decided to make some 4x sized tiles (2x2 feet instead of 1x1) Ceramic would weigh a ton so I'm using MDF (wood) instead. The plan is to make 4 tiles and mount them in a 5x5 foot bamboo frame.

Started by drawing out 1/8 of a tile

Flipped and traced 8 times to make a template for 1 tile.

Used the template to trace 4 tiles on my 4x4 MDF

Next cutting, routering, sanding, and painting

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wow - cool idea! looking forward to seeing more!

Done with the jigsaw cutting. Next to get out the router.

That's a lot of sawdust

Thank LeisureMaster. I've got a few days off, hope to finish this soon

Geez, Mike, you're like the Energizer bunny....

Thanks Hamo 😁 Maybe more like some sort of Energizer Gecko? Reptiles are cold blooded, slow in the winter and fast in the summer. Temps here have been about 110° LOL

OK, more progress. Those tiles have detail lines on them so I drew them out on my template and poked holes in the template.

Drew dots on my board thru the template

And connected the dots

Then used the router to make the lines

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All 4 tiles carved. This MDF is fun to work with - cuts, drills and routers like butter

Next some high gloss green paint

First coat of green paint. It's a rather bright green but I need it to show up against the dark brown ceiling. I will tone it down a bit with a dark green wash to highlight the grooves

Painted the grooves a darker green and dry brushed it with some of the same dark green to give it an aged patina. Lashed the tiles together and worked on the hanging chains. It hangs about 6 inches from the ceiling so that I can put green rope lights on top of the tiles

Need to track down some big bamboo for a frame then lash the tiles to the frame

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Nice work on tiles.

Kool Mike

U know me, loved the sawdust pic as much as the final product!!!

You are the "MacGyver" of Tiki Décor!

MaulRat and Hang10Tiki thanks. MaukaHale be careful, you're dating yourself LOL

More work on my Giant Tile project. Picked up some bamboo from a local bamboo nursery. About 1.75 - 2 inches in daimeter.

I read AFTER my other bamboo project that you are supposed to treat bamboo to prevent insect infestation later. One of the methods was heat treating. I drilled a small hole in each internode to prevent the bamboo from exploding when heated. Then took a big propane blowtorch to it. As I understand the heat kills any existing bugs/eggs and also destroys the natural sugars in the bamboo that attract insects later.

Cut the treated bamboo to size and notched them so they fit flush together

I arranged the frame around the tiles and bolted them together. 8 wooden "bridges" screw into the back of the tiles and into plastic anchors in the bamboo. This keeps a space between the tiles and the frame. The "bridges" are painted dark brown to blend into the ceiling. (this is the ugly backside)

Hung from the ceiling. I've got green ropelights coming in a few days to put on top

Mike, Bamboo Ben tells me the heat treating won't kill the eggs of bamboo mites, that a borax/boric acid soak is necessary for that. On the bright side, as far as I can tell, bamboo mites are only found in California and Florida at this time. So we've got that going for us!

Your giant tiles look stellar! I've never worked with MDF before, but this is tempting me. My understanding is that MDF's big weakness is moisture--it does not hold up in humid environs--but that's obviously not a concern from your standpoint.

I didn't know there were bugs in bamboo. I'm glad I don't have any! Beautiful tile work. You make the best tiki projects.

Wait, I live in California!!! LOL I heated the crap out of that bamboo, I can't imagine anything survived in there. Hopefully Ben was wrong (but like likely)

That MDF is fun to work with. I'm concerned about moisture too. We are pretty dry here 10 months of the year but I have misters in my patio. I gave it a couple good coats of exterior latex, I hope that helps.

Wendy, I didn't know about bugs in bamboo until recently. Thanks for the kind words Wendy, I'm very happy with the way this project turned out

This is super cool, MDM. Well done.

Wow- not only a very cool- and out of the box, idea, but the execution even better!

I had no idea MDF could be carved/ routed- I would think you just need to be careful with all of the particles released since it's made up of so much.... stuff?

Great job on the bamboo frame as well, love it!

Ooh! I really like this concept. Looks like it would make the perfect escutcheon for a ceiling fan.

Hamo, thank you. TikiAno the MDF is cool. In retrospect, I should have worn a mask working with it LOL BamBam I had the exact same thought about the ceiling fan! I made a second one and have a rum bottle chandelier that I may hang from it.

Finished up my tiles with some green rope lights

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Wow, even better all lit up!

Especially at night, I can imagine how great the green front facade looks with the green light behind it, so darn cool!

Thank you TikiAno :)

Sweet When’s the party?

Tell me when you're coming to town and there'll be a party Hang10

Wait, I live in California!!! LOL I heated the crap out of >that bamboo, I can't imagine anything survived in >there. Hopefully Ben was wrong (but like likely)

Well, that's on me then. For some reason I thought you were in Arizona!

Regardless, the giant tiles look fantastic. The new images look even better!