The Bone Box Experiments by VanTiki - Tiki Marketplace

V VanTiki Member Hawaii Joined: Nov 25, 2005 Posts: 1046	V VanTiki Posted posted on Fri, Feb 1, 2008 10:34 AM What happens when I’m making hand-pressed Tiki Tiles all day? Well, I begin to experiment. These vessels are “sketches in clay” that I put together using freshly pressed VanTiki Spooky Skull tiles. I’d load wet clay into a tile mold, press the tile, and while waiting for the clay to dry a bit (so it will fall out of the mold) I would texture and assemble these bony fellows. How did the experiment turn out? Well - they get an A+ for “Spiffyness”, but they are sadly flawed. I didn’t dry them very carefully (as they were not the main project of the day) and hence they suffered from some cracking. Both have large edge cracks (that kinda add to the antique-creepy vibe) and sadly the square mug has a crack straight through his bottom and will not hold fluids (see detailed photos below). Each mug stands 4 1/2” high and is entirely hand-crafted crafted out of glazed high-fire ceramics. As they are flawed, I’m going to kick off the auctions at only one dollar! More info and photos on my site/auction pages. Vantiki Link: http://www.vantiki.com/VanTiki/Bone_Boxes.html Auction Links: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120217702591 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120217702668 Mahalo for looking - Henrik "VanTiki"
C caffeinated Member yesterday Joined: Sep 26, 2005 Posts: 86	C caffeinated Posted posted on Fri, Feb 1, 2008 10:57 AM The green interiors complement these very well. Again, fun stuff!
V VanTiki Member Hawaii Joined: Nov 25, 2005 Posts: 1046	V VanTiki Posted posted on Wed, Feb 6, 2008 10:51 AM This is your friendly Two Days Left in the auction warning! Mahalo, Henrik "VanTiki"

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VanTiki Posted posted on Fri, Feb 1, 2008 10:34 AM

What happens when I’m making hand-pressed Tiki Tiles all day? Well, I begin to experiment. These vessels are “sketches in clay” that I put together using freshly pressed VanTiki Spooky Skull tiles. I’d load wet clay into a tile mold, press the tile, and while waiting for the clay to dry a bit (so it will fall out of the mold) I would texture and assemble these bony fellows. How did the experiment turn out? Well - they get an A+ for “Spiffyness”, but they are sadly flawed. I didn’t dry them very carefully (as they were not the main project of the day) and hence they suffered from some cracking. Both have large edge cracks (that kinda add to the antique-creepy vibe) and sadly the square mug has a crack straight through his bottom and will not hold fluids (see detailed photos below). Each mug stands 4 1/2” high and is entirely hand-crafted crafted out of glazed high-fire ceramics.

As they are flawed, I’m going to kick off the auctions at only one dollar!
More info and photos on my site/auction pages.

Vantiki Link:
http://www.vantiki.com/VanTiki/Bone_Boxes.html

Auction Links:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120217702591
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120217702668

Mahalo for looking -
Henrik "VanTiki"

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caffeinated Posted posted on Fri, Feb 1, 2008 10:57 AM

The green interiors complement these very well. Again, fun stuff!

V

VanTiki Posted posted on Wed, Feb 6, 2008 10:51 AM

This is your friendly Two Days Left in the auction warning!

Mahalo,
Henrik "VanTiki"