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VanTiki Mugs: ShelfTiki #1l! 12/5 |
Meheadhunter
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Joined: Sep 27, 2007
Posts: 355
From: Wichita KS,
|  Posted: 2009-06-18 12:23 pm Permalink
Very Cool.....This turned out Vantabulous!!!
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little lost tiki
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Joined: Jun 12, 2006
Posts: 7460
From: Orange,CA-right near the Circle!
| Posted: 2009-06-18 1:13 pm Permalink
Van-you outdid yourself this time!
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Babalu
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Joined: Nov 19, 2006
Posts: 2498
From: Lemon Grove
| Posted: 2009-06-18 2:04 pm Permalink
Henrik! I love the PNG direction... heck with that darn TC swap...just send that baby over to me, I'll trade for anything of mine you want 
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Iokona Ki'i
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Joined: Nov 14, 2008
Posts: 815
From: SoCal
| Posted: 2009-06-20 10:07 am Permalink
I've lurked long enough! Love your work!
Cradle of the golden mug is a masterpiece!
One of my favorites pieces ever.
Bravo!
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royaltiki
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Joined: Jan 08, 2008
Posts: 75
From: Now in Austin, TX!
| Posted: 2009-06-20 6:20 pm Permalink
Wow indeed, I just found this on ebay while browsing - and then found this thread second. I knew it must have a story on here.. what an amazing piece!
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Babalu
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Joined: Nov 19, 2006
Posts: 2498
From: Lemon Grove
| Posted: 2009-07-07 2:18 pm Permalink
BUMP!
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VanTiki
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Joined: Nov 25, 2005
Posts: 908
From: Hawaii
| Posted: 2009-09-06 6:13 pm Permalink
Aloha folks - remember me?
FInished our big day job project, took a vacation, and now I am (happily) getting my hands covered with clay again. I had such a blast doing the last big wall hanging mug holder, I decided to give it another go. This time I went BIG, Pyramid cult, Ancient Mayan, and a splash of Vegas.
This one is extra crazy - I spent forever creating separate chambers for each eye, the "mug chamber", and the mouth, and added lots of channels for wires. If all goes as planned, I hope to have the eyes and mouth flickering red with LED firelight, and the forehead "mug chamber" a ghostly blue. FIngers crossed! THis will now spend a few weeks on the drying table. The clay is a prepared cone 6 paper clay form Laguna (can't remember the # at the moment). A solid 20" tall - but keep in mind, it will shrink 10%. One of my golden mini mugs will live in the forehead.
Mahalo for peeking!
Henrik
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MadDogMike
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Joined: Mar 30, 2008
Posts: 6408
From: The Anvil of the Sun
| Posted: 2009-09-06 6:25 pm Permalink
I remember you, you're the one who does the AWESOME WORK!!!! Glad to have you back Henrik!
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Babalu
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Joined: Nov 19, 2006
Posts: 2498
From: Lemon Grove
| Posted: 2009-09-06 7:19 pm Permalink
It's really great to see you back Henrick! Not only are you back, but back in a HUGE way too! YAY!!
I brought some paper clay, but I haven't really played with it yet...I like that dark clay body on yours for sure. 10%?...darn, I thought that stuff didn't shrink at all.
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leleliz
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Joined: Sep 02, 2008
Posts: 1981
From: NorCal
| Posted: 2009-09-06 7:32 pm Permalink
I love these larger pieces you have been doing..awesome Henrik!
Are you going to make a piece for the next Tiki Art Swap?
I hope so!
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little lost tiki
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Joined: Jun 12, 2006
Posts: 7460
From: Orange,CA-right near the Circle!
| Posted: 2009-09-06 9:08 pm Permalink
PYRAMID POWER!!!!!!
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Dr.TikiMojo
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Joined: May 26, 2006
Posts: 447
From: The Now BANKRUPT - Vallejo, CA
| Posted: 2009-09-08 12:55 pm Permalink
Definitely LOVE BOTH of those BIG pieces....the Moai with the skull in the mouth and the Illuminati piece! 
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Sam Gambino
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Joined: Dec 02, 2003
Posts: 2197
From: www.samgambino.com
| Posted: 2009-09-08 2:27 pm Permalink
Great stuff Van tiki! I dig the tri-eye!
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VanTiki
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Joined: Nov 25, 2005
Posts: 908
From: Hawaii
| Posted: 2009-09-09 1:23 pm Permalink
MadDog - mahalo! It is good to be playing with clay again. Kiln is cooking as I type!
Babalu - I hear you on the shrinkage. I thought it would be less - I guess it depends on the amount of paper pulp in the mixture. It does have a fair amount of grog in the clay. The clay body does have a great color when wet - and it fires to a off white/straw-ish color.
LeLeLiz - Mahalo! I hope to do a piece for the swap, but I need to put together a bunch of sample pieces for the projects I'll be doing with my upcoming hand-building class at the Hawaii Potter's Guild. There will be robots, Tiki mugs, bizarre fish, and creepy portrait busts. Good times.
TikiMojo and Sam - Mega Mahalos! I now get to spend the next three weeks chewing my nails as it dries. Hope it makes it!
Henrik
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MooneyTiki
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Joined: Sep 28, 2005
Posts: 578
From: Jensen Beach,fla
| Posted: 2009-09-11 1:18 pm Permalink
always very cool art!
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