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jab tiki
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Joined: Jun 23, 2008
Posts: 119
From: San Diego, CA
|  Posted: 2010-04-13 11:33 pm Permalink
So Good! Sweet stuff B. Hope to see ya soon.
-Johnny B.
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GROG
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Joined: Jun 21, 2006
Posts: 6195
From: Tujunga
| Posted: 2010-04-13 11:41 pm Permalink
You sick monkey!!
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mp
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Joined: Mar 12, 2009
Posts: 422
From: Nor Cal
| Posted: 2010-04-14 02:40 am Permalink
Great work Dave! Awesome!!!!!
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Creative Chimp
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Joined: Jul 31, 2008
Posts: 278
From: Lost continent of west Florida-Parrish
| Posted: 2010-04-14 08:34 am Permalink
I just pooped my pants!!!!!!!
my god thats f-ing amazing............great work and design man!
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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: 2010-04-14 08:42 am Permalink
well, you certainly DID top that last one,Bowie!
fudge...
i just love the sharpness and his lil butt
and especially the "ALOHA"!
ALOHA.....
ALOHA....
excellent...
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BigToe
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Joined: Nov 07, 2006
Posts: 715
From: Southern California
| Posted: 2010-04-14 08:52 am Permalink
OH...MY...GAWD Bowana. those last 2 pieces...have exploded my eyeballs!!!!!
plane jane is sublime. such amazing, subtle elegant stuff going on there. and then u bust out the tiki that i see in MY DREAMS?!?!?!?!?
dude, pleeeeeeaaaaaaasse put a gloss black 'alien' glaze on that devil (not that i could afford it)!
Bowana, u r officially my new DIETY.
bT
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TikiG
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Joined: Jun 17, 2008
Posts: 1519
From: Palmdale, California
| Posted: 2010-04-14 08:57 am Permalink
Yeah, Bowie...wow man!! Great stuff as usual 
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TheBigT
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Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 1155
From: Fabulous Houston
| Posted: 2010-04-14 11:23 am Permalink
So good! I love the faux texture you apply as well. That's gotta take some time. Nice, nice work.
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Babalu
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Joined: Nov 19, 2006
Posts: 2498
From: Lemon Grove
| Posted: 2010-04-14 11:36 am Permalink
Awwww, Sir B You is just "it" dude!
Folks, we are damn lucky here on TC to have Sir B playing with us...he is truly a masterful sculptor! It has been a joy watching him throw these works together, and have him kick it with me over in my studio. For you ceramicists: Sir B is pinching these figures up into shape with small pieces of clay, working the piece hollow as he goes. This new tiki is case in point...he worked it from the bottom up - first the base - added legs (solid) - then he began working (pinching) small bits of clays up-words, letting the clay set up, and bracing the figure as he works. The body and the head area on this tiki are hollow (thin walled). For those of you who have worked in clay, you know, this sh#t ain't easy to do. Sir B makes it look easy.
Sure, that's all great and all, but what really impresses me about this latest tiki is how, like crashing atoms, it explodes classic sculpture, the fierceness of Alien, "Tiki", and the functional aspects of a drinking vessel together in a sonic booom! The "S" curve shown in this figure is very classic take on the figure, and adds a "full tilt boogie" movement feeling to what is really just standing still. Certainly, something you don't see in Tiki everyday. Very nice....
I agree with Master Toe Dave, I would go solid black with this guy too, but I'm not sure if I would go with a gloss or, a shiny satin type of mantra ray skin type of black instead of glossy??...I don't know...I would suggest glazing the inside a different glossy color perhaps...it would scream "I am a mug" if you did that. At any rate, the sculpture part of this mug is so strong that it speaks for it's self...you don't need to get all tricky with the glazing. I'll baby him over here for you while he dries, and get him through a successful firing for ya boss...and, oh yeah, I almost forgot...'git a rope!' You nut!
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4WDtiki
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Joined: Aug 03, 2004
Posts: 1729
From: Omao, Kauai
| Posted: 2010-04-14 1:08 pm Permalink
Damn, Dav, that guy is ready to kick ASS!
I like how it's so classic and new at the same time!
I agree with the black glaze, not glossy.
What's next? 
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laojia
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Joined: Feb 04, 2009
Posts: 919
From: Metz Lorraine France
| Posted: 2010-04-14 8:49 pm Permalink
oups...
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laojia
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Joined: Feb 04, 2009
Posts: 919
From: Metz Lorraine France
| Posted: 2010-04-14 8:50 pm Permalink
As before, I am extremely impressed by the dynamics of your sculptures ... It gives me much to think about ...
Keep posting!
And thank's to Babalu for the story telling.
J.
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leleliz
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Joined: Sep 02, 2008
Posts: 1981
From: NorCal
| Posted: 2010-04-14 9:53 pm Permalink
wow really get a good idea for size.
I'm with the Toe...black glaze all the way!
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benella
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Joined: Sep 27, 2006
Posts: 1423
From: Meudon, France
| Posted: 2010-04-15 3:31 pm Permalink
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I just can't believe my eyes 
This piece is outstandingly awesome.
I love it,
Bravo Sir B.
B.
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tobunga
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Joined: Apr 12, 2008
Posts: 896 | Posted: 2010-04-15 10:12 pm Permalink
Whoa.
I mean... Whoa...
I mean... like whoa... I'm speechless at the amazing amount of talent on display here!!!
AWESOME, AWESOME work! The Ali'i mug and the Li'l Tuff Guy (is that the name of it?) are incredible enough... then you blow us away with your wahine mug (love the top!) and then you clobber us with that last piece... in-friggin-credible!!!!
And they're all mugs! Outstanding!!!
Some of those tikis have reminded my of aliens, especially the ones with the big triangle eyes, 'cos are those really supposed to be eyes, or do they not have eyes, like the aliens don't have eyes, and then I don't like to think about it too much, 'cos it starts to creep me out... (guess i got over my speechlessness)
But KILLER WORK!!!
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