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Clay Jams - Cannibal Bunnies - Mojave Mug 2012 - pg. 85 |
AlohaStation
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Posts: 2003
From: So FL
|  Posted: 2008-07-14 06:54 am Permalink
Sweet!
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little lost tiki
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Posts: 7460
From: Orange,CA-right near the Circle!
| Posted: 2008-07-14 3:13 pm Permalink
BUMP!
More people gotta see this!
RICK ROCKS!
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Tabu
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Posts: 136
From: Port Hope, Ont.
| Posted: 2008-07-14 4:24 pm Permalink
Insane. This must be a one off. It's a beauty.
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VanTiki
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Joined: Nov 25, 2005
Posts: 907
From: Hawaii
| Posted: 2008-07-14 11:36 pm Permalink
The glaze is AMAZING!
SO much life in that mug - gives me the creeps! I can't tell you how much I love the sculpted bottom of the mug. How did you fire it? Was it on stilts? What temp? So many questions! You are the clay master!
Henrik
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CheekyGirl
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From: Like Oh My Gawd..San Fernando Valley
| Posted: 2008-07-15 9:23 pm Permalink
Bab-Tastic!
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little lost tiki
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Posts: 7460
From: Orange,CA-right near the Circle!
| Posted: 2008-07-16 08:12 am Permalink
Just saw and held that fez wearing monstrosity last night
while we were setting up the FREAKOUT exhibition...
the attention to detail is off the charts....
Such expression and form and TikiBob! 
Way to go Rick!
and the lapatikis are heavy solid masterworks....
Thanks for all the help last night with the hanging!
and for those flyers!
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sungod
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Joined: Feb 07, 2003
Posts: 219
From: Tampa Bay/New Port Richey
| Posted: 2008-07-16 1:05 pm Permalink
Scary man!! Looks like that little sucker could just reach out and take a bite out of you.
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Babalu
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Joined: Nov 19, 2006
Posts: 2498
From: Lemon Grove
| Posted: 2008-07-21 8:48 pm Permalink
Mad Doggie - Hope your havin a blast cruising all around the South Pacific right now!
Thomas - Thanks man, Tiki Bob just needed to be there...glad you likey.
Aloha - I'm honored you stopped in...you da man! Thank you.
LLT - I loves ya brother!
Tabu - Yeah, I getting off on hand building one of a kinds right now...it just feels right. Thanks for bouncing in!
Henrik - Thanks sooo much for the kind words. And you sir are a clay master! You know I love, love your work ! He was low fired - bisque cone 04 - glaze cone 06....I put him on stilts in order to glaze the bottom.
Cheeky - Thanks for stopping in sister...your the bomb!
SunGod - He did bite Kate...check it...
Well, I finally glazed up Babaloon #1 which I gave to Hip Hip for being so nice as I continue to procrastinate on her bowlie...Here is a few angles:
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OceaOtica
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Joined: Sep 29, 2003
Posts: 869
From: la, home of Tiki Ti
| Posted: 2008-07-21 9:27 pm Permalink
Babalu,
Another beauty man! Great expression on the face. Hope to see one of these in person.
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Babalu
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Posts: 2498
From: Lemon Grove
| Posted: 2008-08-18 8:58 pm Permalink
Whoa...I haven't been on this thread for a while. Still have some of the same stuffs under wraps on the table. That sloooooow pill is starting to wear off on me now...time to jump back in.
I started these 2 new mugs at Oasis yesterday at the Chop booth. I still have to detail and thin them out a bit, but there's enough here that I think you can kinda see the direction I'm going with them.
This guy needs to get a lot meaner looking...
Trophy Head Mug
I'm really intrigued with these Trophy Heads. I haven't found many images of them, so if anyone out there has a picture or two they might want to share I would sure appreciate it. These trophy heads below were made by the Iatmul people - Middle Sepic, New Guinea. The color image shown below was just posted not long back on the Photo Association thread of Bilge by some nice person. If you don't know about trophy heads...The Iatuul peoples collected real heads from their enemy's to make these. They would take a cleaned skull and build up clay around it in order to make it look as close to their victims as they could. In reality, they were going for realism approach on these works...interesting. Little shells for eyes. Real hair. They must have pit fired these a little to harden up the clay some...probably not much as to avoid shrinking of whatever clay body they were using. Whats so cool about these to me is that they were made with CLAY! I have hardly seen any type of sculptural clay imagery that comes from the South Pacific at all....Any of you?
Here's a few other cool pictures of a Waupanal (Men's House)- Kwoma Village of Bagwis taken in the same region in 1973.
Here is the start of a goodie that will be living in the House of Buzz eventually.
More soon...
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OceaOtica
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Posts: 869
From: la, home of Tiki Ti
| Posted: 2008-08-18 9:19 pm Permalink
great stuff Baba,
I have been wanting to do a cobra's fang mug for quite some time as it is one of the few mugs Tiki Ti had in the past. i will send you a pick of some trophy heads from PNG when i get a chance, there is one on my list to do, but would love to see you hand craft it as well. Looking very forward to seeing these pieces finished! Tops man Tops!
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kingstiedye
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Posts: 1229
From: sackatomato
| Posted: 2008-08-18 9:30 pm Permalink
damn babalu. jonesEy bought your screeching baboon mug and i hadda sleep in the same room with that scary sucka! i hadda keep one eye open all night. dude, whatta beautiful piece. i can't believe it was still available. that trophy head mug looks like he's gonna be a scary sumbitch too. nice work, cuz.
 
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Tiki Kaimuki
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Joined: Sep 25, 2006
Posts: 813
From: OAKLAND, baby
| Posted: 2008-08-18 9:52 pm Permalink
Simply amazing work Babalu! I missed you at Oasis(or maybe we talked for hours, cause I forgot a lot of people's names). We'll meet next year and maybe I can see some of your pieces in person.
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AlohaStation
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Joined: Sep 27, 2004
Posts: 2003
From: So FL
| Posted: 2008-08-19 06:54 am Permalink
Excellent new stuff. I really like the Trophy Head! Thanks again for the favors while at Oasis. I may take up the challenge to try something new so keep your eyes open.
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teaKEY
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Posts: 3663
From: The thumb !
| Posted: 2008-08-19 07:07 am Permalink
Man, I have been wanting to do a Fang mug too forever but after someone brought it up, I knew you or someone else would beat me too it. Still, I am going to need one of those for my collection. The other PNG mug looks like it is going to turn out great too. Well, I think the vault of great mugs to come has been cracked open and the flood will begin.
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