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BigToe
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Posts: 715
From: Southern California
|  Posted: 2009-01-13 1:46 pm Permalink
Babs, thanks for shepherding my moai...he's lookin schweet!
dang, can u imagine if her henrick showed one day??? i would scream like a little girl!
when r we gonna have another tiki-jam!??!
oh, and Babs, can i get one of those platters in Rhubarb?
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Babalu
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Joined: Nov 19, 2006
Posts: 2498
From: Lemon Grove
| Posted: 2009-01-14 07:57 am Permalink
MadDog - I changed up direction a little on this platter....I think I'm pushing the envelope a little on this one by using this low fire clay on such a big piece...don't know for sure? I will most likely not put a ton of time in the overall design of this one as I am using it as kind of a test.
Henrik - Yup this store brought low fire clay I am using here has a some grog in it, but not as much as I would like to see. I did not have any loose grog here in the studio to wedge into that clay before I threw that slab out, so well just give it a go and see what happens. I have some cone 5 clay with sand in it here if this low fire stuff fails, but after playing with this stuff for a while now, I think it will make it.
LLT - I'm glad you like the first in my Martha Stewart Series 
Toe - Me too! If we can ever talk ole Henrik into coming over here...I would be all giddy too! Maybe we'll get lucky and he will show up for Oasis and we can have one big ass Clay Jam going with all the out of towners? Other Clay Jams - let's get-um going soon....we gots plenty-o-time to pump out some more fun stuffs for GROG's Show.
Well, I was able to move forward just a little last night...had to work at the other place late. I pulled that slab back out of the metal snow rider form and cut a hole in it....this should make handling this platter, and future platters, much easier. I lined the form with a trash bag and put the slab back in...I only had time to take it to where you see it....more soon. All said and done, I will have about 2 bags of clay, or 50 lbs into this guy, which means one will need a big ass 16 penny nail sunk into a stud, or something like that, in order to hang this platter up on a wall.
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little lost tiki
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Posts: 7460
From: Orange,CA-right near the Circle!
| Posted: 2009-01-14 08:04 am Permalink
mmmmmmmmmmm!
that's friggin BIG,Baba!
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GROG
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Posts: 6182
From: Tujunga
| Posted: 2009-01-14 08:38 am Permalink
Babs gonna need bigger kiln.
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4WDtiki
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Posts: 1729
From: Omao, Kauai
| Posted: 2009-01-14 09:08 am Permalink
Mmmm, looks like calamari pie! 
Was that a vintage Flexible Flier coaster you chopped up? 
Somewhere in Minnesota, a child is crying. 
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Babalu
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Joined: Nov 19, 2006
Posts: 2498
From: Lemon Grove
| Posted: 2009-01-16 07:33 am Permalink
Thanks K and G...pick any weekend boys....except Feb. 14th - 15th.
Wheeler, naw, that metal snow rider was brought about 11 years ago. This thicker metal kind doesn't flex really. With this metal type, you can really fly like a bat out of hell down a snow covered hill...take a candle and wax the bottom up real good
Had to baby sit the bird last night...the kid takes to tools like a duck takes to water. We are using rolled out coils (or "worms" as Bowana calls them) to decorate the inside of this platter. We didn't get to play long. I'll wrap this one up this weekend and post pics of how I flip this guy, texture the bottom, add it's base, and maneuver this guy in and out of the form...then it's off to the big dry out.
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Bowana
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Posts: 1117
From: La Mesa, CA
| Posted: 2009-01-16 08:57 am Permalink
Uh oh! The Bird's looking dangerous with that squirt bottle!
Looking forward to seeing the big platter. Nice job with the WORMS! I've got about 10 pieces (pendants and very small stuff) done.
I want to bring them over and hang out with yez, but I have a real bad cold right now. Don't want to make any more sickies!
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Robb Hamel
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From: Ohio
| Posted: 2009-01-16 6:04 pm Permalink
Can't wait to see the platter, but it looks heavy enough to have a gravitational pull. Hangin' it will somehow involve steel, I'd guess.
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little lost tiki
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From: Orange,CA-right near the Circle!
| Posted: 2009-01-17 09:44 am Permalink
Reminds me of that Giant plate
they used to shoot
from Atlantis
back to the surface
in JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH!
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RevBambooBen
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Joined: Nov 12, 2002
Posts: 7197
From: Huntikington Beach
| Posted: 2009-01-17 6:29 pm Permalink
Not sure if this fits here or over in the beyond jam but
I did this guy in 10th grade (with Pompeii(sp?) in mind) .
His name is Lava Man, and is about 2 ft. tall.
One of these daze "I'll start the day with a little clay", again.
Babalu rocks!
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MadDogMike
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From: The Anvil of the Sun
| Posted: 2009-01-18 09:00 am Permalink
That's definately a clay jam BooBen, very "Pompeii-ish"
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Babalu
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Joined: Nov 19, 2006
Posts: 2498
From: Lemon Grove
| Posted: 2009-01-18 12:52 pm Permalink
Thanks you guys...Get better Sir B, I miss you over here too.
Ben, This work reminds me of one of my favorite artists "Rodin" on vacation in Hawaii. It looks like it could have come off of his "Gates of Hell" work Time for you to get muddy brother...your a natural!
Ok, On with stuffs...
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little lost tiki
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From: Orange,CA-right near the Circle!
| Posted: 2009-01-18 1:24 pm Permalink
you make that look sooooo easy!
you're awesome...
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MadDogMike
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Posts: 6403
From: The Anvil of the Sun
| Posted: 2009-01-18 1:49 pm Permalink
Dammit Jim, I'm in awe
Mounting holes, good stinkin' thinkin' !
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Benzart
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Joined: Jan 09, 2004
Posts: 10306
From: Port Saint Lucie, Florida
| Posted: 2009-01-22 09:20 am Permalink
Yeah, it DOES Look easy, Think I'll do one, Gimmee a couple hours......
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