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Big Bang Creations - new Yipwan Drum Mug pg 86 |
MadDogMike Grand Member (8 years)
Joined: Mar 30, 2008 Posts: 9026 From: The Anvil of the Sun
| Posted: 2009-10-24 11:18 am  Permalink
SWEET!!! Cool alligator glaze!
 
 
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Tobor64 Grand Member (first year)
Joined: Jul 13, 2009 Posts: 402 From: Burbank, CA.
| Posted: 2009-10-24 11:41 am  Permalink
Wow, Babs! Another stellar piece!
 
 
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Hiphipahula Tiki Socialite
Joined: May 27, 2006 Posts: 2443 From: The Valley!
| Posted: 2009-10-25 04:48 am  Permalink
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On 2009-10-21 21:41, Babalu wrote:
Kinny - I'm working, I'm working....
KiKi - Your welcome down anytime...your piggie is ready to glaze.
Master Dave - Don't worry brother, I'm just getting my fingers loosened up on a couple of these clay ones first...I'll build the casting master out of oil clay
If your on the list for one of these...I'm going to improve the sculpt and change the glaze to something I like better...
OMG! AWESOME!!!!!!
Kelly, darlin'...I've still got you on the table...please hold on just a little longer kiddo.
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KAHAKA Tiki Socialite
Joined: Mar 03, 2003 Posts: 875 From: San Jose, CA
| Posted: 2009-10-25 10:55 am  Permalink
Does your wallet say Bad Mofo ok it? If not, it should, cuz that's the truth of the matta!
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Babalu Tiki Socialite
Joined: Nov 19, 2006 Posts: 2511 From: Lemon Grove
| Posted: 2009-10-28 1:25 pm  Permalink
You've drawn the Tower card....
Beware, as the foundation of that comfortable life you have been building up for all these years is about to come to a drastic and sudden end. Yes, tremendous storms will gather. Lightning from the heavens will uncontrollably bear down on you. Your castle of self will burst into flame and crumble. Your shadow of a being will free fall into the depths of the unknown...everything will be lost...
You've drawn the Tower card....
I've decided to hold off on lighting a fire in that top ring. I choose to add smoke in the glaze to indicate a building internal inferno instead. I also choose to do a separate gold luster firing on the lightning bolts, and without testing how the gold will react to the heat of the flame, I would just as soon not chance it...not this close to show time anyway.
What a fun exercise this was for me combining a European theme and iconography with Polynesian culture...Get over to Hank's Gallery on Halloween night you all
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murphdog Grand Member (first year)
Joined: Apr 14, 2009 Posts: 64 From: San Jose, CA
| Posted: 2009-10-28 5:20 pm  Permalink
Wow, beautiful and a bit spooky at the same time!
 
 
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MadDogMike Grand Member (8 years)
Joined: Mar 30, 2008 Posts: 9026 From: The Anvil of the Sun
| Posted: 2009-10-28 5:59 pm  Permalink
Turned out great! Beautifully glazed blue "sky". Are the figures hanging from string or from wires?
 
 
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Babalu Tiki Socialite
Joined: Nov 19, 2006 Posts: 2511 From: Lemon Grove
| Posted: 2009-10-28 6:47 pm  Permalink
Thanks Murph
Mike, those are very thin plastic coated wires that I ripped out of the center of this plastic thing-a-mah-jigger I've had laying around here. Plastic and fire don't mix either...
The dog and I are starting to find some kind of a groove together...
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MadDogMike Grand Member (8 years)
Joined: Mar 30, 2008 Posts: 9026 From: The Anvil of the Sun
| Posted: 2009-10-28 7:55 pm  Permalink
Rick, looks like you've reconfigured the Babalu Clay Jam Studio of Ceramic Wonderosity. I see a U-shaped workspace for increased productivity 
 
 
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Tiki Shark Art Tiki Socialite
Joined: Aug 31, 2006 Posts: 3870 | Posted: 2009-10-29 11:55 pm  Permalink
Inspired! Magnificent! Really, I'm a bit blown away at how wonderful and powerful this is!
Congratulations!
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Babalu Tiki Socialite
Joined: Nov 19, 2006 Posts: 2511 From: Lemon Grove
| Posted: 2009-10-30 6:32 pm  Permalink
Hey MD, I really made kind of an "S" shape with 2 work stations like the one you see in that last post....hey buddy, this is what you have got to look forward to...I wished I could say I starting playing in clay when I was two. This kid hung with me and played with clay for about an hour yesterday.
Brad...Man, you made my day...thank you! When I took that Tower down to Hank's I noticed your painting shining like a diamond there on the wall. Stunning...and priced to sell too! Someone is going to walk away with a great deal there for sure.
Still building up enough for a firing...soon.
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Babalu Tiki Socialite
Joined: Nov 19, 2006 Posts: 2511 From: Lemon Grove
| Posted: 2009-11-06 6:31 pm  Permalink
Howdy! It's been a fun week over here - YAY! This post will be a little image heavy...I don't have Photoshop here to group photos with - sorry...
Anyway, Sir B stopped over in the beginning of the week to glaze his Chop Mug...I think it's SMOKING HOT! thumbs up Sir B!! now, git back over here and make somethin' else!
I didn't get a picture of Sir B while he was here, so please allow me to post this generic picture so that you all know who Sir B is...
Squid came down and posted up for a few days over...lot's of fun had That man has clay flowing through his veins...I shit you not...Great glazing there Master Squids.
Here is Squid at Liddo's for dinner...It's great, they give you little slices of salami, cheese, and Cheese Nips to munch on before your dinner comes out.
Buzzy showed up today and jumped on a table...the dude is prepping to ROCK some work out...GO BUZZ MASTER, go....
I played catch up mainly this week...
A couple of mugs of this design done for folks...
The first prototype of the Mauna Loa Drum Mug is done...so is the sculpt on the second prototype...going to build one more.
Lot's of stuffs on the table right now...more to come soon.
Thanks for checking out all the goings on over here
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4WDtiki Tiki Socialite
Joined: Aug 03, 2004 Posts: 1974 From: Omao, Kauai
| Posted: 2009-11-06 6:56 pm  Permalink
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On 2009-11-06 18:31, Babalu wrote:
Buzzy showed up today and jumped on a table...the dude is prepping to ROCK some work out...GO BUZZ MASTER, go....
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Did you get doctor clearance for work, Buzz?
Babs, Bowana and Squidster, great lookin' stuff all around.
 
 
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mp Tiki Socialite
Joined: Mar 12, 2009 Posts: 458 From: Nor Cal
| Posted: 2009-11-06 9:26 pm  Permalink
The big guns are gettin busy over there!!!
Awesome work! Awesome photos!
Totally freshhhh! Babalu your always takin it to a higher plane!
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MadDogMike Grand Member (8 years)
Joined: Mar 30, 2008 Posts: 9026 From: The Anvil of the Sun
| Posted: 2009-11-06 9:45 pm  Permalink
Babalu's got the beat! Keep on rockin' the drums, more and more perfect every time.
 
 
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