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OceaOtica
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From: la, home of Tiki Ti
|  Posted: 2012-04-09 10:58 am Permalink
Love the trophies (got a little trophy project going on myself) thanks fer the inspiration, and that Maori is lookin to be beautiful!
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BeezleBug
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Joined: Oct 01, 2008
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From: Boulder City, Nevada
| Posted: 2012-04-10 12:37 pm Permalink
Thanks everyone.
Once July hits, I'll be back to living in NV full-time (right now, it's L.A. and NV back-and-forth), so I'll have a chance to produce a lot more work with my new kiln. Can't wait!
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BeezleBug
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From: Boulder City, Nevada
| Posted: 2012-04-12 1:28 pm Permalink
Fish God #1...
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MadDogMike
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From: The Anvil of the Sun
| Posted: 2012-04-12 1:55 pm Permalink
Great glaze, I didn't realize it was unglazed red clay earlier. I see the teeth are back, what material and how did you decide to add them after the sculpt?
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BeezleBug
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From: Boulder City, Nevada
| Posted: 2012-04-12 2:47 pm Permalink
Fish God is slip cast. The original model was done in Klean Klay.
The original design had teeth at the top. They were too hard to cast, so I figured I would add another material. Luckily, I had a whole bag of beach glass leftover from another project.
Easier to see here:
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BeezleBug
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From: Boulder City, Nevada
| Posted: 2012-04-23 1:49 pm Permalink
Another slip-cast spin-off product: paperweight!
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MadDogMike
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From: The Anvil of the Sun
| Posted: 2012-04-23 2:58 pm Permalink
OK Bug, you're gonna have to explain that one to me
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BeezleBug
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From: Boulder City, Nevada
| Posted: 2012-04-26 9:42 pm Permalink
Little pile of seashells with Oceanic designs? Heavy enough to be a paperweight. Dunno. Just messing around with different casting techniques.
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MadDogMike
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From: The Anvil of the Sun
| Posted: 2012-04-27 06:03 am Permalink
 OK, works for me 
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BeezleBug
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From: Boulder City, Nevada
| Posted: 2012-07-15 09:42 am Permalink
Another slip-cast adventure - slip-cast earrings. Here's a series that is a zombified, shrunken-head version of a Marquesas mask:
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BeezleBug
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From: Boulder City, Nevada
| Posted: 2012-07-19 4:56 pm Permalink
Some slip-cast pendants, based on a Rarotongan staff god carving:
And this crazy thing - a tiki mig night light, made out a vintage PMP peanut mug and some lamp parts.
The night light was fun to make (although cutting thes holes was an interesting challenge). Think I'll make a few more out of some of the not-so-rare mugs in my collection.
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BeezleBug
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From: Boulder City, Nevada
| Posted: 2012-07-23 10:42 am Permalink
New mug in the works. This one based on a Maori "lovers" carving. Think I'll just call her "Topknot."
Once again, I'm working in Klean Klay - or, rather, Van Aken's Klean Klay Alternative since Klean Klay went out of business...
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Bloody Good
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Joined: May 18, 2012
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From: Portland OR
| Posted: 2012-07-23 12:46 pm Permalink
All looks very nice!!!
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danlovestikis
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Joined: Jun 17, 2002
Posts: 3569 | Posted: 2012-07-25 07:49 am Permalink
I really enjoyed looking back and forth from your sculpt to the photo in the book. Its wonderful you have brought that page to life. That is a piece of Maori art that I had never seen before and we have a stack of books. I'm glad you found it. I'll be looking forward to seeing it glazed.
We had a tiki collecting friend over Monday evening and of all the tikis we have Dan showed off your Solomon Island mug. We think it is very special.
It is fun to watch you work, Wendy
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BeezleBug
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From: Boulder City, Nevada
| Posted: 2012-07-25 1:14 pm Permalink
Hi Wendy,
Solomon certainly looks happy there - surrounded by Tiki friends.
The book I go back to over and over is "Oceanic Mythology" by Roslyn Poignant published in '67. I find my mugs look better if I base them on specific Oceanic art (as opposed to copying pre-existing pop-Tiki designs).
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