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Shrunken Heads and Headhunters Art Swap - Draw List p20 |
MadDogMike
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From: The Anvil of the Sun
|  Posted: 2010-03-31 09:12 am Permalink
Amy, in the past Hewey has waited until about the day after the deadline before making the match-ups. If you don't have a finished piece (or very close to finished) piece posted, you don't get included. Brillant planning on Hewey's (or someone's) part: my wife has been involved in a few scrapbooking swaps where people have gotten burned because the partner never gets around to making their product.
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TikiDaye
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From: Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
| Posted: 2010-03-31 09:20 am Permalink
Mike - unbelievable work, my friend! With mad skills like that I wouldn't be surprised if Tiki Farm came calling...! Can't wait to see it fired and finished!
So far, this has been a great experience... I hope there is another swap in the works! Fun stuff!
Peace,
Jason <><
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TikiMango
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Posts: 798
From: Satellite Beach, FL
| Posted: 2010-03-31 5:38 pm Permalink
WOW! MadDogMike, that is freakin' sweet!
TikiDaye, it may feel like the hardest first step you'll ever take, but posting your first piece of art is the easy part. The hard part comes when you continue to post better, faster, stronger works of art, and after some time you'll look back at that first one and think, "Cripes, I did that!?" Welcome to TC!
I decided to get away from my usual mediums of bone and acrylic paintings, and decided to give the Sculpey clay a little try. I got this done in the past few days, but am currently at a loss on what to do about hair... so I'm open to suggestions about how to attach the hair. And no, I will not cut my own to use.
Them's real leather cords keeping the peepers closed and the trap shut.
Cow bone-bone through the nose. Ok, so I didn't totally leave the bone behind for this Swap, but I tried.
Not as giant as you thought huh? I gotta ship this if I finish it in time, had to consider that. So this is Sculpey over a ping pong ball armature. Trying to save a little weight and ensure the clay would harden.
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Cap'n Pharaoh
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From: THE TASMAN SEA
| Posted: 2010-03-31 6:32 pm Permalink
Mango...
not sure if it is going to work or just look like a shrunken head from the hair club for men ....but this is how I was going to make this one, just as soon as my hair is long enough.
I was planning on attaching the hair by filling the holes with some glue.
Mad dog- if thats what you do to people that steal your drink ...I'd definately think twice before taking a sip.
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MadDogMike
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From: The Anvil of the Sun
| Posted: 2010-03-31 6:56 pm Permalink
Mango, great lookin' little head! I did a ceramic "bone dagger" awhile back and did just like the good Cap'n did - poked holes in the top before I baked it then filled the holes with jute. Could do the same with black yarn and unravel it when the glue is dry. You can still drill holes in the baked Sculpty.
Thanks for the kind words guys. I decided shrunken heads aren't creepy enough alone, I added a big blue/green beetle on the back 
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Badd Tiki
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Joined: Aug 28, 2008
Posts: 275 | Posted: 2010-03-31 7:43 pm Permalink
Great stuff poppin up the last few days. Found my hemp twine so that's good, gotta do another coat of paint and lace it up.
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hewey
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From: Sydney, Australia
| Posted: 2010-04-01 05:38 am Permalink
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On 2010-03-31 09:00, amybean wrote:
Hewey, I'm guessing you won't figure out the actual swap part until the end in case
more people jump in during the last week...
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Yup. Once the draw list is posted just get your swap partner to hold onto their piece for a week or two before shipping it.
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On 2010-03-31 09:12, MadDogMike wrote:
Amy, in the past Hewey has waited until about the day after the deadline before making the match-ups. If you don't have a finished piece (or very close to finished) piece posted, you don't get included. Brillant planning on Hewey's (or someone's) part: my wife has been involved in a few scrapbooking swaps where people have gotten burned because the partner never gets around to making their product.
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What Mike said! I cant take any credit for how its set up, I stole the whole idea and organisation from another forum and tikified it 
I've done some more work on my piece. More paint
And some staples
Started on the frame set up too, not quite sure where I'm going with it yet
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MadDogMike
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From: The Anvil of the Sun
| Posted: 2010-04-01 06:08 am Permalink
Looks great Hewey!!! I knew Elvis had a much more interesting demise than a heart attack on the crapper! Looks like he died with his boots on in the jungles of PNG.
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amybean
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Joined: Nov 22, 2009
Posts: 434
From: Alameda, CA
| Posted: 2010-04-02 12:27 pm Permalink
*bump*
I've had a late breaking idea. Been working on some vinyl customs this week for the fun of it.
Picked up a 4" glow in the dark Munny at Neon Monster in SF.
Anyone off to Wondercon this weekend?
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TikiMango
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Joined: Jun 17, 2008
Posts: 798
From: Satellite Beach, FL
| Posted: 2010-04-02 3:55 pm Permalink
From the far reaches of the South Pacific, deep within uncharted jungles, gaze upon this macabre spectacle! Personally acquired at great expense of life and limb, taken directly from under the nose of the village Chieftain himself! I present to you the Musical Head-in-the-Box. Crank the mystical handle, and out issues a hauntingly primitive tune that some say is akin to Pop Goes the Weasel, then feel the raw, spiritual energy of this great fallen warrior as his head amazingly levitates from the confines of it's enclosure!
Ok, enough of that. I had a blast working on this, and it was such a great theme. There's plenty of crazy, kooky, and awesome art in this thread, and there's still 2 weeks to go! If you're on the fence, then jump on down and make with the loppin' & shrinkin' already.
The mystical box...
The head actually does "pop" out, but it's a bear trying to stuff all the hair back in there. A little PNG shield on the front.
An alligator on this side.
I had to modify the bone in his nose, it was just a tad too big to fit into the opening, especially with all the darn hair. I managed to scalp a fashion doll for the hair, so you might notice the slight purple tint it has, and I had to sacrifice a shirt (but all worth it). I wanted to do some raffia, but it was just too difficult for me as I am by no means "crafty".
I apologize to all the tapa experts out there for my tapa printings, as I'm no student of that art.
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amybean
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From: Alameda, CA
| Posted: 2010-04-02 4:00 pm Permalink
AWESOME
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MadDogMike
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Posts: 6492
From: The Anvil of the Sun
| Posted: 2010-04-02 4:09 pm Permalink
Mango, you are full-tilt BOZO!!!!! Very cool and extremely unique.
Amy, I like the Munny concept (what's for dinner?)
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amybean
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Joined: Nov 22, 2009
Posts: 434
From: Alameda, CA
| Posted: 2010-04-02 4:55 pm Permalink
I have a new polymer clay oven to check out for bone making.
Dinner- not sure yet- Friday is always a crap-shoot, wait... what???? haha
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Badd Tiki
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Joined: Aug 28, 2008
Posts: 275 | Posted: 2010-04-02 5:30 pm Permalink
Mango, You WIN!!! You are my hero! That's the coolest thing ever, great write up too.
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Bongo Bungalow
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From: Indiana
| Posted: 2010-04-02 7:02 pm Permalink
Lovin' it, Mango!
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