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OceaOtica
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From: la, home of Tiki Ti
|  Posted: 2008-09-07 4:06 pm Permalink
Bowana, Nice work man! Hope it make it out of the kiln okay.
Babalu, The piece is a mug for drinking out of. i am doing a series of mud masks from 3 different regions in PNG. The light cracks for these are good because the actual masks have cracks in them. My 1st one, though, i had bagged, then set out too close to the air conditioner, which dried the top opening of the mug, and caused uneven drying. Just put it in a bad spot, and jumped the gun by a day removing it from a loosely covered plastic bag. The front and back both have cracks that appear to go al the way through, so i am going to force dry it a bit faster now, and do a fill when the piece is drier.
I am using Aardvarks low fire, think its mcw 1. When I sculpt with water clay (for non fired things) i usually use Laguna em210 wed, and their em217 white when making walls for molds. My understanding is that duncan glazes work much better on aardvark clay. couple years back i was told their were glaze fit issues with duncan colors on laguna clay bodies. Have you had glaze fit issues with the laguna clays? I have not tried a clay with heavy grog yet, will play with that soon as well.
Looking forward to seeing your pieces after the bisque firing.
Thanks for the notes on your drying methods, have never flipped the bag. Sounds like a good idea to remove moisture off the bag.
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Babalu
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From: Lemon Grove
| Posted: 2008-09-07 4:27 pm Permalink
DAYAM Sir B!! These gals are smoking, smoking hot!
Folks, Your looking at Bowana's first mug - ever! Double DAYAM!
This is going to end up being the "Holy Grail" for someone's collection...fo sure!
Yup, glazing these bad girls is not going to be a cake walk Sir B...lot's of glaze testing for you Captain.
I'm out in the studio Cass...catch ya in a few...
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Billy the Crud
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| Posted: 2008-09-07 4:50 pm Permalink
Every time I check this thread, I'm further amazed. I need to get back over and do another one, soon!
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Babalu
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| Posted: 2008-09-07 10:50 pm Permalink
A little side direction start tonight...
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tikithomas08
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| Posted: 2008-09-07 10:56 pm Permalink
that hawksbill turtle looks really good man. cant wait to see what this piece becomes
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Tiki Lee's
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| Posted: 2008-09-08 12:00 am Permalink
Green With Envy; Rich In Pride...
You guys are rockin' as usual, and I'm lonely as hell!
Keep it up 'cuz it's all awesome!
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Hiphipahula
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From: The Valley! Female, leo,fav color pink.
| Posted: 2008-09-08 01:38 am Permalink
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On 2008-09-05 06:43, Babalu wrote:
I threw this Paradise Bowl back up on the table last night...time to finish it
Babalu Rockin' the Man o' War Paradise Bowl once again! ... keep us up dated 
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Hiphipahula
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From: The Valley! Female, leo,fav color pink.
| Posted: 2008-09-08 01:42 am Permalink
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On 2008-09-07 09:49, Bowana wrote:
Here's The Aloha Sisters in their current state:
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Love it & would love to have one??? Nice!
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GO TIKI
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| Posted: 2008-09-08 3:08 pm Permalink
The Aloha Sisters mug is Fantastic!, Very, Very well done! Your pushing all ceramic artist, Including myself to take it up a notch! Great Work! Mahalo! Gogo
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Daves Not Home
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| Posted: 2008-09-08 3:31 pm Permalink
Thats nuts
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Babalu
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From: Lemon Grove
| Posted: 2008-09-08 4:34 pm Permalink
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On 2008-09-08 15:08, GO TIKI wrote:
The Aloha Sisters mug is Fantastic!, Very, Very well done! Your pushing all ceramic artist, Including myself to take it up a notch! Great Work! Mahalo! Gogo
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Jeez, I only wished I could all sculpt the human figure this well! I guarantee you that the only other person on TC that could pull off sculpting a 5.5 inch tall human figure like this is Master Squid...that's it
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Cammo
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| Posted: 2008-09-08 5:18 pm Permalink
This is Beta Ver. 1.1A of "Tawiri-Ma-Te, God of Storms".
It's BIG, man, its actually pretty heavy to carry around...
...and no, I have no idea which side is the front.
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MadDogMike
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From: The Anvil of the Sun
| Posted: 2008-09-08 5:45 pm Permalink
5.5 inches! Bowana can you carve some 5.5 feet and bring them to life? Those babes are HOT!!! Cammo, the twister god is sweet! Mug or statue?
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Cammo
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From: San Diego
| Posted: 2008-09-08 6:52 pm Permalink
It's a mug, but it's like the size of a big wine bottle. You'll have to wait & see, it has some uses I haven't shown yet....
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tikithomas08
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From: San Diego CA
| Posted: 2008-09-08 8:29 pm Permalink
you can use it as a club to maul your enemies!
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