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MadDog Mike's Platterful of Pupule - Pali Kai Bug Tiki |
MadDogMike
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Joined: Mar 30, 2008
Posts: 8508
From: The Anvil of the Sun
|  Posted: 2013-04-18 09:03 am Permalink
Thanks to your well-wishes, John Frum looks like he may be recovering after his arse transplant. Letting him dry ever so slowly. Lil Losers #1-4 are finished
I decided since #5 was named, the rest should have names too. Left to right:
#1 - Boney
#2 - Pennybags, from Rich Uncle Pennybags the Monopoly Man
#3 - Kina, the Tok Pisin (PNG) word for his oyster shell nose ornament
#4 - Jocko, the walrus on "50 First Dates"
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littlegiles
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Joined: Jun 08, 2003
Posts: 665
From: Lancaster, SC
| Posted: 2013-04-18 7:12 pm Permalink
SWEET!! Perfect mugs for your lounge area.
Still keeping my fingers crossed for John Frum.
Dale
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tigertail777
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Joined: Nov 25, 2004
Posts: 679
From: Oregon
| Posted: 2013-04-18 10:41 pm Permalink
There was once a head named John
No one knew where he was Frum
When he got wet he was gone
For he lost his bottom.
Poor old John Frum where?
Nobody knows, he is still going there.
Come on Mike you can give a snake in a basket mouth to mouth resuscitation, surely you can do surgery on an ass. 
Love how the rest of the little tribe turned out, I gotta see a picture of someone drinking out of one. 
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hang10tiki
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Joined: Jul 18, 2010
Posts: 6857
From: Las Vegas
| Posted: 2013-04-19 10:37 pm Permalink
Very nice bruddah...
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danlovestikis
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Joined: Jun 17, 2002
Posts: 6770 | Posted: 2013-04-20 08:12 am Permalink
Love the braided grass band around the hair. They are all great, Wendy
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tobunga
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Joined: Apr 12, 2008
Posts: 1172 | Posted: 2013-04-20 1:20 pm Permalink
Hey Mike!
Just took a gander at your recent pieces... The Barrel mug and Sea Snake mug are fantastic! Both great ideas with impeccable execution! (and I'm a sucker for tentacles)
The El Tiki mugs are great too! I like all of the different glazes.
The Li'l Losers (love that name!) are so cool! an you can do endless variations too!
Thanks for posting and keeping us inspired!
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TikiAno
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Joined: Aug 07, 2012
Posts: 1309
From: San Diego, CA
| Posted: 2013-04-20 6:42 pm Permalink
Mike, they look great! (and love the names, too).
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Atomic Tiki Punk
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From: Costa Misery
| Posted: 2013-04-20 6:50 pm Permalink
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MadDogMike
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Joined: Mar 30, 2008
Posts: 8508
From: The Anvil of the Sun
| Posted: 2013-04-26 11:25 am Permalink
Dale, Tiger, Jon, Wendy, Eric, Dave & Lance - thank you very much
After a long, slow drying period John Frum survived firing He has some cracks on the inside where the bottom joins the sides but they are not structural and the glaze will help cover them. One of the dogtag chain beads got lost during drying, I replaced it with some paperclay and Magic Mender. Next to start glazing.
I need one more Lil Loser to complete my set ~ I think I'll do Hippolyta, queen of the Amazons. With flowers in her hair and maybe big red lips.
Working on a couple more projects for the Headhunter Harbor. First is going to be a mosaic table. He's a cute little guy I nabbed from the internet.
It will dry weighted between 2 pieces of plasterboard so that hopefully it dries without warping.
The second project is something new for me. I bought some decal sheets that are fired on to glazed ceramic. You print them in laser printer, the toner contains iron oxide which fuses with the glaze and makes a sepia colored image. The plan is to put them on some dollar store plates. $30 for 10 sheets is $3 per sheet, but I was able to print 15 decals on a sheet so that's not bad.
I will keep you posted on results
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GROG
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Joined: Jun 21, 2006
Posts: 7123
From: Tujunga
| Posted: 2013-04-26 1:03 pm Permalink
Yay John Frum!
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littlegiles
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Joined: Jun 08, 2003
Posts: 665
From: Lancaster, SC
| Posted: 2013-04-26 7:03 pm Permalink
I'm so glad to hear Mr. Frum made it through the first firing.
I can't wait to see what the plates look like. Exciting new project. WOOHOO!!
Dale
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hang10tiki
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Joined: Jul 18, 2010
Posts: 6857
From: Las Vegas
| Posted: 2013-04-26 7:21 pm Permalink
Hey Mikey, I like it....
Jon
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danlovestikis
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Joined: Jun 17, 2002
Posts: 6770 | Posted: 2013-04-27 12:44 pm Permalink
Love your thread, Wendy
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tigertail777
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Joined: Nov 25, 2004
Posts: 679
From: Oregon
| Posted: 2013-04-27 11:19 pm Permalink
See? I knew you could save Frum's bum.
I really like your tile pieces like you did on the benches previously. I am excited to see what you do with the shrunken head.
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MadDogMike
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Joined: Mar 30, 2008
Posts: 8508
From: The Anvil of the Sun
| Posted: 2013-04-28 07:49 am Permalink
Friends, thank you so much for your support ~ you always make me smile.
The decal experiment worked out great, very nice product called Fired-On Images MS. I got mine from New Mexico Clay (their website is having a problem this morning so I can't post a link, I'll fix that later) More info at www.fired-on.com Nice iron oxide coloring, picks up every detail. Seems to be permanent, it would not scratch off with my fingernail. Foodsafe, easy to use, etc. Says it works on glass too but would have to be fired, not sure how that would work out?
The decals have limited use for a sculptor but they would be great for adding your logo to the bottom of your pieces. A bowl, a dinner plate, and a salad plate from the dollar store along with about 25 cents worth of decal paper makes a cool custom place setting for $3.25 I suppose you could add a graphic to some fancy Pottery Barn plates or even your grandmother's Noritake china, but you might want to test fire one first
Before firing
After firing
(the part missing from the left of the first "H" was not a product flaw, I cut that off when cutting out the decal)
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Gellhorn - "There's a lot of rum in this rum"
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