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Wendy Cevola 5/24/13 Updates. A Cat, Bird and Bug along with a weighted tiki. |
WaikikianMoeKele
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Joined: Jun 25, 2008
Posts: 385
From: West Leroy, Pennsylvania
|  Posted: 2012-11-24 3:57 pm Permalink
Wendy, When I saw the pics, all I could think was that I hope hang10tiki's Suffering Bob's butt didn't make any bubbles in the tub while you were scrub-a-dub-dubbing! lol
~kele
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hang10tiki
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Joined: Jul 18, 2010
Posts: 1973
From: Las Vegas
| Posted: 2012-11-24 6:56 pm Permalink
Scrubba dub dub
Bob got clean in the tub
Suffering Bob and all the others look great
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danlovestikis
Grand Member (8 years) 
Joined: Jun 17, 2002
Posts: 3569 | Posted: 2012-11-25 08:39 am Permalink
LiddleLola it would be an honor to grace your Kohana Wahine Lounge with a custom mug. In 2013 after the Ren Clark severed head run is done I'll do more customs along with the next Sacramento Crawl mug.
MadDogMike this bowl and temple have been the biggest bowl I've ever made. I'm glad he sent instructions as to size. I'm super happy so far. Glazing next.
LoriLovesTiki
(Thanks for the pictures, those are amazing! Individual pics are so not necessary. Photographing them 3 at a time is just perfect and saves you a lot of time. I just love seeing all your glaze work up close so I can marvel at the detail. Amazing, just amazing.
As always!
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Hi Lori, I am limited by the size of the photographic studio as to how many items can be in one photo. The other reason I do so many photo angles is that these are for sale and I hope to tempt someone into contacting me to add them to their collections. Thank you for the compliments.
WaikikianMoeKele oh!!! I forgot to watch out for that.
hang10tiki let me know the colors for your Suffering Bob.
Progress Report:
I poured more Bob's for Wish List #3 but 2 had slip that was too thick and most wouldn't pour out after casting.
So I cut out the bottom of each one.
I scooped out the mucky clay.
I used a sponge on a stick to smooth in inside.
I used a cookie cutter to make a top.
I used the mucky clay as glue to fuse the top on the bottom together.
I cut a hole in the top.
Now I have two Tiki Bob Lamps in the works. My first lamps.
They are a bit lop-sided but I plan to cut off the ridges and to sand it flatter on the tops. There are more steps ahead.
Diver's Cove is finished.
More Glazing. Loki Tiki's Santa Bob and Kahaka's Grandpa mug.
More puffer and turtle necklaces.
Now its time to work. Cheers, Wendy
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dartharnie
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Joined: Jan 01, 2012
Posts: 72 | Posted: 2012-11-25 11:13 am Permalink
Bob lamps are a really fun Idea. Call Roger and see if he whip up a pair of resin eyes that'll glow...probably won't work because of clay shrinking in the kiln....but I bet you can figure it out if you like the idea.
The diver is perfect and really pretty.
Hey look, I made it through a post without a Suffering Bob's Butt joke...but tongue really hurts from biting.
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KAHAKA
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Joined: Mar 03, 2003
Posts: 756
From: San Jose, CA
| Posted: 2012-11-25 11:49 am Permalink
I see Grandpa coming to life... very cool! I'm havin' fun watching the progress on the mug and all your other goods!
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LoriLovesTiki
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Joined: Jul 03, 2011
Posts: 471
From: NJ
| Posted: 2012-11-25 12:46 pm Permalink
Lamps! What a great idea. Very clever use for something that didn't come out exactly how you wanted it to.
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hang10tiki
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Joined: Jul 18, 2010
Posts: 1973
From: Las Vegas
| Posted: 2012-11-25 7:02 pm Permalink
W
Lamps- way cool, is there anything you guys can't do?
Diver- looks awesome
Necklaces- sweet
And the Bobs are lookin good
I sent you a PM about the Suffering color choice...
Have fun
And thanks for all the fun pics
Jon
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Hale Tiki
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Joined: Oct 19, 2004
Posts: 1406
From: Pittsburgh
| Posted: 2012-11-26 05:23 am Permalink
Hooray for innovation!
I like the lamp idea. Super cool.
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danlovestikis
Grand Member (8 years)
Joined: Jun 17, 2002
Posts: 3569 | Posted: 2012-11-26 09:52 am Permalink
dartharnie I like the glowing eyes idea but these lamps will have the bulb on top rather than inside. However who knows what the future holds. I'm glad you like Diver's Cove. Stop biting that tongue.
KAHAKA we'll have to see tomorrow if its done or you want some enamel tweaking. My hope is to always make this fun. I sure do have a good time sharing with you all.
LoriLovesTiki thanks Lori. Now they just have to dry.
hang10tiki thank you, thank you, thank you.
Hale Tiki, I like that word. I hate to waste a good tiki.
Progress Report:
ebTikis Coconut Bob bowl, white inside and red brown yellow on the outside even though it looks black.
Clear glaze on Santa Bob for Loki Tiki and Grandpa for Kahaka.
Bottom level of the kiln is loaded. 
To fire the Santa Bob hat I couldn't glaze the inside and I had to use three supports to hold it in place.
Top shelf. You can see the clear glaze now added to Coconut Bob.
The Tiki Bob Lamp. I carved off the ridges on the top cap and cleaned up the sides.
I added rings and then texture.
Both are done. Different heights.
I added an opening for the electric cord. As these will dry, we will buy lamp parts and then I'll enlarge the openings as needed. I have to take into account that the clay will shrink as it fires.
Happy Holidays, Wendy
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hang10tiki
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Joined: Jul 18, 2010
Posts: 1973
From: Las Vegas
| Posted: 2012-11-26 12:13 pm Permalink
Good updates
The lamps are lookin goooooood
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danlovestikis
Grand Member (8 years)
Joined: Jun 17, 2002
Posts: 3569 | Posted: 2012-11-27 05:41 am Permalink
hang10tiki what can I say? Thank you for cheering me on.
We went to the Dickens's fair in old town Elk Grove. This is within walking distance of our home.
Yesterday was a no clay day. I just got the paints out to finish a project that Dan's been asking for. He loves it when I paint on wood and I need to keep my man happy. He helps me every day.
He had 2 spoons for me to paint.
It's a Bosko bumatay mug.
Finished.
For the small spoon I did a PNG mask. Here I've started the fringe.
All done. It matches a PNG mask in a painting I did of little lost tiki.
Big spoon, little spoon.
They now hang by the painting. Kinney look it's a coincidence that Dan was wearing a T-shirt in the same color as the one you have on in the painting. This photo makes it look like its him.
November is almost over. We start a big storm tomorrow evening. I hope you are all having a good time. Cheers, Wendy
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MadDogMike
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Joined: Mar 30, 2008
Posts: 6412
From: The Anvil of the Sun
| Posted: 2012-11-27 09:04 am Permalink
Love the spoons Wendy! That Santa's hat looks so precarious there, I hope it survives  You could also form a fired clay spindle with a base a sit it on that
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Hale Tiki
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Joined: Oct 19, 2004
Posts: 1406
From: Pittsburgh
| Posted: 2012-11-27 12:01 pm Permalink
Hahahahaha. I didn't even notice Dan at first!
Sneaky sneaky!
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hang10tiki
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Joined: Jul 18, 2010
Posts: 1973
From: Las Vegas
| Posted: 2012-11-27 3:36 pm Permalink
THAT'S MY KIND OF SPOON,
BUT I WONDER IF THE PAINT WILL COME OFF ONCE DIPPED IN A LIL MAC-N-CHEESE
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Atomic Tiki Punk
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Joined: Jul 19, 2009
Posts: 4027
From: Costa Misery
| Posted: 2012-11-27 3:48 pm Permalink
Those are Spoon-O-licious!
see ya this Sunday Wendy.
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