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Wendy Cevola 5/24/13 Updates. A Cat, Bird and Bug along with a weighted tiki. |
umeone
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Joined: Aug 26, 2005
Posts: 145 |  Posted: 2011-11-13 06:01 am Permalink
Wendy,I'm sorry about your bowl cracking but, the way you've dealt with it looks like it could be amazing!  I can't wait to see your lamp Tikis in acrylic! I don't know what I'm going to do with your rocks(thank you)but, I now have rocks in my head! 
MDM, I love your waterfall!
I hope the Tiki Gods are now satisfied with all of our sacrificial pieces! Maybe we can get some work done without all the drama!
Good Karma to all!
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hang10tiki
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Joined: Jul 18, 2010
Posts: 1981
From: Las Vegas
| Posted: 2011-11-16 10:14 pm Permalink
Wendy,
Came home tonight after having a Mai-Tai or 3 at the Bali Hai and found a lil box at the door. Picked it up, ran inside, grabbed a machete, ripped da box open and BAMMMMMM, my jaw fell on the floor and broke in two. The crate tiki is AMAZING and huge...WOW...it looks great, you did a wonderful job...I placed it next to the two carvings I did in your honor...LOVE IT...thanks again...pics below...
PS- I was wrong, my jaw broke into 3 pieces...
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Worst sound ever, slurp of an empty tiki mug through my straw!!!
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danlovestikis
Grand Member (8 years) 
Joined: Jun 17, 2002
Posts: 3572 | Posted: 2011-11-17 2:42 pm Permalink
hang10tiki, thank you very much for your post. I love seeing your carving tribute next to my ceramic. I enjoyed it when you did the carvings and I'm enjoying them now.
Lamp update. The molding etc. is being done in Grass Valley where winter has set in. It may snow there tomorrow. So the mold is taking its time setting. Roge hopes to take it apart next Monday.
Well my Missionary's Downfall bowl has continued to crack so I've made the crack part of the style. I like the way the light shines through onto the woman with the hole but then it needed to still be a useful piece of art. So I've made a bowl to sit inside the alter. I will carve it out to look like the stone pillars. It will be removable a free standing bowl to drink from or to store in the alter.
It will shrink an inch as it dries. I might at well have fun with this. Who knows in the end it may look just fine.
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MadDogMike
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Joined: Mar 30, 2008
Posts: 6412
From: The Anvil of the Sun
| Posted: 2011-11-17 4:24 pm Permalink
Looks like a good plan Wendy :fingers crossed: Hope it works 
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"And now, from the clay of the ground, the Lord God formed man" Genesis 2:7
Pirate Ship Tree House
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umeone
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Joined: Aug 26, 2005
Posts: 145 | Posted: 2011-11-19 3:56 pm Permalink
Hi Wendy, I love your tree branches, kinda looks like it could be part of a lost city.
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danlovestikis
Grand Member (8 years)
Joined: Jun 17, 2002
Posts: 3572 | Posted: 2011-11-20 09:50 am Permalink
Hi friends, it's all fun no matter what. It's as much fun sharing the catastrophes as the successes. Today Sven was on TV, I missed it but I saw this photo. To my joy I saw my Zombie Hut mug on the top of Sven's CD cabinet next to the pole. Here's the photo. Cheers, Wendy
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zerostreet
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Joined: Feb 06, 2010
Posts: 1689
From: http://www.zerostreet.com
| Posted: 2011-11-20 10:51 am Permalink
Ha! Very cool Wendy!
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umeone
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Joined: Aug 26, 2005
Posts: 145 | Posted: 2011-11-20 11:35 am Permalink
That is as cool as the segment was on the come back of Tiki Bars! Congratulations Wendy! You do ROCK! From New York to California there is a Tiki Revival! I couldn't be more pleased! Well maybe if one of my pieces of art was on National TV!
Cheers to my Mentor, Wendy!
Linda
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WaikikianMoeKele
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Joined: Jun 25, 2008
Posts: 385
From: West Leroy, Pennsylvania
| Posted: 2011-11-24 2:38 pm Permalink
I missed that detail Wendy. So very cool!
~kele
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danlovestikis
Grand Member (8 years)
Joined: Jun 17, 2002
Posts: 3572 | Posted: 2011-11-25 09:47 am Permalink
Hi zerostreet, umeone and Kele. Thanks for taking a look. That was so much fun to revisit the fact the Sven wanted my mug.
UPDATE AND RECAP ON THE PROGRESS OF THE TIKI RESIN CHUNK LAMP PROJECT
THE CLAY PATTERNS WERE DELIVERED TO ROGER AND WITH FURTHER ASSISTANCE FROM MIGUEL ANDRADE THEY PREPARED THE PATTERNS FOR THE MOLD AND THEN CASTINGS WERE PRODUCED TO GO INTO THE TIKI LAMPS
THIS IS ROGER BODINE HE STARTED AND OWNED LAGUNA LAMPS. HE DESIGNED ALL OF THE ROCK CHUNK LAMPS AND AFTER HIS BUSINESS BURNT TO THE GROUND HE SOLD IT ALL. HE DISPLAYED HIS LAMPS IN THE FESTIVAL OF ARTS IN LAGUNA BEACH, CALIFORNIA.
HIS CURRENT DESIGNS FOR SALE ON ETSY 2011.
THESE ARE THE CLAY SCULPTURES THAT I BROUGHT TO LIFE FROM ROGERS VISION AND INSTRUCTION AS TO DETAIL AND TEXTURE (I fess up he taught me to use sandpaper)
Before proceeding to make the rubber mold Roge called the company that makes Romo sculpting clay. He asked them it it would inhibit the cure of the rubber mold material. He was told that it wouldn't. They were not correct in giving that assurance. The mold did not set and was mush for 2 weeks and had to be discarded. The pink mold shows that it is still slimy where it touched the clay.
Miguel was able to save the sculpts from this mess and to proceed to make new rubber molds with a different mix of chemicals.
From the blue molds Miguel was able to cast the master's with all the detail.
Next step. Miguel cast each of the heads.
The God of Light
The Easter Island Moai
Next step was to place the head into a mold and pour resin and add the resin chunk rocks.
Another design element that Roger came up with was to add lava rock boarders. He will also add this rock along the seams when the panels (4) are attached.
Stay tuned for more photos next week. To check out the rest of Rogers Lamps see his etsy pages.
http://www.etsy.com/listing/82524611/handmade-colored-and-crystal-resin?ref=sr_gallery_1&ga_search_submit=Search&ga_search_query=resin+rocks&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_ship_to=US&ga_search_type=supplies&ga_facet=supplies
http://www.etsy.com/shop/ArtLampDesignByRoger?page=1
I watch their project the same way you do. They send photos and I post them here. I had such a tiny part to play but the thrill for me is huge!
Cheers, Wendy
“Wendy gets the credit for sculpting the Tiki and Easter Island heads. Without the heads in the Tiki Lamps, passion would be missing”…….Roger
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MikeyTiki
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Joined: Sep 09, 2006
Posts: 122
From: Portland, OR
| Posted: 2011-11-25 11:29 am Permalink
Thans for passing along the update Wendy, it is fun to see the lamp taing form.
BTW: The tiki heads came out great!
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bigbrotiki
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Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 10566
From: Tiki Island, above the Silverlake
| Posted: 2011-11-25 1:24 pm Permalink
Aaaah, how great it is to see the art of resin Tikis resurrected!
There were few, but some, vintage resin Tiki lamps in existence in the 60s:
But no one has combined them with the chunky lamps, so far!
Later, during the early Tiki revival, someone made these resin pendants:
...which I always loved. And then there were the translucent swizzle sticks:
Resin objects are, quite literally, real eye candy!
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MadDogMike
Grand Member (3 years)
Joined: Mar 30, 2008
Posts: 6412
From: The Anvil of the Sun
| Posted: 2011-11-25 1:53 pm Permalink
Very cool Wendy, that is going to look sooooo cool hanging in the Jungle Room!
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swizzle
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Joined: Jun 03, 2007
Posts: 639
From: Melbourne,Australia
| Posted: 2011-11-25 4:55 pm Permalink
Congratulations Wendy, they look great. I've added his etsy page to my favourites and look forward to seeing the finished pieces. I actually need a nice lamp cover for my lounge room. One with tikis on it would be perfect.
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VampiressRN
Grand Member (5 years) 
Joined: Nov 23, 2006
Posts: 5089
From: Sin City Lincoln Hills (NorCal)
| Posted: 2011-11-25 7:43 pm Permalink
Holy Cow!!! The resin lamp is gonna be the bomb...and thanks for all the great pictures.
CONGRATS on have that 15 seconds of fame for your Sac mug...how kewl!!!!
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