Tyber Tiki I'm getting close to a kiln load!

hang10tiki it was such fun to scroll through the photos and to see that one. Big thank you always for sharing with us all.

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If you know me you know I LOVE coincidences. Yesterday I put up all the photos of Vance's Honu/Turtle mug. Dan and I then took a walk and on the sidewalk Dan found this little non-sea Turtle. He brought it home to put into one of his village scenes.

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Wish List #5 progress report.

I'll start with Johnny Velvet's Tiki Bob Super Carved mug.

He said he wanted it done with the exact Tiki Bob glaze color. So I did my best to match it to the Elvis Tiki Bob from 1961. We have a collection of Tiki Bob's and they are in a whole bunch of different browns.

I found the very best match. In fact it was a brown I had never used on a Bob before.

I made a mistake and poured it into the mug. Bob's are usually white inside and I'd forgotten to notice this.

After a lot of scrubbing I got it back out.

I did his face.

After the face had clear added I started on the body. After the first coat I flipped it over and filled in all the tiny areas missed.

Now after 3 layers he's all done.

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Next up is Kenneth G. McNeil's Fun Fake mug.

It's so much harder to copy than to just make something. Here's the comparison between my mug and Dan's real mug.

I glazed the inside and

then coated and wiped off black on the bottom.

I did the eyes and mouth and then covered the face in clear glaze.

I painted the body and

let it dry.

Now it was time to see just how small I could paint the letters. It's back and forth. Do the black, correct it with white, do the black.

The real mug was done with a decal. Painting this on was crazy hard. I left it here.

I covered it with clear.

Now it will be fired. Maybe Kenneth will fire me!

Next up is Professor G's little peanut mug wearing a Tiki Bob Maori mask for Halloween. Or...

I started with the inside.

Did the outside.

Wiped it off.

All done.

Doing it I got some brown on this face. I covered the face with 3 coats of white.

Now the face is done.

Next I did 3 coats of brown on the rims.

Now I did the Maori face.

I coated the rims with clear.

The body stays buff like a peanut mug and the face, rims and inside are gloss.

I maybe fired on this one too! If something doesn't look like what was anticipated then they can be rejected.

Now it's time to start my this day of glazing.

Cheers, Wendy