Ceramic Tiki Fountain Pt 1 - Tiki Technical Tuesday 39

This Tuesday we dive deep into the hand building pool as we put together a ceramic water giving stone idol. That’s right: it’s Garden Tiki Time!
Join me as I plan out the biggest clay sculpture I’ve ever tackled - will I succumb to heat stoke digging a hole in the yard? Am I incredibly rusty? Will the clay ever dry? Watch and find out!
As always, please please please subscribe if you’re enjoying these videos - it means a lot to me. Put questions in the comments and I’ll do my best to answer. Thank you for watching!

[@JohnJones-oy3md]

Technical Tuesday is best Tuesday.

[@vantikistudio]

Thank you! 😄

[@mikepenhall315]

I love you4 excitement for all your projects.

[@vantikistudio]

Thank you! There was a good dose of anxiety with this one as well 😅

[@eliaswatts556]

Would you ever consider doing a video about how you got your start in all this? I'm curious about you and your partner's professional backgrounds and how yall decided to move to full time artistry!

[@vantikistudio]

That would be fun to talk about - but i have no video! 😂
I was interviewed by a podcast when we moved to Oregon and talked a lot about our past careers and what pulled us into clay. You can check it out here:
thepotterscast.com/?s=VanTiki

[@fabcraftsandmore]

You’re chipmunk woop after you pulled the first bowl cracks me up!! This is awesome, like I feel like I might actually be able to make something like this!

[@vantikistudio]

You can do it! You can also use any existing bowl or domed shape as a slumping form - anything that doesn’t have an undercut will work! (Just don’t forget the Saran Wrap like I did 😅)

[@tikitessie]

Panicked studio reorganizion. Every creative can relate.

[@vantikistudio]

Right?! 😂

[@craft-o-matic2377]

Exciting stuff! Can't wait for Part 2!! Lisa

[@vantikistudio]

Thank you! Hopefully I have time to tackle the main fountain soon! The slabs are currently still under plastic

[@krisjohnson9447]

I really enjoy how you bring us along your journey of discovery and learning during these videos. And I was expecting a Grog / Tiki comment, maybe that would have been too easy.

[@vantikistudio]

I was too stressed with the project to make the joke! :)

[@marksironi3324]

Clay with "grog"...for a tiki sculpture...

[@vantikistudio]

😂