Fail To Fantastic! Rescuing a Chipped Giant Crab Claw mug - Tiki Technical Tuesday
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Sometimes life throws you a curveball, and sometimes that curveball is a small chip on an otherwise fantastic ceramic mug. After spending months bringing this giant crab claw mug into the world, what is an artist to do? I’m so glad you asked!
Watch as I bring a handful of the Blue Devil edition giant crab claw mugs back from the brink of oblivion. Instead of shattering these slightly imperfect beauties, we turn them into something that is perhaps even cooler than the mug itself! Spoiler: we’re gonna make some sawdust with the Shaper Origin.
EDIT: The claw trophies have all found a home! Thank you to those who snapped them up!
As always, put questions in the comments and I’ll do my best to answer them. If you haven’t liked and subscribed, please do - and better yet, share this with someone who you think may enjoy it!
Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
01:27 - What Went Wrong
03:10 - Crab Lemonade?
06:19 - Making Sawdust
12:44 - Finish & Glue
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That's one good idea to use even the shattered pieces in a kiln, like they say, "Accidents can always happen" so always keep the best looking accident and throw a artistic spin on it
Fascinating. Thank you for sharing your technique. I often get so bored watching technical videos but you are quite pleasant to listen to. Will be watching for the next release of the claws.
@vantikistudio
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!
Nice. I got a similar chipped mug from Frankie’s, 11th anniversary mug from shag and they sold it, added color to the area. It was on the bottom edge, but noticeable. I wasn’t asked if ok. If I tried to return, Frankie’s would just sell to someone else. And since limited edition, no more mugs. So not everyone screens out the seconds. Paid full price
@vantikistudio
2 жыл бұрын
Oh no! Sorry for the chip. It was probably too dark in Frankie’s to see it 😂
Timing is everything, right? For those "in the know," this video comes at a very opportune time when many of us are trying to figure out what to do with a certain dud bowl. Regardless of politics, great video and demonstration of reuse.
Another great episode! LOVE that you didn't give up on these and found a creative solution to repurpose them into something AMAZING! (I was on tenterhooks waiting to see how you were going to attach the ceramic to the wood base!)
@vantikistudio
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! I spent days debating the best way to hold the claws onto the wood. So glad I opted for the epoxy dough!
So cool!
@vantikistudio
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
AWESOME
@vantikistudio
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
YAY!!! Wonderful remix. And, you sold out! Eeeee!
@vantikistudio
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! They sold quick (so happy!) - I believe I’ll set aside a few of the next edition to make into trophies
Love this idea, the finished result is impeccable!👍🏻
@vantikistudio
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks man!
What an amazing way to save and re-purpose a piece! I really want to try making one (on purpose from the start 😂). Thank you for showing the process and troubleshooting, it's always so helpful.
@vantikistudio
2 жыл бұрын
You can do it!
The 'your name here' is so funny. Better than a real name 😉
@vantikistudio
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks! That was Mrs VanTiki’s idea 😅
free form air... kinda like Great Stuff spray foam. I used to install stuccoed foam commercial signage with cans of Great Stuff, to hold the foam sign onto one or several steel posts set in concrete.
@vantikistudio
2 жыл бұрын
I was SO close to using great stuff foam! I even bought a few cans of it - I was concerned about it expanding either too much or too little.
the filler in your epoxy putty is probably micorballoons - i buy them separately to adapt the ratio with epoxy resin for different viscosities. nice video as usual!
@vantikistudio
2 жыл бұрын
Yes! That was my guess, but I didn’t want to commit on camera in case I was wrong 😂
omg dude this is so brilliant! ahhahah
@vantikistudio
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
Truly brilliant ... as always! So glad these found good homes. Any chance you could share the deets on that laserable brass?
If you tweeked the design you might could use that wall mount to hang the mug.
@vantikistudio
2 жыл бұрын
Perhaps that may happen on a future edition 🤔
4:23 - Watcha hidin'? ;)
@vantikistudio
2 жыл бұрын
I was wondering if someone would notice! 😎
Great stuff! Could you let me know where you sourced the wall mounts?
@vantikistudio
2 жыл бұрын
Got them on Amazon - search for Z-clip flush mount picture hangers. Lots of size and quantity options
16:36 - No glove change - you just gave part B cooties from part A. LOL
@vantikistudio
2 жыл бұрын
😂
Amazing use of the claw. What were the little holes in the base for?
@vantikistudio
2 жыл бұрын
They let me peek in to check how well the epoxy gripped the wood.
@krisjohnson9447
2 жыл бұрын
@@vantikistudio That's what I thought, or maybe to shoot in the expanding foam you mentioned.
How are they gone already??
@vantikistudio
2 жыл бұрын
There were only 4! Very rare specimens.
Can I ask what the crab is under your Apple monitor at your desk? Is it just a toy or a ceramic piece?
@vantikistudio
Жыл бұрын
Well spotted! That is a display model by a toy/model company called KAYODO from Japan. They make excellent reference models of many sea creatures