Post #114693 by Aaron's Akua on Wed, Sep 15, 2004 2:07 PM

Hi Ben,

I'm glad you made it through Charley & Frances, & that Ivan is headed elsewhere.

I have a question for you - if you don't mind. I really admire your giant Maori Warrior tiki. The design, carving, finish, ....everything looks unique on this one. But the most intiguing thing to me are the eyes.

Also that signature pic at the bottom of all your posts. It has very unique and intense looking eyes as well, different than anything I've seen here on TC. Do you have a bigger picture that shows the whole carving?

How did you create these great eyes? Paint? Inlay?

On 2004-03-13 09:22, Benzart wrote:

And lastly, do your outdoor tikis get only marine varnish for protection? Does anything else need to be applied first to keep them from weathering?

As always, I don't mind asking if you don't mind sharing. Once again, Ben, I really appreciate all the wisdom and advice that you are continually doling out to the rest of us. And I'm glad to hear that you're O.K.

A-A