Post #116689 by Aaron's Akua on Mon, Sep 27, 2004 1:15 PM

Just an update here. Work on this tiki is going excruciatingly slow for me, but I have made some progress. I’m tackling the tile inlay for the eyes and ears. I’ve been getting some carving done in ½ hour increments on my lunch break at the park near my work. It’s a nice way to take a break. I also get a couple of hours carving in at home each weekend. Once I finish the inlay for the ears, I just need to sand & smooth the whole thing up, do the staining, glue the tile in, and varnish. I’m in the home stretch now, which for me means about another month & I’ll be done. Here’s some pics from this weekend’s work:

I lay out the tile to position it.

Then pencil in the outline for the carving.

Same thing for the eyes, then cut in a shallow inlay section and set them in to see how it looks.

Deepened the outline with the Dremel tungsten carbide bit.

Cleaned it up with the pneumatic die grinder & a cone grinder bit.

And, whallah… we have eyeballs! I will clean & round these up a bit, but you get the basic idea. All of the other surfaces need some similar treatment to clean them up also.

TO BE CONTINUED…

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[ Edited by: Aaron's Akua on 2004-09-27 13:22 ]