Post #135014 by SCTikiShack on Tue, Jan 11, 2005 4:19 PM

Hello Tiki Centralites,

I thought I would write a little story about the jewel encrusted tiki. After reading several topics and seeing the art work on tiki central I realized how many good carvers there really are. This lit a fire under my ass to try to do tikis that are unique.

One day while carving in my Santa Cruz Wilderness retreat, my father in law had a suggestion/idea. "Why don't you stick a gem in it" he said. The power of suggestion is a powerful thing. In the past, I often thought about doing this, but never got around to it. After a few brushes of the chainsaw and some elbo grease, a new tiki was born. (See Below)

One of my friends bought this one. He was so stoked that he gave me an extra $50.00. This one was sealed with super deck which I used to use. Now I like to use a varnish/polyeurathane combo. The jemstone inlaid in this tiki is a genuine Swiss Blue Topaz. Not wanting to cheapen my artwork, I decided not to go with synthetic stones. If someone wants a fifty 6 carrot diamonds inlaid, great However, due to monetary constraints, I have only used semi-prescious stones.

I think blue color of the stone creates a nice contrast with the red and yellow background. I have to go, my little guy just woke up.

Talk to you later,
Will