Post #151401 by Aaron's Akua on Wed, Apr 6, 2005 9:21 PM

Welcome, Flick. We are all anxious to see some pix of these tikis.

On 2005-04-05 23:02, FlickOn_Tiki wrote:
...I have recently finished a mask and a Tiki figure carved from lava rock.
...lava is fun stuff to work with. Has anyone here tried it yet?

Is it feather rock that you're working with? I have a large chunk of feather rock that I had "boxed out" & prepped for carving about 2 or 3 years ago, but got sidetracked & haven't gotten started back on it yet. I wore out a few sawzall blades and grinder discs in the process. But this stuff was nasty... sharp as glass, and little shards of it flew everywhere when I used the power tools. I wore goggles, but can only imagine the damage it could cause if a piece of it got in your eye. After working, I'd sweep my patio really well, but inevitably I would get a shard or two stuck in my foot when I went out later with bare feet. This was before we had our son. I'm afraid to even mess with the stuff now with the little one running around.

Have you had any of these problems with the stuff? How did you go about carving it? I'm just curious cause I'd like to finish my project if there's an easier way. Please post some pix if you can...

Mahalo,

A-A