A-A… Some Stuff I'm Working On - Tiki Carving

AA Aaron's Akua Member Rancho Santa Margarita, CA Joined: Jul 09, 2004 Posts: 1596	AA Aaron's Akua Posted posted on Thu, May 12, 2005 12:25 PM Thanks Rodeo, but you're too humble. How's the work coming? I never saw the finished bench. Did I miss it? And all the giant cedar poles? Mahalo, Swampfire. Sorry, I just can't carve that small. And I feel drawn in the other direction - toward big, Big, BIG tikis! For some reason I've suddenly gotten a pretty long list going, but you're welcome to jump on if you like, as long as you're not in a hurry. If you're looking for a nice pendant, there's Benzart, of course (no intro required), and also Finkdaddy and Aloha Station who are doing some really top notch pendants these days. Sam gets all the credit for this design - I'm just happy to try to carve it. But thank you for the comps. Ben, Thanatos & Surfintiki - thanks for all the advice. My idea really is to keep it simple. The majority of this tiki will be natural grain with clear coat only. I've fallen in love with this wood, weird spaulted grain and all. I just want to paint the eye and maybe the teeth a solid glossy white so they stand out (don't want the grain to show through here). Then I'll carve the crazy spiral eyes with a "v" chisel, and fill the "v" lines in with red or blue for effect (it must be "hypnotic"). I just don't want the paint to run or spread, so I thought I'd do 1 or 2 clear coats of polyurethane or clear laquer over the whole tiki first, then paint in the eyes (& maybe the teeth) the way I want them to look, then just apply the clear coats over that the way I normally would. I was just wondering if the clear coat would smear the paint or have trouble sticking to the poly, or anything else like that. That's my plan for now, but that may change too. I'll kick your ideas around for awhile. teaKEY and Scott, mahalo for the comps! I'm early on in my hopefully long carving career, and I just want to try out lots of different things, materials, methods, etc. I'd hate to get stuck with a "style" at this stage! It's all fun. Kim, I was hoping to meet you at Oasis, but never did. I only met about 200 other TC members, though. I'd love to do art for a living - yes you are spoiled! Keep up the great work. A-A

Thanks Rodeo, but you're too humble. How's the work coming? I never saw the finished bench. Did I miss it? And all the giant cedar poles?

Mahalo, Swampfire. Sorry, I just can't carve that small. And I feel drawn in the other direction - toward big, Big, BIG tikis! For some reason I've suddenly gotten a pretty long list going, but you're welcome to jump on if you like, as long as you're not in a hurry. If you're looking for a nice pendant, there's Benzart, of course (no intro required), and also Finkdaddy and Aloha Station who are doing some really top notch pendants these days. Sam gets all the credit for this design - I'm just happy to try to carve it. But thank you for the comps.

Ben, Thanatos & Surfintiki - thanks for all the advice. My idea really is to keep it simple. The majority of this tiki will be natural grain with clear coat only. I've fallen in love with this wood, weird spaulted grain and all. I just want to paint the eye and maybe the teeth a solid glossy white so they stand out (don't want the grain to show through here). Then I'll carve the crazy spiral eyes with a "v" chisel, and fill the "v" lines in with red or blue for effect (it must be "hypnotic"). I just don't want the paint to run or spread, so I thought I'd do 1 or 2 clear coats of polyurethane or clear laquer over the whole tiki first, then paint in the eyes (& maybe the teeth) the way I want them to look, then just apply the clear coats over that the way I normally would. I was just wondering if the clear coat would smear the paint or have trouble sticking to the poly, or anything else like that. That's my plan for now, but that may change too. I'll kick your ideas around for awhile.

teaKEY and Scott, mahalo for the comps! I'm early on in my hopefully long carving career, and I just want to try out lots of different things, materials, methods, etc. I'd hate to get stuck with a "style" at this stage! It's all fun.

Kim, I was hoping to meet you at Oasis, but never did. I only met about 200 other TC members, though. I'd love to do art for a living - yes you are spoiled! Keep up the great work.

A-A

Post #158362 by Aaron's Akua on Thu, May 12, 2005 12:25 PM