Swanky creates elaborate firewood - Tiki Carving

S Swanky Tiki Socialite Hapa Haole Hideaway, Knoxville, TN Joined: Apr 03, 2002 Posts: 5398	S Swanky Posted posted on Sun, Sep 4, 2005 10:14 AM Latest work. I started doing a little clean up and reshaping the eye and nose. I wanted the eye much lower. I am still not sure this is where I want it. Yes, that's my blood on his eye. "Blood on the Tikis" sounds like a bad dime novel... But the blood was not from chisels. I either scraped myself on the wood as I worked, or, I actually cut myself with my own thumbnail! There are areas along the eye, that no matter how I go at them, they do not carve smooth. I get big chips or very rough cuts. I am assuming I can deal with those later. I have no freaking idea how to carve out the inside of his mouth behind his teeth. I hope to figure that out. Maybe I need a new tool. Maybe I need to get Benzart and Tiki Diablo over here to show me... More on that later... Also, my 3/4" chisel refuses to work well. I wonder if they put the wrong bevel on it at the factory. It just won't bite into the wood like the others. Won't do it's job. In order to see it all together as progress, I created a web page with the images in order. The Swank Pad Broadcast - If it's Swank... [ Edited by: Swanky 2005-09-04 10:36 ]

Latest work. I started doing a little clean up and reshaping the eye and nose. I wanted the eye much lower. I am still not sure this is where I want it.

Yes, that's my blood on his eye. "Blood on the Tikis" sounds like a bad dime novel... But the blood was not from chisels. I either scraped myself on the wood as I worked, or, I actually cut myself with my own thumbnail!

There are areas along the eye, that no matter how I go at them, they do not carve smooth. I get big chips or very rough cuts. I am assuming I can deal with those later.

I have no freaking idea how to carve out the inside of his mouth behind his teeth. I hope to figure that out. Maybe I need a new tool. Maybe I need to get Benzart and Tiki Diablo over here to show me... More on that later...

Also, my 3/4" chisel refuses to work well. I wonder if they put the wrong bevel on it at the factory. It just won't bite into the wood like the others. Won't do it's job.

In order to see it all together as progress, I created a web page with the images in order.

The Swank Pad Broadcast - If it's Swank...

[ Edited by: Swanky 2005-09-04 10:36 ]

Post #184275 by Swanky on Sun, Sep 4, 2005 10:14 AM