Post #185716 by Aaron's Akua on Fri, Sep 9, 2005 9:54 PM

Aloha, GMAN. Your tikis are great, keep up the excellent work. For the eye inlays you might try some porcelain tile. I've used this material in the past and was pretty happy with how it worked out. If you want something really bright go to a pool tile supplier. Or for a more muted or earthtone color just look around for whatever looks good. Peronally I like to use tile with blotchy or variegated colors, because it seems to blend better. You can get a cheap tile saw, or just go to Lowes & get them to cut it for $0.25 per cut, which is not bad if you're going to go with a triangular shape. The cut edges will be white, but you can paint them, and then inset the tile so the cut edges don't show much.

You can also go with some type of natural stone tile. I'm going to use some tumbled travertine inset eyes for my current tiki as soon as I get around to that part.

Good luck, PM me if you have questions - but it's pretty straightforward.

Aaron