Post #204997 by GMAN on Fri, Dec 30, 2005 2:24 PM

Hey guys,

Thanks for the positive comments.

Dave, I'll likely be working on the face for quite a while. A little here, and a little there. Many of the Maori Tekoteko pieces I've been researching have very little facial feature detail. I'm trying for a fair amount of human feature detail, but not too much. Additionally, I don't want to have to lay the Moko out on too complicated of a surface.

JP, I wasn't really going for the "Frank" look! But thanks for the comparison!

AA, yeah, the irregularity in the heartwood makes it tough to judge what you're doing or if you are doing it evenly. I've spent a lot of time with this type of wood now, and I am fairly comfortable with it (but the smell is killing me). As for selling, I dunno, I got a good raise at work, so the pressure is off a bit. I won't need to turn as much art this year as I did last year. For now, everything is for sale, like usual. I guess I'll cross that bridge when I get there, or when/if someone offers to buy him.

In time, this guy is going to be fitted with green abalone eye inlays, and a Moko. I still have lots to work out with the body and I plan on spending a fair amount of time working on it around my other projects. I may try to work the Moko around some other abalone inlays elsewhere on the body if I can find a good place for them.

If anyone is interested, this is a cool website with lots of carving pics...and they offer free Maori art wallpaper for your computer.

http://www.nzindigenousart.com/

I hope you all have a great and safe New Year's weekend.

-Gman

"The saw is family"

[ Edited by: GMAN 2005-12-30 14:37 ]