Post #210588 by JohnnyP on Thu, Jan 26, 2006 4:53 PM

Thank you everybody for the comments on the big PNG (Mai Kai) tiki I really do appreciate them. I am going to stain and finish him this weekend and will post his final pictures.

Here is my latest finished project. It is a shield or memorial tablet from the Gulf of Papua New Guinea. I took a couple elements I liked from a couple of shields and combined them for this one. It is made from a slab of pine and carved in shallow relief. The two pieces that inspired me are both on exhibit at Field Museum in Chicago and also in the book “Arts of the South Seas” Thanks to ManoKoa for posting the pictures of their visit to the Field Museum I used for the color detail. See General Tiki - Shared Inspiration thread.

In process

Here is me carving in shallow relief :)

Shallow carved, surface sanded

Final

Thanks for looking, have a great day!

JP

[ Edited by: JohnnyP 2006-01-26 17:03 ]