Post #226598 by GMAN on Thu, Apr 13, 2006 3:42 PM

Surf-n-Turf,

I'm glad you are back and feeling well. Coming back from a surgery is tough stuff; don't over do it now. Good luck scoring wood from the tornado - lemme know what you get. My log pile is getting low. I need to do a little log recon also. I only have two choice cedar logs left.

Thanks for tremendous compliment! As for "coughing up jewels" I dunno about that. I just carve them the way I envision them. I have spent crazy amounts of time researching Maori figure carvings and I really like what they did with their full body 3D post figures (Poutokomanawa) and Tekoteko figures. I've tried to carve pieces that reflect some of the characteristics of a few of the historical pieces that really appeal to me. My carvings are as close to an original as I will ever own (a verified Maori post figure sold at a Sotheby's auction for a million dollars 20 years ago!), plus I really enjoy having mine around. With this last piece, I tried to get the right patina - one that looked as though it had been carved several hundred years ago and had been touched by thousands of hands. I carved this guy quickly, and was pleasantly surprised with the way he finished up. After the rough out I almost sent him packing.....

I'll try to get some "moody" pics of him and the others this weekend. I don't have much in the way of lighting for pics...will a maglight do?

-Gman

"The saw is family"

[ Edited by: GMAN 2006-04-13 15:48 ]