Post #230401 by Bay Park Buzzy on Wed, May 3, 2006 10:44 PM

Tiki #17: So far on my journey as a tiki carver, I have embraced the roles of a beginner, a discoverer, an optimist, a joker, a learner, a loser, a planner, a recoverer, a copier, a victor, a fighter, a martial artist, a drafter, and a combacker . For tiki #17, I embraced the role of a scientist for the first time. This Tiki’s purpose was to test a certain type of log I’d seen a few times. This log exhibited a characteristic that might indicate that the log would not be a suitable one to use. I would use scientific method to test and prove my log type hypothesis at this time. I did not want to waste a bunch of time on it because it was just a test. There was a tiki design that I had in my tiki sources album that I originally picked out a long time before. It was on the first page I ever printed out from this site. I was going to do it much earlier in my development, but never had a suitable log to do it on. At this time, I needed a design I could do quickly. I always liked the look of the original, and figured this one could be done quickly to test my hypothesis. There was never any attempt to change this one from the original source and basically looks the same. I cannot remember who did it.

It is made from a Mexican fan palm, 2’ tall-8” in diameter.

Here it is drawn out

I started at the top and decided to work my way down

I started lightly sanding each area after I carved it. I think it looks more done this way.

Observation part of the scientific method process occurs now: count the cracks and note the size of each. set a timer and observe findings later

just the feet and arms to go

now the arms only

Done! Look how many more cracks developed in about an hour's time. this log was very dry and had no cracks on the outer layer originally

Here it is as appears today.

What I learned from this one:

1. Do not use a log with ends that look like this one's.
2. My hypothesis was found to be true through direct observable visible evidence.
3. I actually remember learning about the scientific method and its steps from junior high
4. Cracks in your work suck
5. Four months later, the cracks impact have lessened and actually give an outside tiki character.
6. The best way to make a tiki looked aged is to wait

[ Edited by: Bay Park Buzzy 2006-05-04 01:53 ]

[ Edited by: Bay Park Buzzy 2006-05-04 01:55 ]