Post #230409 by Bay Park Buzzy on Wed, May 3, 2006 11:21 PM

Tiki #19
This one went very quickly. It was a small scale test for a future larger easter Island figure. I had drawn out on paper the cuts I needed to make to form the figure prior to laying this one out. I felt like I had already carved it before I even started it. All the layout challenges were worked out prior to carving it, so the carving itself was easy. This one was made from a Mexican fan palm, two feet 2 inches tall, seven inches in diameter

Here it is just prior to becoming an artifact:

Drawn out

Body drawing detail. I wanted more than just a head so i devised a simple body to go with it.

I carved the thing in one sitting. Here it is after carving:

I used a red mahogany stain. I almost left it like this because I thought it looked neat dull like this.


Here it is with one layer of clear shellac

Here it is with another coat of shellac:

What I learned:

1. In this case, drawing it out on paper first helped me realize the construction of the design
2. I used wood stain for the first time with satisfactory results
3. People are really drawn to this one visually

[ Edited by: Bay Park Buzzy 2006-05-16 10:53 ]