Post #231959 by GMAN on Sun, May 14, 2006 2:09 PM

Ohana,

Today I woke early and got started on a new piece. It was too early for saw work when I first wanted to start, so I sharpened my chains and carried all my gear to the back yard - I needed the hand truck for this log. When it was late enough to fire up (10ish), I let fly on a new Maori. This piece is 50" tall (I thought the log was 60", but I was mistaken) and is red cedar from a tree I cut up last year. This tree had already been seasoning up off the ground for over a year when I first cut it, so it is probably 2 years cured by now. This log has some cracks, and will likely continue to check, but such is life. I tried to use the cracks and the branch stubs to my benefit. Anyway, Benz has me tripping over his little Maori so I tried to grab a little flavor from him (like the windows in the elbows) and the rest is Gman Maori. This guy will have: a very large head; two flat, circular shoulder areas; a deeply arched back; a thumb (a finger directly opposing the right index finger); at least one elbow window; and, a few things I'll get to later. I was able to get the right arm/elbow way back off the carving due to the crazy shape of the cedar log. When I try to figure these guys out, I always try to use the irregularities in the log to my benefit and make them fit. I hope you like him and can envision some of what I want to do with him.

Thanks for looking - nice comments will be appreciated :)

-Gman

"The saw is family"

[ Edited by: GMAN 2006-05-14 14:11 ]