Post #23669 by Lounge deVille on Thu, Feb 20, 2003 8:53 AM

These tikis are "hollywood"style,they are Foam
poly and extruded styrene,carved by chainsaw.
hot wire is preferable safety wise.
after a foam master is sealed,a mold is made for casts to be poured in polyester resin to form a
hollow lightweight prop that looks like solid
wood or stone, but isn't.
The giant Ku is painted and pitted to look like
chisled lava with lots of moss and tropical silk plants attached in the built-in pockets.Used two for a trade show (ASR in San Diego)years ago.
(Eventually I may make a mold of one of these and make hollow copies to retail/wholesale.)
Right now,I'm working on a new series of yard
Tikis that are about four feet in height(.Moai)
-Lounge

[ Edited by: Lounge deVille on 2003-02-20 09:07 ]