Post #237388 by haikai on Mon, Jun 12, 2006 8:21 AM

Aloha Tiki friends,

I have some new pictures for you! Here you can see my work of the last two weeks.
I carved 4 giant Tikis out of spruce and oak wood.
They are all between 78.74 inch and 98,43 inch high.

From 03.June to the 03.September in Landshut you can gaze a little exotic paradise.
At the Mühleninsel you will find a Beachbar, the LA ISLAND, with 150t of sand,
real palms and the four Tikis.
Maybe somebody stay in this time in Germany,
so travel to Landshut and have exotic nights in the middle of a nice city.

This is the first spruce Tiki. The log was cut down 2 years ago and very easy to handle!

For the second spruce Tiki I used an easter island model.

These next 2 figures was my first try with oak wood. First I was shocked,
about the hardness and weight, but after trying out some different tools it became better.
I think it´s perfekt for carving ornaments!

For the finsh I used rape oil to protect the wood. The last figure got diamond eyes and a cavity behind his nose.