Paipo's Stone Tikis - 1st Thread - Jun 06 - May 08 - Tiki Carving

P Paipo Member Aotearoa / NZ Joined: Jun 22, 2006 Posts: 1886	P Paipo Posted posted on Sun, Aug 20, 2006 11:18 PM On 2006-08-18 21:19, GMAN wrote: Is the skull bone? Nope, it's a white quartz pebble. I don't use them much, because they're so bright and translucent it's really hard to see where they've been carved. As this one is inside a darker stone, it doesn't matter too much. cheekytiki, I'm collecting wood as well. One day when I have time I'll start trying to get my head around carving wood. Where in Taranaki were you? I've only been once and loved it. Benz and flynny, I think the jasper worked really well too, I love the stuff as it contrasts so well with the grey stone so I think I'll be using it again. I went beachcombing again with a friend a couple of days after my last expedition, and he found 5 pieces of jade! Pretty much unheard of these days. Most of them were good enough to carve. I took photos of 3 of of them in situ before he picked them up. No jade for me, but I got a couple of extremely good jaspers, and plenty more tiki stones. On with the carving....#5, Skulleater, and #6 Pukana, both done:

On 2006-08-18 21:19, GMAN wrote:
Is the skull bone?

Nope, it's a white quartz pebble. I don't use them much, because they're so bright and translucent it's really hard to see where they've been carved. As this one is inside a darker stone, it doesn't matter too much.

cheekytiki, I'm collecting wood as well. One day when I have time I'll start trying to get my head around carving wood. Where in Taranaki were you? I've only been once and loved it.

Benz and flynny, I think the jasper worked really well too, I love the stuff as it contrasts so well with the grey stone so I think I'll be using it again. I went beachcombing again with a friend a couple of days after my last expedition, and he found 5 pieces of jade! Pretty much unheard of these days. Most of them were good enough to carve. I took photos of 3 of of them in situ before he picked them up. No jade for me, but I got a couple of extremely good jaspers, and plenty more tiki stones.

On with the carving....#5, Skulleater, and #6 Pukana, both done:

Post #249996 by Paipo on Sun, Aug 20, 2006 11:18 PM