Post #257044 by Paipo on Tue, Sep 26, 2006 2:01 PM

Thanks Tama mate...you've been a little quiet this week, I was waiting for some new stuff once you appeared again. I know you've still got a couple of tricks up your sleeve :wink: Hard luck on the modem - I lost 2 living out there in exactly the same circumstances. Occupational hazard on the coast...
JohnnyP and Flynny, thanks, they are definitely inspired by Pacific adornment, as is all my work. My comment was probably more to do with the fact that I make so much contemporary jewellery, and it would be easy to fill this thread with it instead of tikis, which is what we're here for. Tang is a slow-burner Flynny - I know he'll be good when he's done!
Benz and Loki - I think I'm about as Maori as you fellas! Did you see my pic earlier in the thread? Tamapoutini is the real deal, but I'm a mix of Irish immigrant stock (NZ side) and god-knows-what (Australian side)! I have been heavily influenced and inspired by Maori carvers and culture - when I was a teenager some Maori boys I hung out with showed me my first steps in carving. Their Dad had a set-up in the garage where he had painstakingly carved a hei-tiki from jade, along with some bone pieces such as manaia. That was over 20 years ago now....
Bullet, that is one of my favourites too....very tricky to get the cord to bind all the stones into the outer "ring" - a good example of having an idea, and then spending a while problem solving on how to put it together.
littlelostiki, don't worry, I will be having fun alright. Most of my family and old friends live in the city where the show is, and the other carvers in the show are close friends too, so it's going to be a huge get-together and a final opportunity for me to party with my mates before fatherhood!

[ Edited by: Paipo 2006-09-26 14:05 ]