Post #260830 by Tamapoutini on Sat, Oct 14, 2006 8:44 PM

Gman: Nah, pounamu pebbles come in all shades of green... dribble, slurp... Here's a couple I found yesterday (yeah right)

I will dig out a few more works-in-progress a bit later (not all of the 80 are tiki of course...)

My first real foray into Whakairo/Wood chipping is pending... Thought I better stick to something a bit familiar form-wise... Just under 20" tall -Absolutely ENORMOUS for me!!! :)

The plan is to find a nice piece of driftwood to serve as a base/stand.
As carving pays the bills around here, I figured I should try to produce something (hopefully) sellable for the domestic market..? Im guessing that weight would be a restricting factor for overseas sale...

Happy so far, not that Ive picked up a tool yet, heehee. Off to town tommorrow & will sort myself some chisels & a better handsaw & whatever else catches my eye... There is plenty of wood around these parts & I may just tool-up properly in the future? We'll see...

Benz: if I am a Master, then you are THE Master! :) So we agree: we're just a couple of guys who cant escape the pull of the Ancients...

*Now the Wood-Spirits are a whole new crowd to me (hope they dont have too much fun at my expense!)...

Tama The Timber-Tickler...