Post #262854 by haikai on Thu, Oct 26, 2006 8:13 AM

Aloha!

Eventually, I have some new carving pictures for you. Last week I finished the big Lono and
I created a new Lono pendant and a shrunken head.
At the moment I adapt an old first aid box for a voodoo armoire. But I don´t have pictures of it yet.
Before I´ll show you the pictures, I´ll give an answer on your last entries of the big Lono.

Hey Paipo, thanks a lot! You are right I also prefer the chin part with the chisel texture.
The different textures give the Lono more interesting appearance.

Benzart, thank you too! Accurate, to carve a Lono is something difficult.
It was my first one and I need a lots of time to create this big guy. I think Ineed about 55 hours!

Tiki Duddy, you ask me about the orange tool. It´s a Black&Decker powerfile with a long belt.
It´s perfect for small, creek and deep parts.
At the producer´s homepage you can get more informations about that tool: www.blackanddecker.com

Capt'n Skully, Cheers! I have also seen your Tikis on TC. Realy great!

Hey GMAN, your accolade is amazing. :blush: Thank you very much!
No, I think I´ll never be one of the best Tiki carver. There are so many other amazing artists with incredible ideas and skills.
The claim and development of some TC carvers grow up very fast.
And that´s great, so there are always new inspirations and that incite me.
The most fun for me is to follow the advancement. With all the TC carvers it never will be boring.
I hope you´ll enjoy the color finish of the Lono.

Salut benella, thanks for your German words! Yes I´m fine.
I have heard, that in one of Paris museums you can see an original Ester Island Moai.
Is it right? I´m looking forward to see some pictures of your first moai.

Hey tikigap, thank you also for your nice words!

So and now I want show you my latest pictures:

First you can see the color finsh of the Lono.
For the finish I used a walnut stain to gave the figure the right color grounding.
Michael the Lono´s owner was a great assistance. He can´t wait to see his Tiki in his flat.
When we´ll fix it, I´ll take some pictures for you of the Tiki´s new home.

After the stain was dry, we polished the wood with wax.
So the face got very glazed and the grain comes out.

And finaly here is the finished Lono. I hope you enjoy it!

Well, in the next pics you can see the development of a new shrunken head.
It was a carving job for a car´s driving mirror of the orderer.
It´s carved from plum wood and polished with wax.

Look, what an affinity! :lol:

Than I had an idea! This shrunken head need a real bone in his nose.
So my colleague (ramba-zamba) brought me the rest of his lunch.
I cleaned the chicken bones and bleached them with hydrogen peroxide.

Than I cut one bone in the middle and pluged it with a piece of wire. So I fixed it in the nose.
Black hair, shells for his ears, coconut slices for the mouth decoration and ready is the little guy.

O.K. and at last the Lono pendant!
It´s 7/6 inches tall and also from cherry wood like the last pendant.

Mahalo, haikai