Post #269519 by Tamapoutini on Thu, Nov 30, 2006 12:21 AM

'ta-ding' (tiny fanfare) :lol:

LLT: Never stop, ever! Tiki-making-I-must!
Nah, not really. Relaxing is my other passion; Im getting pretty good! Likewise; Im glad you Get It!

Haikai: Thanks for the props! Means a lot coming from such a talented fellow as yourself! Crazy in a good way, right? :)

Gman: How did you know Id finished it..? :wink: Hold tight...

TikiDav: Would you believe I didnt even reach for my specs with this little guy?!! I do have a pair for weeny-work & also a jewellers magnifying-thingy, but rarely use either. Thank the Lawd for small mercies; I still got my eyes. Sorry to hear yours are failing you; Ive got plenty of aches & pains to make up for it!
As for carving jade: Im sure you would have no trouble whatsoever! Its just a matter of tooling up. Check the Stone, Q&A thread, ditto early Paipo & this one, and sing out for any help... Its really not as difficult as you might imagine.

'Teeny-Tiny-Tiki' by TTT. 2006

*So close Benz: 32 x 14 x 4mm; which for the majority of you means: 1 1/4 x 1/2 x 1/8 inches.
Very, very, very dark NZ Kawakawa variety jade.

Funnily enough, I really made this to fit the eyes which I found in a box the other day :lol: I found a bag with many tiny matched pairs of paua discs, made many years ago to be set in ear-studs. (*Didnt tell you Im a quasi-qualified silver/goldsmith did I? Yes, many years ago I called myself a man of metals & was under the wing of a Great Man of Alchemy. It was actually the frustration/limitation of ring stones that led me to stone carving; I was forever disappointed at the stones available for my jewellery & started in order to be able to make my own. Never went back to metals; now there's fiddly!!)

Realising they would never be used for ear-studs I thought Id better make a tiki for them. Im thinking of emailing the Guinness Book of Records & seeing how it ranks for "Smallest, Darkest, NZ Pounamu Hei-Tiki: reasonably well detailed - Made with Naked Eye" catagory. I reckon its in with a good chance!

A tiny story, but all true...

TamaTheTruthful :)