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 Wed, Jan 3, 2007 1:35 AM On 2007-01-02 18:35, little lost tiki wrote: Hey Paipo! Bumatay is really sweet! He looks so dimensional from the front, but the side shows him to be a flat little fellar! Love the face on him! Benzart is right in saying that you make it look too easy! This is fairly true for most of my pieces. This one is a little flatter than the mug design I based him on, but not too far off. It is quite a bit deeper than most of my stone pendants. Thanks to some pics posted on Ooga Mooga I had a side profile shot to use as reference which helped immeasurably, and this was something I checked constantly when carving it. I do try to give an illusion of depth with my carvings without removing much material...more to keep the time and cost down (=affordability!) than wanting to cheat or make shortcuts. Keeping as much of the original pebble intact as possible appeals to my aesthetic sensibilities as well. (I am a definite follower of the "Truth to Materials" ethos!) In other news, I'm pleased to say I have the use of another camera to keep the images flowing until I find a replacement for my late-lamented cybershot. I'll try not to wash the next one with my wetsuit after a surf.

On 2007-01-02 18:35, little lost tiki wrote:
Hey Paipo!
Bumatay is really sweet! He looks so dimensional from the front, but the side shows him to be a flat little fellar! Love the face on him! Benzart is right in saying that you make it look too easy!

This is fairly true for most of my pieces. This one is a little flatter than the mug design I based him on, but not too far off. It is quite a bit deeper than most of my stone pendants. Thanks to some pics posted on Ooga Mooga I had a side profile shot to use as reference which helped immeasurably, and this was something I checked constantly when carving it.

I do try to give an illusion of depth with my carvings without removing much material...more to keep the time and cost down (=affordability!) than wanting to cheat or make shortcuts. Keeping as much of the original pebble intact as possible appeals to my aesthetic sensibilities as well. (I am a definite follower of the "Truth to Materials" ethos!)

In other news, I'm pleased to say I have the use of another camera to keep the images flowing until I find a replacement for my late-lamented cybershot. I'll try not to wash the next one with my wetsuit after a surf.

Post #276228 by Paipo on Wed, Jan 3, 2007 1:35 AM