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 4:27 PM thanks Jen! He's definitely one of the 2 or 3 best out of the 19 I've done so far. Johnny, 1/2 of the depth of the eye is recessed into the stone and epoxied. Same as any inlay really...I have lots of preformed stone and shell rods for jobs like this. They were originally going to be more flat/flush but I changed my mind at the last minute and went with the cabochon "bug eyes" as that is what Bumatay tikis are known for. They catch lots of light sticking out like that too, so they seem to glow. Tama, Andres Bumatay was a mid-century US "Polynesian Pop" tiki carver of Filipino descent. There's very little info available on him other than a few mentions here on TC and in Sven's Book of Tiki, but his "bug-eyed" style tikis are very distinctive and have inspired many modern tiki artists. This is the mug design I based my carving on: It's hard to see much Polynesian influence, but the sunburst eyes remind me of a Marquesan U'u club: Benz, I'm glad your Bumatay approves....or did you mean Mr. Bumatay? Is he still alive? If not, hopefully his ghost approves of all the pieces his work has inspired.

thanks Jen! He's definitely one of the 2 or 3 best out of the 19 I've done so far.

Johnny, 1/2 of the depth of the eye is recessed into the stone and epoxied. Same as any inlay really...I have lots of preformed stone and shell rods for jobs like this. They were originally going to be more flat/flush but I changed my mind at the last minute and went with the cabochon "bug eyes" as that is what Bumatay tikis are known for. They catch lots of light sticking out like that too, so they seem to glow.

Tama, Andres Bumatay was a mid-century US "Polynesian Pop" tiki carver of Filipino descent. There's very little info available on him other than a few mentions here on TC and in Sven's Book of Tiki, but his "bug-eyed" style tikis are very distinctive and have inspired many modern tiki artists. This is the mug design I based my carving on:

It's hard to see much Polynesian influence, but the sunburst eyes remind me of a Marquesan U'u club:

Benz, I'm glad your Bumatay approves....or did you mean Mr. Bumatay? Is he still alive? If not, hopefully his ghost approves of all the pieces his work has inspired.

Post #276368 by Paipo on Wed, Jan 3, 2007 4:27 PM