Post #278166 by Lukipela on Thu, Jan 11, 2007 7:31 AM

Aloha!

I just recently decided to try my hand at carving tikis- and carving in general (September 2006). Whenever I go back home, to Honolulu, I try to return with a tiki or two. (I came back with five this last time)

After visiting many web sites from tiki artists, I wanted my own tiki and thought that the best way to get one the way I wanted was to make one the way I wanted. So, here's a sample of my first tiki. It's nowhere near done, as I do this when I have time to spare, I'm a student and an artist of a different sort and this is an exploration into a realm that I'm fascinated with and love, but have no clue as to what I'm actually doing, yet. Experience is the best teacher...

This tiki is only about 3 or 4 inches tall and carved with hand tools bought at a craft store. The block is maple. This is a tough thing to carve and for some reason, I'm beginning to think that carving a larger tiki would be easier. It's still fun as Hell, though!