Post #288006 by hewey on Sat, Feb 24, 2007 10:12 PM

Id just like to add that sometimes I like that it can be such a pain - if it was easy everybody would be doing it. I was carving at home one day and the girlfriends younger sister was over. She said "I wouldnt have the patience to do that" and I was thinking "Yeh, isnt it great?". I had a mate over who was checking out one of my tikis and he's like "how long did that take you?" (hollowing out a mouth). Took me a couple of hours with a chisel. He's like "that woulda taken 1 minute with a chainsaw" and Im thinking yeh, but when Im sitting their chiseling away Im relaxin, so Im not too fussed about it. I also like that its all done by hand.

I love the excitement of chopping into a new piece, the excitement (and frustration) as the wood f***s with you and makes you take a different approach or look to the tiki - with both good and bad results. I love standing back from a piece and thinking "yes, this is coming along sweet". I love finishing a piece and thinking "heyah, this isnt half bad" (and then studying it for 5 minutes and finding all the pieces you want to fix up! hahaha).

Sanding sucks.