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 Sun, Feb 25, 2007 1:02 PM Thanks benella and Jen....I hope this guy will be on his way to California pretty soon! Benz, I will definitely be doing many more of these guys as time goes on. What I really need to do is some first-hand research on Rapa Nui itself. Failing that, I'm trying to organise a museum expedition to check out some treasures from the vault. Clarita, the only difficulty is that big beak, which is preventing me from getting the tools onto the face so I'm having to alter my techniques a little to get around it. Tama - I have been working on this guy - probably quite a bit of progress since the last pics, and also adding more tiki ideas to my "fishbowl", but I just don't seem to have found the time to take pics lately or reply to many threads here. A couple more big orders to do and then the tikis will come back to the top for a while. A pity you couldn't make Island Night - it was lots of fun but had a pretty meagre turnout. Way too many other events and parties on in the G-town on Saturday! Jonesey, I have been getting in plenty of water time. I had one of the best experiences of my life sharing the waves with a pod of Hector's dolphins the other week and the water is bath-warm. Interestingly, I have a couple of ideas brewing similar to the pic you posted! I will get some new pics of the Birdmoai today!

Thanks benella and Jen....I hope this guy will be on his way to California pretty soon!
Benz, I will definitely be doing many more of these guys as time goes on. What I really need to do is some first-hand research on Rapa Nui itself. Failing that, I'm trying to organise a museum expedition to check out some treasures from the vault.
Clarita, the only difficulty is that big beak, which is preventing me from getting the tools onto the face so I'm having to alter my techniques a little to get around it.
Tama - I have been working on this guy - probably quite a bit of progress since the last pics, and also adding more tiki ideas to my "fishbowl", but I just don't seem to have found the time to take pics lately or reply to many threads here. A couple more big orders to do and then the tikis will come back to the top for a while. A pity you couldn't make Island Night - it was lots of fun but had a pretty meagre turnout. Way too many other events and parties on in the G-town on Saturday!
Jonesey, I have been getting in plenty of water time. I had one of the best experiences of my life sharing the waves with a pod of Hector's dolphins the other week and the water is bath-warm. Interestingly, I have a couple of ideas brewing similar to the pic you posted!
I will get some new pics of the Birdmoai today!

Post #288074 by Paipo on Sun, Feb 25, 2007 1:02 PM