Post #292283 by hewey on Thu, Mar 15, 2007 10:54 PM

Its Maori-ish with some Gman artistic license. Not many artists on here set out to replicate 100% accurate South Pacific artifacts - so its a given that that the artist/carvers on here have taken some liberties with the design (unless of course someone says "This is 100% accurate"). Some artist change the designs more than others. And you have NZ artists like Paipo and Tama who ARE kiwis who they themselves come up with new twists on traditional designs - particularly the hei tiki. And thats just what they are - an artists version of a particular design, just like this is Gmans version of the tekoteko.

Dragon to me you've come on here and posted bluntly and aggresively - to me it came across as nasty and overly critical. This may or may not have been your intention, but this is how many people have intrepreted it. You even said that you didn't even read all of the posts in this thread before you posted. I don't know what Gman said in his PM, but you've come in and blasted him before you even had the full story - honestly how do you expect him to react?

Gman - keep carving. It might have have blunt, aggresive and based on an inaccurate assumption you were trying to carve an "authentic" tekoteko, but it was meant as constructive criticism. Love your work and looking forward to seeing many more