Soapstone + Other Stuff! - Tiki Carving

T Tipua Member Canberra, Australia Joined: Mar 07, 2007 Posts: 114	T Tipua Posted posted on Fri, Mar 30, 2007 7:09 PM On 2007-03-30 12:20, Basement Kahuna wrote: My advice for the lazy carver: Don't carve. Same goes for the impatient carver. BK: Yeah, I agree with Ben and Tama's definition of the lazy carver - Lazy by nature, but really quite motivated once one gets going. In fact I think lazy people should really be applauded as we find more and more ingenious ways of cutting corners and getting out of work. Hopefully the results don't look too bad. On 2007-03-30 15:23, Tamapoutini wrote: For a newbie I think your work rocks (pun intended) & offer all encouragement to carry on! (Buddhas are really difficult. Ive tried -once.) Do I spy a traditional Hei-tiki in the backgroud too..? :wink: Thanks very much again Tama for your kind words. It is very encouraging to newbies like myself when brilliant carvers like you and Benzart find the time to motivate those on the lower rungs. Very much appretiated! :) And yes. Your eyes do not decieve you. That is a hei-tiki you spy. It is merely a specimen made for the tourist industry, but it is probably one of the finest of the many cheapo examples I could find when I last visited your beautiful Aotearoa. I admit that I've made a few adjustments, such as sanding off that shine they give souvenir pounamu (that is if it IS pounamu, could be from anywhere!), widening her arm holes (they were just soooo fat!), colouring the eyes with car paint (not so traditional) and making her female (influenced by you of course!). I might try to improve her in the future (like do something to her nose perhaps?) or just leave her be... any advice from a tohunga whakairo like yourself? Here's a picture of her. It's not the best to show off her colour (I can appretiate how hard it must be to really show off great pounamu in a photo), but her detail is pretty good:

On 2007-03-30 12:20, Basement Kahuna wrote:
My advice for the lazy carver: Don't carve. Same goes for the impatient carver.

BK: Yeah, I agree with Ben and Tama's definition of the lazy carver - Lazy by nature, but really quite motivated once one gets going. In fact I think lazy people should really be applauded as we find more and more ingenious ways of cutting corners and getting out of work. Hopefully the results don't look too bad.

On 2007-03-30 15:23, Tamapoutini wrote:
For a newbie I think your work rocks (pun intended) & offer all encouragement to carry on! (Buddhas are really difficult. Ive tried -once.)

Do I spy a traditional Hei-tiki in the backgroud too..? :wink:

Thanks very much again Tama for your kind words. It is very encouraging to newbies like myself when brilliant carvers like you and Benzart find the time to motivate those on the lower rungs. Very much appretiated! :)

And yes. Your eyes do not decieve you. That is a hei-tiki you spy. It is merely a specimen made for the tourist industry, but it is probably one of the finest of the many cheapo examples I could find when I last visited your beautiful Aotearoa. I admit that I've made a few adjustments, such as sanding off that shine they give souvenir pounamu (that is if it IS pounamu, could be from anywhere!), widening her arm holes (they were just soooo fat!), colouring the eyes with car paint (not so traditional) and making her female (influenced by you of course!). I might try to improve her in the future (like do something to her nose perhaps?) or just leave her be... any advice from a tohunga whakairo like yourself?
Here's a picture of her. It's not the best to show off her colour (I can appretiate how hard it must be to really show off great pounamu in a photo), but her detail is pretty good:

Post #295801 by Tipua on Fri, Mar 30, 2007 7:09 PM