Post #297012 by Paipo on Thu, Apr 5, 2007 3:20 AM

On 2007-04-05 02:52, Tamapoutini wrote:

Paipo: I was contacted by a mutual US friend of ours this morning; at this moment digging out his tools & may soon be TCs' newest posting newbie carver? He's been promising me long enough. -I think he has a piece of jade for when the time comes but is starting out with bone. An apprentice for Gman perhaps? :)

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All finished...

Interesting....I have been waiting to see if he made an appearance! If you're reading this "mutual friend", get that handpiece cracking and sign up! I've seen your drawings and don't think you'll have any problems getting your carving career underway. You'll get all the feedback and encouragement you could want here....

As for that little lady, maybe it's just the kokopu (what is it about those freckly girls?), but the extra depth to surface area ratio on this one really grabs me. I think I still have a morsel of very similar stone to that somewhere...

PS: finally procured a few good chunks of some serviceable stone (of the green variety) at a price to suit my budget (next to nothing!). I should get some refresher lessons in pounamu technique to make the most of it!

PPS: We both posted at 2:52 am (see Q+A thread)...must be stoner hour!