Post #298534 by CheekyGirl on Wed, Apr 11, 2007 9:45 PM

At the next San Diego Chop Chop I was able to make (April 2006), I really started gouging out the mouth area. I started to get a handle of what chisels to use.

Once again the wood determined the direction of the tiki. The area where I initially had a criss-cross pattern above and below the eyes became very fiberous, requiring digging deeper and ultimately the removal of the cross-cross pattern under the eyes.

I also wanted to get rid of the jack-o-tiki look so I modified the nose.