Post #301957 by Tipua on Thu, Apr 26, 2007 6:43 AM

On 2007-04-26 05:34, Benzart wrote:
Tipua, I Really love that Hebel piece. he is Actually more of an advanced carving than the added eyeballs would suggest. Has anyone tried mixing some of the saw dust/powder (from sanding this stuff) with water to fill cracks and stuff? If this were my piece I might try a mixture of dust and water or glue and fashion some eye lids and flesh around the eyes to Really make him look scary. The Decoy.Duck carvers do it All the time with plastic wood. they plop in the bird eyeball and add the plastic wood around it until it looks right then they paint it. The hebel would not need paint though.
How ever you finish him, he is really cool and I believe you have a more extensive art background than we know about. :) :) :)

Thanks very much Benz! I know I've said it before, but the fact that master-carvers like you, Paipo and Tamapoutini (to name a few) take the time to comment and add encouragement to new carvers like me, really is fantastic and very much appreciated! :) :) :)

I've heard something to the effect that if you take the Hebel dust left over, mix it with something, and apply it to the hebel, it creates a nice, smooth finish... It's what that something IS that I don't remember! I think it's like a regular product, but for the life of me, I just can't remember what it's called! I'm sure I've got it written down somewhere...
Anyway, it's this stuff you can coat the hebel that weather-proofs it (like for garden ornaments) and gives it a smooth finish.
I'll have to have a good look in my "files" for that info (stuffed somewhere amongst the mess in a draw probably).
I think the eyes will look a little better once I fit them properly, but I like your idea about the eye-lids.

I will admit that I've always loved art and making things and I once had aspirations of becoming an Illustrator. Unfortunately that hasn't happened yet (I've discovered that once I HAVE to do something, I just do NOT want to do it). But I still love drawing, and now, carving stuff!
I have used Hebel before, but it wasn't at all tiki-like.
It's this weird three-faced head. I really didn't have a plan, I wanted to do a head, but I couldn't get one side of the face symetrical with the other so I made three separate faces instead! :lol:
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