Flynny's Stuff - Strange lookin Moai 02/5 - Tiki Carving

T Tamapoutini Member Aotearoa (New Zealand) Joined: Aug 30, 2006 Posts: 1530	T Tamapoutini Posted posted on Sat, Apr 28, 2007 2:36 AM Hey! Tiki! Now this takes me back a couple of years. Tricky suckers arent they..? From my own experience the first couple of hundred are the worst, but quickly improve after that... :lol: That stone has gorgous colour. Ive heard of Transvaal 'jade' before but dont think its actually jadeite or nephrite. Perhaps an olivine or serpentine..? I wouldnt worry too much about the flaked surface where a piece broke out. Give it a light sand to take any sharpness/roughness off, but I agree that it adds 'authenticity'; not so much in regards to an 'old' pendant but shows an aspect of the stone that is lost to shaping & polishing. If you can bear to rework it, take a look at pics of other/older pieces for guidance -believe me I know how subtle these guys are! Id lessen the gap between the leg-holes, ie; horizontally elongate them. The neolithic method of manufacture has EVERYTHING to do with the way the Maori Hei-tiki looked & it really helps to have a good understanding of those methods too. Ditto, the method of how the eye sockets were cut/drilled caused them to have a central 'peg'/iris. All in all, not a bad 1st effort. Ka pai, well done. Only one hundred and ninety-nine to go young Jadi... Wax on: Wax off. Wax on: Wax off... :lol: T3-PO :wink:

Hey! Tiki!

Now this takes me back a couple of years. Tricky suckers arent they..? From my own experience the first couple of hundred are the worst, but quickly improve after that... :lol:

That stone has gorgous colour. Ive heard of Transvaal 'jade' before but dont think its actually jadeite or nephrite. Perhaps an olivine or serpentine..?

I wouldnt worry too much about the flaked surface where a piece broke out. Give it a light sand to take any sharpness/roughness off, but I agree that it adds 'authenticity'; not so much in regards to an 'old' pendant but shows an aspect of the stone that is lost to shaping & polishing.

If you can bear to rework it, take a look at pics of other/older pieces for guidance -believe me I know how subtle these guys are! Id lessen the gap between the leg-holes, ie; horizontally elongate them. The neolithic method of manufacture has EVERYTHING to do with the way the Maori Hei-tiki looked & it really helps to have a good understanding of those methods too. Ditto, the method of how the eye sockets were cut/drilled caused them to have a central 'peg'/iris.

All in all, not a bad 1st effort. Ka pai, well done.

Only one hundred and ninety-nine to go young Jadi... Wax on: Wax off. Wax on: Wax off... :lol:

T3-PO :wink:

Post #302437 by Tamapoutini on Sat, Apr 28, 2007 2:36 AM