Paipo's Stone Tikis - 1st Thread - Jun 06 - May 08 - Tiki Carving

T Tamapoutini Member Aotearoa (New Zealand) Joined: Aug 30, 2006 Posts: 1530	T Tamapoutini Posted posted on Wed, May 16, 2007 1:02 AM On 2007-05-15 22:07, Lake Surfer wrote: That's friggin mind blowing. Beautiful work! How the hell did you thread the braided cord through the back of the tongue? *I was wondering the same thing myself so took a visit to check it out today... A very clever & very cool piece! Ill let Paipo explian the technicalities but you'd be surprised at the simplicity too. I think the cleverest aspect is how the tongue appears to be attached when its all hanging together, ie: it looks as if the tongue has been carved waaaay back down into the throat & you ask yourself 'how on Earth was THAT done'?? And more to come..? The last I saw of our man, he was heading towards the workbench with an evil tiki-glint in his eye. Keep us posted braddah! Tama :wink:

On 2007-05-15 22:07, Lake Surfer wrote:
That's friggin mind blowing.
Beautiful work!
How the hell did you thread the braided cord through the back of the tongue?

*I was wondering the same thing myself so took a visit to check it out today... A very clever & very cool piece! Ill let Paipo explian the technicalities but you'd be surprised at the simplicity too. I think the cleverest aspect is how the tongue appears to be attached when its all hanging together, ie: it looks as if the tongue has been carved waaaay back down into the throat & you ask yourself 'how on Earth was THAT done'??

And more to come..? The last I saw of our man, he was heading towards the workbench with an evil tiki-glint in his eye. Keep us posted braddah!

Tama :wink:

Post #306672 by Tamapoutini on Wed, May 16, 2007 1:02 AM