Post #308699 by haikai on Thu, May 24, 2007 10:09 AM

Aloha fiends,

Thanks congatiki, appreciate the kind words. :D Yes, the ball "tongue" is funny, I got that idea while I was creating the mouth.
It´s like a little pearl in a shell or coconut. Rather a coconut because it looks like "the grandfather" has no teeth.

GMAN, thanks for visiting my thread. I´m very enthused from your last carving. I think it is realy one of your best carving.
Great form and style.

benella, thanks for your great german words and compliments. This time I have a lots of fun to work with chisels and to try out different textures. It´s great how many options there are.
Tomorrow, I will start my holyday trip to country and I´m looking forward to stay 2 weeks at the Atlantic Ozean.
Surfin, beachcombing and just hanging around. Perhaps I´ll carve a tiki on the beach.
Than I´ll make some pictures and post them here.

Paipo,thanks a lot! You are right, it´s realy not easy to put character and expression into a tiki.
I must admit that I had a lot of luck while I was creating that tiki figure.
I try to escalate myself with creating the bodys much more detailed than by my previous tikis.
It´s very difficult to cave hands and feets. It´s a big step!
Yes, I studied 4 years to become a graphic designer and already earlier I had lots of fun in painting and doing handicrafts.
In my short free time I keep busy with photography.

So guys, before I hop off into my holydays, I have one more picture of my London Luau tikis for you.
Yesterday, they started there trip to London. I hope it´ll be not to stressful for "the grandfather".
Have a nice time and see you in two weeks,

Haikai

"the grandfather" and "the beatnik"