Post #309162 by GMAN on Sat, May 26, 2007 4:35 PM

Greetings,

I finished the Hawaiian Stick carving today and also added some coats of rejuvenating oil to a few of my other carvings that have oil-only finishes. The stick carving will get at least 4 more coats and then will be re-coated every few weeks for a while - as I have done with the others. I find the stick carvings especially interesting as among other things, they were used to make Ki'i sculptures mobile, allowing the user/owner to push them into the ground or sand anywhere they wanted them to stand. I was really captivated by Davez pics from the islands and wanted to make something a bit different for my house. I will weld up a stand for it that has a wood base and a steel rod with two different sized rings welded to it. The carving will sit down into the rings and will be able to be displayed upright on a slight rearward angle. I'll post pics of that after I weld it up - probably a week or so. Anyway, I hope you like him.

Thanks for looking,

Greg