Post #315561 by Paipo on Thu, Jun 28, 2007 6:38 PM

Sneaky, anytime you're ready to adopt let me know. No plans for the coffee table book anytime soon, but I try and keep the "tiki" album on myspace up to date.

AS, I thought you'd like these ones. A little less rigid and more in the Poly Pop vein. The new one is very close to your Moku actually. I've noticed looking at my cannibal (often!) that you use a similar approach in your design and execution.

Kinny, yep, I'm putting the fun back into these guys. After a few weeks of doing pieces that took some intense concentration and research it's good to loosen up a little. Pick up a stone, look at it for few minutes, lay down a few lines with the pen and then go for it! I'd still love to figure a way of working through something in just a couple of hours that is of saleable quality.

TK, you don't know how relieved I am that the Creature made it his new home after all the drama. You've made me jealous as hell by flaunting the #1 mug on my want list though! At least I've got my own Roberto Loco..an AP I might add, and maybe one of the first people in the world who got one! Notch is the man - I think your mug is gonna turn out great with such expert help.

Thanks for stopping in Mieko. The photos look OK in those early stages, but trust me - it wouldn't stand up to close scrutiny. The dull nature of the stone before sanding hides the toolmarks pretty well. I use a fairly brutal method of roughing out- probably the handpiece equivalent of using a chainsaw!

Benz, always nice to hear your thoughts. The lines are painstaking, and I think I better buy that new burr soon cause it didn't want to follow the groove today. I really dig that phrase: "Building a legend one stone at a time". Maybe I should use that in my marketing material!

#31 "Hua Moa" is all done today. Definitely not a "quiki", but not as involved as most of the recent projects!