Tiki Heroes & Carvers of Yore - Tiki Carving

P Paipo Member Aotearoa / NZ Joined: Jun 22, 2006 Posts: 1886	P Paipo Posted posted on Mon, Aug 6, 2007 6:12 PM You beat me to it , but you're right (both of you), there's a pic of "Milano"/Milan Guanko on page 249 of the BoT. That Eli Hedley story is great. The writing really evokes the era nicely: He began by sketching tiki from photographs and models in museums. When he had the feel of their design and structure, he chalked out designs on wood and began carving. But, except for some stone replicas of Easter Island's great stone faces, Hedley's tikis are not exact copies of any other gods in this world - though they could be set in a crowd of 1000 - year - old brethren without being recognized as intruders. To me this perfectly sums up the spirit of creating tiki.

You beat me to it , but you're right (both of you), there's a pic of "Milano"/Milan Guanko on page 249 of the BoT.
That Eli Hedley story is great. The writing really evokes the era nicely:

He began by sketching tiki from photographs and models in museums. When he had the feel of their design and structure, he chalked out designs on wood and began carving. But, except for some stone replicas of Easter Island's great stone faces, Hedley's tikis are not exact copies of any other gods in this world - though they could be set in a crowd of 1000 - year - old brethren without being recognized as intruders.

To me this perfectly sums up the spirit of creating tiki.

Post #323643 by Paipo on Mon, Aug 6, 2007 6:12 PM