Post #330267 by TheBigT on Tue, Sep 4, 2007 8:08 PM

This was my first tiki, started last year in August and finished in December 2006. I did the sanding and staining over the 2007 New Year holidays. I used a set of old Speedball carving chisels I found at a resale shop; mostly just the small gouge. I believe the wood is Ash, probably Arizona Ash, and was riddled with insect damage (beetles, bees, etc.) and a little bit of rot here and there.

This tiki was meant to be a larger replica of the tiki featured in the Gilligan's Island episode, "Waiting for Watubi". Looks sorta like a gumby head at this point before it was squared off...

8/6/06

8/8/06

8/15. Stripped off some more of the bark...

8/22 - the beginnings of arms and legs.

8/26:

Jan 07, finished.

He's now decorating my daughter's room. :)

All of the holes are insect damage to the log before it was carved. The one exception is the round one on the stomach, which I'm pretty sure is from a woodpecker - probably one of the big pileated woodpeckers. Finished with a coat of Restore-A-Finish brand wax. Eyes painted with a Gold paint pen.

[ Edited by: TheBigT 2015-12-01 04:33 ]