Paipo's Stone Tikis - 1st Thread - Jun 06 - May 08 - Tiki Carving

T timidtiki Member Joined: Mar 25, 2007 Posts: 180	T timidtiki Posted posted on Wed, Sep 5, 2007 6:35 AM Your latest "mask" with the golden rind is spectacular . . . a form that appears to simple but executed with supreme elegance! I was particularly interested in you comments on the "rind" in this piece. My favorite piece of pounamu (the pounamu itself, not the carving which is a simple drop) has a similar golden rind (with near emerald green translucence in the remainder of the stone) but it was identified a "Marsden" jade by the carver. Can you explain the difference between the appearance of "rind" in some pounamu carvings and Marsden jade? Thanks.

Your latest "mask" with the golden rind is spectacular . . . a form that appears to simple but executed with supreme elegance!

I was particularly interested in you comments on the "rind" in this piece. My favorite piece of pounamu (the pounamu itself, not the carving which is a simple drop) has a similar golden rind (with near emerald green translucence in the remainder of the stone) but it was identified a "Marsden" jade by the carver. Can you explain the difference between the appearance of "rind" in some pounamu carvings and Marsden jade? Thanks.

Post #330348 by timidtiki on Wed, Sep 5, 2007 6:35 AM