Basement Kahuna -New Maori Bone Pendant 3/04 - Tiki Carving

BK Basement Kahuna Tiki Socialite Jawja Province, Isle of North America Joined: Oct 14, 2002 Posts: 3618	BK Basement Kahuna Posted posted on Mon, Sep 10, 2007 2:43 PM Hi, Miss BP.. I use cowbone, mammoth ivory, fossil bone, generally whatever's procurable. Mostly cowbone. Bone you can carve without water flow. Think of soap, if you increased the hardness factor by, say, ten or fifteen times. It's a very workable material. The pieces you can usually get will challenge your acumen for working in miniature, but one you have the eyes and hands used to it it's quite fun. I'd reccomend using a downdraft fan..it smells when carving it...like burning flesh. Cabanilla Makau here, Vincent, is a very good reference on bone. He's forgortten more than nost of us will ever know! Aloha.

Hi, Miss BP.. I use cowbone, mammoth ivory, fossil bone, generally whatever's procurable. Mostly cowbone. Bone you can carve without water flow. Think of soap, if you increased the hardness factor by, say, ten or fifteen times. It's a very workable material. The pieces you can usually get will challenge your acumen for working in miniature, but one you have the eyes and hands used to it it's quite fun. I'd reccomend using a downdraft fan..it smells when carving it...like burning flesh. Cabanilla Makau here, Vincent, is a very good reference on bone. He's forgortten more than nost of us will ever know! Aloha.

Post #331660 by Basement Kahuna on Mon, Sep 10, 2007 2:43 PM