Other bone carvings - 2008 - Tiki Carving

P Paipo Member Aotearoa / NZ Joined: Jun 22, 2006 Posts: 1886	P Paipo Posted posted on Mon, Oct 1, 2007 3:30 PM Wow, nice work...thanks for the credit for some of the inspiration. You have done a really good job of squeezing a bold form into a flat slab of bone. I really like the subtle relief work on the back - beautifully executed. The only critique I can offer (and this is a matter of personal preference I guess) is that the fingers are usually very long and tapered rather than naturalistic, and they are one of my favourite embellishments of the Rapa Nui style. I'm sure you must have more to share with us...I saw some of your braiding tutorials on the carver's path just the other day. (Small world!) It's also great to see someone using gravers on TC. A friend of mine in Japan is a superb netsuke carver, and gleaned much of his early knowledge and techniques from Stephen Myhre's book.

Wow, nice work...thanks for the credit for some of the inspiration. You have done a really good job of squeezing a bold form into a flat slab of bone. I really like the subtle relief work on the back - beautifully executed. The only critique I can offer (and this is a matter of personal preference I guess) is that the fingers are usually very long and tapered rather than naturalistic, and they are one of my favourite embellishments of the Rapa Nui style.
I'm sure you must have more to share with us...I saw some of your braiding tutorials on the carver's path just the other day. (Small world!) It's also great to see someone using gravers on TC. A friend of mine in Japan is a superb netsuke carver, and gleaned much of his early knowledge and techniques from Stephen Myhre's book.

Post #335851 by Paipo on Mon, Oct 1, 2007 3:30 PM