Post #339563 by tok-tok on Sat, Oct 20, 2007 6:41 PM

Hello everbody.

First things first. I´ve been looking around in this forums for quit a while, always fascinated by the quality of the carvings to see. But also all the other stuff to find here.
I myself spent quite a lot of time carving, inspired by the 'Book of Tiki'which I came across about 2 years ago (+ more recently 'Tiki modern' as well).

I must admit, that in the beginning I never made any help lines or drawings on the logs I used and I also do not have any 'work in progress' pics. Or at least a few. Shame on me.

So here we go:

The one on the right was the first, made for my wife for a special reason (which I can´t remember at the moment)

This one was the second (looking nasty and unfeminie, not useful as a present for special reasons)

I can´t remember the wood I used for these two guys, I found it somewhere and it was dry, so it did not crack till now.

The following two where made out of firewood, I was given by a friend.
After starting I anytime noticed that it was rotten, but I had gone to far to throw them away.
I found some progress pics, too.






This is birch, and as you can see, there are marks form rotting all over and in the wood.

But I kept them and put some acrylic paint on them, to let them look good from far.

This one has got some craquelure varnish on his face, which only came out slightly fair.

I myself wasn´t that happy with the effect, but I put them on a shelf and dimmed the lights, so visitors allways say they look great ever since.

What do you think about that?

You can count five little statues, so there is more to come. These 4 introduced ones where made about 2 yrs ago and I had a lot to learn.

At present I´m suffering from a tennis elbow surgery, which had become nesseary because of carving (hm), but with plaster to my left, i will recover soon. Otherwise it gives me the chance to post some more pics.

An please excuse my choppy style of writing for I am not a native english speaker. But I will try my very best further on.

Please feel free to post your replies.

Thanks a lot in advance.

tok-tok

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