Post #340447 by tok-tok on Thu, Oct 25, 2007 7:15 AM

Thanks seeksurf. It was more like a chronic inflammation of the elbow sinew/tendon (don´t know the correct term) and they had to do some sugery. But I´m recovering fast.

I´d like to do some update. Here ist a small one in combination with the red tiki. It was done very fast and it is not my very best.

height: about 8 inch/ 20 cm

Some day I will put some poly on it, now that I found out, what poly is (thanks again Benzart for explaining that to everyone). I guess, that is something different here in germany. I will do some tests.

The following small tiki was another quick carving made out of birch. But it was rotten in the middle.

height: about 13.77 inch/ 35 cm


Because of the rotting it catched fire in the mouth while burning it. So I stopped adding details on it, unless staining and torching the small crinkles.

There is no varnish on both of them as you can see, but perhaps they will look better after rubbing some on.

Last one for today:
This one is made out of 'idontknow'-wood. The bark looked a bit like cherrywood but I´m not sure.

I found some progress pics.



At this time, the tiki was nearly ready.

I put some stain on it, tried some burning but changed to painting the crinkles with black tusche. Finally I rubbed two layers of wax on the head which gives it a glossy surface.

height: ca. 11 inch/ 28 cm

That´s all, folks ... for today. Any commentaries are welcome.

tok-tok