Post #344006 by Paipo on Thu, Nov 15, 2007 3:06 AM

Thanks Kaimuki, Sebastian and Timid - yes! Suggestions! Sometimes I don't know what to make next and a random thought can prod things along. Cubist would be cool - there is a kiwi painter who has done tikis in a few famous 20th century styles. Have a look for Dick Frizzell.
Tipua - yep, the splash of colour helps, unless the surface is covered in details. I always think I'll leave one plain, and then it happens...
Ben - the "Super Paipo" eh? I think the difference between a regular and a super is about two more layers of onion skin. This piece definitely got into the upper echelon of time and obsession and I guess I was out of control in the end! Somebody stop me!

Thanks too Bowana, Babs, ravez, and Robin - cheers :drink:

I'll keep pondering on the cubist tiki, but in the meantime (amongst some other projects) I started another jade carving. This was drawn up as a totally different piece, but I turned it over and sketched in the new design on the back using the very same outline. It was still a manaia originally, but a kind of weird full body one and something about it wasn't working for me. I've never carved one before so I thought I'd start at the beginning and just do a head instead. The stone is a very unusual NZ jade - kind of olive/inanga in colour with these amazing brown/orange "fibres" that look like little strands of tobacco.