Robin's Jade Carving update 4/3 actually got one done! - Tiki Carving

T Tamapoutini Member Aotearoa (New Zealand) Joined: Aug 30, 2006 Posts: 1530	T Tamapoutini Posted posted on Mon, Nov 19, 2007 1:00 PM Kia ora Robin. Glad youre feeling a bit better and very cool to see you are back into some carving. I love these kowhaiwhai pendants; very precise and nicely stylised. What sort of stone is the smaller one made from? delicious! (I can see a small but sexy detail in the way you have contoured the hole to better accommodate cordage on this smaller piece). Getting technical: I like the crisp/contemporary look of the 'straight-sided' cutaway holes, but have you considered continuing with the edgeline/shaping right into the cutaway areas? It would eliminate the chipping at the edge of 'cutaway' on the larger piece. *Hope Im making sence here. Let me try again: if you started making a large 'bevel' on the interior of those cutaway/'almost circle' bits (sheesh - what sort of teacher am I supposed to be? haha) and continued that bevel until it reached half-depth/centre-of-thickness. With me? (I can illustate if neccessary) Keep us posted of your carving progress. Remember: keep pushing and trying new things. Tama :)

Kia ora Robin. Glad youre feeling a bit better and very cool to see you are back into some carving.

I love these kowhaiwhai pendants; very precise and nicely stylised. What sort of stone is the smaller one made from? delicious! (I can see a small but sexy detail in the way you have contoured the hole to better accommodate cordage on this smaller piece).

Getting technical: I like the crisp/contemporary look of the 'straight-sided' cutaway holes, but have you considered continuing with the edgeline/shaping right into the cutaway areas? It would eliminate the chipping at the edge of 'cutaway' on the larger piece. *Hope Im making sence here. Let me try again: if you started making a large 'bevel' on the interior of those cutaway/'almost circle' bits (sheesh - what sort of teacher am I supposed to be? haha) and continued that bevel until it reached half-depth/centre-of-thickness. With me? (I can illustate if neccessary)

Keep us posted of your carving progress. Remember: keep pushing and trying new things.

Tama :)

Post #344915 by Tamapoutini on Mon, Nov 19, 2007 1:00 PM