Post #345894 by tok-tok on Sun, Nov 25, 2007 4:40 PM

Mahalo.
Time for an update.

@sneaky tiki: that´s right , she love it very much. She is standing right next to it every time i try to tak a picture, putting her arm tween the teeth, thinking it is fun.

@ benella+haikai. Thanks guys, I appreciate your support.

It has been a hell of a week at work, too much to do, spend less time on carving. So, where´s my weekend gone? I will show you.

I know, a pig is a bit off topic for carving tiki. One night last week I got a sudden flash of wit. Why don´t do it some kind of tikistyle? My buddy and me talk a bit about it and tried it out.
So here are the results:

First of all, Sven(that´s his name) had to smoke a piece of salami, then we started.

Helplines.

After a bit of chisel and axe using I started to sand the pig.

Suddenly a Soap-Bubbles-Storm came up!!!

But after that, it was all good again. As nothing had happend.
Look.

But that is not the hole truth, the big appeared like that.

It was getting cold now, so ( now alone)I changed the location and got inside to put some more details on, first drawing, then using some chisels an the hammer.

My better half showed up in-between and only said: " It would look funny, if the pig would stand on a surfboard." I knew, it´s gonna end up in silly, but the decision has been made.
Its´gonna be "THE MASKED SURFING TIKI BOAR." YES!
And I will call it PUMBA, like in "Walt disney´s Timon and Pumba".

Crappy old digi-cam.

That´s it with the pig for today. When Pumba is finished, I´ll tell you the story about his left ear.

I only got some questions left:

The wood is not dry. It is actually very wet. Has anyone an idea, how to get it drier ( except waiting I mean) so that I can finally pour some stain on or varnish? I thought, it would be dry enough but it isn´t. Burning it won´t get the wetness out, only at the surface, I suppose.

I hope, to get the pig ready within this or the next week, cause I have to start a new project. Some stage decoration for a friends fortieth birthday. Guess, what it will be.

Here are some goodies as the last for today.
I managed to wax two of my older tikis some days ago, and I´m very pleased with the result.

The small one, I showed you a couple o´week ago.


Call him 'the frog'.

This is a kind of Hotrod-Tiki made out of ash. Ash should be his name. That was quit a job, way too hard wood.

That´s it. TA-DA.
Every comment is welcome, even on my questions. :P :wink:
See you around.
tok-tok

[ Edited by: tok-tok 2007-11-25 16:41 ]