Post #348038 by prairie jade on Thu, Dec 6, 2007 9:03 AM

hi folks- got lost in jade world @ the big sur jade festival-it was amazing once again- lots of carvers and jade from around the world- met donn salt and deborah wilson among others.--anyway here is a pic of my first try at a tiki- started 3 or 4 years ago when i knew nothing about jade and little about carving. it was useful as a start, but it was mostly a series of lessons about designing within your capabilities.- have a little more grinding and lots of sanding to do before i can be proud of it. nice to get back and see all of tama's, basement kahuna's and paipo's carvings. they lift my spirit and inflame my soul- make me want to try to invest more mana into my pieces.

be gentle with the comments--i have too much jade to give up carving