Tama - NZ Pounamu/greenstone - Last post for '08! - pg99 - Tiki Carving

T Tamapoutini Member Aotearoa (New Zealand) Joined: Aug 30, 2006 Posts: 1530	T Tamapoutini Posted posted on Sun, Jan 13, 2008 1:39 PM Hi everyone. Shaking things up for myself and starting the week with an update on last weeks progress. Ive always found Monday mornings a drag (probably not alone there) and I figure this might be a good way to 'let go' of last week & help prepare for the coming week.. Timid: the Tikis laugh at me constantly! (& I darent let any of my poetry escape the confines my noggin at this stage) :lol: Cheers Benella! BenZ: Im not sure whether to thank you or not - every time I think my carving may be getting a little better, I see your latest project and realise that there are still worlds of understanding to go... :o Robin: Contemporary pounamu carvings mostly go unsigned in NZ (& I cant recall any pre-contact Maori works that were signed - Paip?), apart from larger sculptural works. I can and do sign work with the 'TTT' symbol if requested but would rather leave them 'pure'.. Perhaps a hangover from my distant 'oral-tradition' roots; but I would like to think that at least a few of the people who possess my work would be careful enough to pass on the accompanying knowledge of maker, place of origin and any other significant stories it (or the wearer) has accumulated.. BenZ/Robin/Jen: Id really like to thank you guys for taking the time to scrutinize my butt so closely! Yes, I would have to agree the smaller (my own) tikis' butt is much tighter and more shapely. -- The butt-appreciators amongst you may remember this little guy from a wee while ago: This Teko-type figure was started around the same time as Titch (above) but was put back in the Box/the-womb-with-no-view at this stage. just couldnt face it.. but eventual you just have to face up to finishing these things *Remember the #1 tiki of '08? The one commissioned by my cousin? Well, he was in fact #1 Mk2.. THIS was the first tiki started for '08.. but as this shot reveals, a large crack became apparent in one foot when the piece was about 90% carved - bugger. At this point I thought 'all was lost' and decided that I would need to start again if I were to complete the commission in time.. ..but as it happened, the crack was a just a message from the stone, showing a better way to do the feet. It always pay to listen to stones. '08 #1 Mk1': Check the marketplace (limited time) for first dibs on these guys @ better-than-eBay prices..! Go Team TIKI ! Tama :)

Hi everyone. Shaking things up for myself and starting the week with an update on last weeks progress. Ive always found Monday mornings a drag (probably not alone there) and I figure this might be a good way to 'let go' of last week & help prepare for the coming week..

Timid: the Tikis laugh at me constantly! (& I darent let any of my poetry escape the confines my noggin at this stage) :lol:
Cheers Benella!
BenZ: Im not sure whether to thank you or not - every time I think my carving may be getting a little better, I see your latest project and realise that there are still worlds of understanding to go... :o
Robin: Contemporary pounamu carvings mostly go unsigned in NZ (& I cant recall any pre-contact Maori works that were signed - Paip?), apart from larger sculptural works. I can and do sign work with the 'TTT' symbol if requested but would rather leave them 'pure'.. Perhaps a hangover from my distant 'oral-tradition' roots; but I would like to think that at least a few of the people who possess my work would be careful enough to pass on the accompanying knowledge of maker, place of origin and any other significant stories it (or the wearer) has accumulated..
BenZ/Robin/Jen: Id really like to thank you guys for taking the time to scrutinize my butt so closely! Yes, I would have to agree the smaller (my own) tikis' butt is much tighter and more shapely.

The butt-appreciators amongst you may remember this little guy from a wee while ago:

This Teko-type figure was started around the same time as Titch (above) but was put back in the Box/the-womb-with-no-view at this stage. just couldnt face it..

but eventual you just have to face up to finishing these things

*Remember the #1 tiki of '08? The one commissioned by my cousin? Well, he was in fact #1 Mk2..

THIS was the first tiki started for '08..

but as this shot reveals, a large crack became apparent in one foot when the piece was about 90% carved - bugger. At this point I thought 'all was lost' and decided that I would need to start again if I were to complete the commission in time..

..but as it happened, the crack was a just a message from the stone, showing a better way to do the feet. It always pay to listen to stones.

'08 #1 Mk1':

Check the marketplace (limited time) for first dibs on these guys @ better-than-eBay prices..!

Go Team TIKI !

Tama :)

Post #354643 by Tamapoutini on Sun, Jan 13, 2008 1:39 PM