Post #356356 by Robin on Mon, Jan 21, 2008 3:43 PM

Disaster relief.

Hi Benella,thanks for stopping by...managed a creative solution today.

Followed Paipo's advice on the break. I used a push pin that I hammered the push part off of the pin and ground it down to make it shorter...it's a stainless steelpin. I couldn't find a nail small enough, but I did have a push pin. Yay! Drilled two holes, and popped it in...yet to be glued and lashed.

Thanks again Paipo.

Tama made me do this. I had sort of planned a stylized sculptural representation of this blade, but Tama issued the 'get Tiki' challenge. And all in all, the blade should have a protector spirit attached to it no matter what. So changing in mid stream, I'm trying to make a very tiny Tiki head at the butt of the blade. Started with the tongue. Still contemplating the design on the body of the blade.

p.s. Sorry for the non-tikiness of this. But it is from New Zealand. Those lovely green mussels. The piece of jade is from the rock I cut here

http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?mode=viewtopic&topic=21352&forum=7&start=285&hilite=stone%20carving
Tiki Central Forums - Topic: Stone Carving: Q&A + Gallery...

Turns out it was pretty junky, but some parts were nice enough to play with and practice making some shapes. Looks like this one could use some more work.

Thanks for looking, for your comments, and for your help.

R.

[ Edited by: Robin 2008-01-21 16:11 ]