Post #365195 by Robin on Thu, Mar 6, 2008 2:28 PM

On 2008-02-29 15:22, seeksurf wrote:
Looking good Robin! Looks like we work under the same
principal leave enough to work with.

Thank you Seeksurf....how are your hands? Yah I finally realized to much is better than to little!

I started two more yesterday. I think it's better for me to have more than one thing going...and it's been a lot better having something to look at. I'm really into the Maori Weapons book, and it has really helped.

Here's the three I've got going

Worked on these two...no progress on the middle one.

Side view... after a Godstick from Terrence Barrows book.
This is 'Maru a war god of Rarotonga who is said by tradition to have come in the Aotea and Kurahaupo canoes. Maori religious ideas were brought from another environment and developed within New Zealand. Representations were imported and adapted to the local carving style which developed on it's own.' Pretty much a quote from the book. I have to research those canoes.

This one is after a Patu Paraoa (whalebone) from Maori Weapons.

Had a great day at the bench...hope you all did too!

Thanks for looking!