Post #368984 by Tamapoutini on Mon, Mar 24, 2008 3:17 PM

On 2008-03-21 19:36, Benzart wrote:
You always carve So Many pieces to every one I carve, I guess I better get busy.

Thanks Ben, but how often do you see me actually finish a piece?? Its all about filling that Box.. :lol:

Big thanx..
LakeSurfer: Ill keep my eye out for your Staff-God; tricky/complex blighters! Im not planning on going too detailed on these little guys; more of a stylised/minimalised version
GreenTikiPat: I badly need to do a catch-up on your work too (and many others..) Thanks for the props!
JP, Hodad, Seeksurf - thanks guys!

SO, even though so much of my work never gets finished & a great deal of it may realistically never escape the Box, its great to be able to show at least the beginnings of it to a cool bunch of interested people. Thanks for watching everyone.

Quick update on the big girls' (Wahine-zilla?) facial progress:
I knew from early on that I was going to try for something a bit more naturalistic. Human faces are one of those subjects that I have always tended to shy away from but have also long dreamed of becoming more proficiant at:

She's getting there (still very much in the carving stage, in this last pic she has had a good oil up in order to 'flatten out' the appearance of the stone & better see whats going on) - looking a little more Negroid than Polynesian at the moment but I reckon a bit of refining & perhaps a lip/chin moko might pull her back.

She's going to have to go on the backburner for a bit now but she'll be back..

Happy carving All!

Tama :)