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 Tue, May 6, 2008 2:31 AM Kia ora Tiki-fans! Robin: Lots happening in the world, period. I know how hard it can be to find time and/or inspiration/motivation. It sure helps having no other options! :lol: Tikifreak: any sign yet..? Big thanks: Seeksurf, Benella and Mooney! Meanwhile: the smaller of the two 'Cuzzies' overtakes the original and becomes the trial piece for a new style of eye inlays.. which I promptly screw up not once, but twice before carving my way out of an unsightly eye-sore with the third attempt. phew, wasnt a lot of material left to play with.. Whether to play for the All Blacks or the Warriors: tough decision.. An acceptable result although Im still no further in resolving how to inlay the larger piece (as I've promised buyer). At times like these the best thing is just to move on to something else and let the answer come in its own good time. It always does.. -- Drew up a new Hei-Toki/Tangaroa last night & worked solidly on it all day today. Actually thats not entirely true - I also managed to have a bit of a Shout with BenZart, played a bit of Playstation with my little man (Crash Bandicoot, still luv it after all these years!), threw a ball for the pooch and planted a couple of trees (Rimu). Have I got the greatest job in the world or wot?? :) :) :) My only moan is that it all happens a bit too far away from the Hukilaus and the Chop-chops.. :( :( :( Blocked out with main diamond grinding wheel: ..and a few levels and bevels roughly ground with same wheel: ..until a point is reached where 'waste removal' becomes a hazard rather than a benefit, and we must move on to the more gentle and stealthy handpiece: **JohnnyP: Ive squirreled away a few pics for that diamond cloth demo, using this piece as example. Ill actually take a whole series of pics showing different stages of 'closing up' the scratches & explain a bit more than just diamond cloth stage. Might be a good one to add to the Stone Q&A thread come to think of it. Ill take more dry shots than you normally get to see (unflattering) to illustrate, but the progressions are very subtle and may not be such exciting viewing..? We'll see how it goes.. Happy carving All! Tama :) PS: that Warrior mask might be available in the Marketplace if you hurry.. :wink:

Kia ora Tiki-fans!

Robin: Lots happening in the world, period. I know how hard it can be to find time and/or inspiration/motivation. It sure helps having no other options! :lol:

Tikifreak: any sign yet..?

Big thanks: Seeksurf, Benella and Mooney!

Meanwhile: the smaller of the two 'Cuzzies' overtakes the original and becomes the trial piece for a new style of eye inlays.. which I promptly screw up not once, but twice before carving my way out of an unsightly eye-sore with the third attempt. phew, wasnt a lot of material left to play with..

Whether to play for the All Blacks or the Warriors: tough decision..

An acceptable result although Im still no further in resolving how to inlay the larger piece (as I've promised buyer). At times like these the best thing is just to move on to something else and let the answer come in its own good time. It always does..

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Drew up a new Hei-Toki/Tangaroa last night & worked solidly on it all day today. Actually thats not entirely true - I also managed to have a bit of a Shout with BenZart, played a bit of Playstation with my little man (Crash Bandicoot, still luv it after all these years!), threw a ball for the pooch and planted a couple of trees (Rimu).
Have I got the greatest job in the world or wot?? :) :) :)
My only moan is that it all happens a bit too far away from the Hukilaus and the Chop-chops.. :( :( :(

Blocked out with main diamond grinding wheel:

..and a few levels and bevels roughly ground with same wheel:

..until a point is reached where 'waste removal' becomes a hazard rather than a benefit, and we must move on to the more gentle and stealthy handpiece:

**JohnnyP: Ive squirreled away a few pics for that diamond cloth demo, using this piece as example. Ill actually take a whole series of pics showing different stages of 'closing up' the scratches & explain a bit more than just diamond cloth stage. Might be a good one to add to the Stone Q&A thread come to think of it. Ill take more dry shots than you normally get to see (unflattering) to illustrate, but the progressions are very subtle and may not be such exciting viewing..? We'll see how it goes..

Happy carving All!
Tama :)

PS: that Warrior mask might be available in the Marketplace if you hurry.. :wink:

Post #378406 by Tamapoutini on Tue, May 6, 2008 2:31 AM

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