Post #381547 by Traderbob on Tue, May 20, 2008 3:37 PM

Aloha,

first of all, thanks for all the nice comments on my last photos.

Here are new photos:

The moai lamp I posted earlier has a mount for the bulb. I still don't really like the ikea lamp shade, when I find the materials and time, I'll make my own one.

It's standing on my new project, a 40cm block of fresh smelling basswood.

Tonight, I finally finished the cherry marquesan, which was a pain to carve with palm tools. I just stained it in walnut and will post some more photos when it's dry:

Then I made this small balsa moai yesterday:

And here's one of the frames I carved, glueing the parts together was quite hard without the tools, so it's not even. But I ordered some clamps and already carved the parts for a bigger one.

I hope you enjoy them. I am also planning to visit the Wassermusik festival in Berlin to see Waitiki and Don Tiki, it would be cool to meet some carvers over there.

Greetings from Munich,

Bobo