Post #403060 by Paipo on Fri, Aug 22, 2008 3:54 AM

Wow...you guys are great. Scholars and gentlemen all. Thanks Ben, Kinny, GROG, JP and G!

Ben - nope no marker, but I have cheated and used enamel a couple of times where I needed a tiny pupil. I think the next time I need to do that, I'll go for the real thing and use some black jade instead. Taking the easy way out is never the right option!

Kinny, did I tell you I finally found a stone to make a brother to your piece? Almost identical size and shape, but black as night - maybe he'll be the evil twin? We should meet up and baptise them in a moonlit sea on Anakena beach! He's just waiting for the right time to be made...

G, it does feel good to be fitting the other stuff around the tikis rather than vice versa. Sometimes the job feels like a job, other times the days sail by and I wonder where they went. Case in point: I have figured out why I left this Lono in the box drawn up for over a year. It may well be the most time consuming pebble tiki I've made yet, if not it's definitely in the top 3. I think one more session may do it: