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 Mon, Sep 1, 2008 12:48 AM Kia ora All! Hows the carving business? Tikityboo! Big ups, KShaman: The better & almost completed pieces actually dont stay in that Box but are individually wrapped & kept in a smaller box - and all boxes are handled with utmost care. Yes, I have retrieved chipped pieces from the Box in the past, and have kicked myself for my own laziness, doh! Surfin: Youve got a cousin whose cat is named Jade? Well its in your blood isnt it? Welcome to the stoners circle! Blowfish: Keep your eye on the TC marketplace. I try to offer only xtra-special or xtra-affordable here. My output is frustratingly slow and low though, despite working at it as hard as I can. G$: Cheers. I fully intend to finish them all sooner or later. There are some future bargians in the deeper levels.. bZart: Thinking about all the hours/days/weeks that are just sitting there in that/those boxes - X6!! Im feeling Boxed in all of a sudden.. :o JP: Thanks. My mother always told me, 'life is like a Box of half-finished pounamu pendants - er, you just never know when youll eventually finish one?'. I should have listened to whatever it was my Dad told me (wasnt listening) Mieko: And you're only seeing the TIKI Box! There are others.. :lol: The question-mark-instead-of-a-face is/was the day I realised that I wasting my time drawing them in, as the lines are instantly removed as the head is shaped. B'nella: Cheers. I see you have your copy of 'Kahui Whetu' - I hope it inspires rather than put you off. It can be hard to see just how good 'good' gets.. Tipua: Talofa! Welcome back. If you don find any Tikis on one Island, it must be time to visit Samoa.. (groan) Hey, joking about it is as close as Ive been; Im jealous, despite the lack of Tiki. Maybe you should post a notice in Tiki-Travel just to warn people? Enough merry making, Ive been working.. -- -- Its another Tiki week. Im a bit behind in posting prog on a few pieces but have kept piccies and will post another time. The latest Teko-Toki was finished today and because I haven’t posted its progression, you get to see the whole show in one hit. (same Marsden stone again Timid) 'Hei-toki Tekoteko': The figure on this one is just under one inch tall: This is as far as I dare go with the grinding wheel, almost all work on the figure done with the handpiece. You can see here how fleeting is the life of a carefully drawn penline; simply there to guide stone towards tool for the moment of truth - and then instantly buzzed to oblivion. It pays not to blink or sneeze in these moments: ..the toki blade itself is relatively easy to achieve in the first wheel session but is also refined and finalised with the handpiece: From here on its just me and the Nakanishi.. ready for sanding.. -- -- Done: $hots: Happy carving! :) Tama* [ Edited by: tamapoutini 2008-09-01 00:58 ]

Kia ora All! Hows the carving business? Tikityboo!

Big ups,

KShaman: The better & almost completed pieces actually dont stay in that Box but are individually wrapped & kept in a smaller box - and all boxes are handled with utmost care. Yes, I have retrieved chipped pieces from the Box in the past, and have kicked myself for my own laziness, doh!

Surfin: Youve got a cousin whose cat is named Jade? Well its in your blood isnt it? Welcome to the stoners circle!

Blowfish: Keep your eye on the TC marketplace. I try to offer only xtra-special or xtra-affordable here. My output is frustratingly slow and low though, despite working at it as hard as I can.

G$: Cheers. I fully intend to finish them all sooner or later. There are some future bargians in the deeper levels..

bZart: Thinking about all the hours/days/weeks that are just sitting there in that/those boxes - X6!! Im feeling Boxed in all of a sudden.. :o

JP: Thanks. My mother always told me, 'life is like a Box of half-finished pounamu pendants - er, you just never know when youll eventually finish one?'. I should have listened to whatever it was my Dad told me (wasnt listening)

Mieko: And you're only seeing the TIKI Box! There are others.. :lol: *The question-mark-instead-of-a-face is/was the day I realised that I wasting my time drawing them in, as the lines are instantly removed as the head is shaped.

B'nella: Cheers. I see you have your copy of 'Kahui Whetu' - I hope it inspires rather than put you off. It can be hard to see just how good 'good' gets..

Tipua: Talofa! Welcome back. *If you don find any Tikis on one Island, it must be time to visit Samoa.. (groan) Hey, joking about it is as close as Ive been; Im jealous, despite the lack of Tiki. Maybe you should post a notice in Tiki-Travel just to warn people?

Enough merry making, Ive been working..

--

Its another Tiki week. Im a bit behind in posting prog on a few pieces but have kept piccies and will post another time. The latest Teko-Toki was finished today and because I haven’t posted its progression, you get to see the whole show in one hit. (same Marsden stone again Timid)

'Hei-toki Tekoteko':

The figure on this one is just under one inch tall:

This is as far as I dare go with the grinding wheel, almost all work on the figure done with the handpiece. You can see here how fleeting is the life of a carefully drawn penline; simply there to guide stone towards tool for the moment of truth - and then instantly buzzed to oblivion. It pays not to blink or sneeze in these moments: