Post #414929 by Tamapoutini on Wed, Oct 22, 2008 6:20 PM

Aloha!

BenZ: as always, right there with kind encouragement. Thanks mate; small + detailed + 3-dimensional does seem to be the winning combo at the moment, although that said Ive just recently finished quite a *thin/low relief hei-Tiki that Im quite proud of.

Cheers for the support Hewey, G-dizzle, Surfin', JP, TFreak (yes, a few berries lately, well spotted, haha), KShaman, Tpaka (wrinkles, see below), Babalu (Xmas is the hardest time to make me promise anything, heehee) and Seeks! Big thanks everyone.

Tipua: I owe you a special apology (for being a useless bugger) and a special thanks (for not hassling me about it, which I probably deserve). There is a piece of stone on my bench trimmed to size & with your name on it..

Triangular Tiki: Thanks for your comps on this guy everyone - Tikipaka: the lines on the face are moko/tattoo, although because the Maori followed and enhanced the natural features of the face I can understand how they might look like wrinkles. The innermost line on each side of the chin moko ends in a spiral (not captured in pics so well), ditto on each side of the nose and in the centre of the brows & hopefully these suggest tattoo a bit better when seen in person.

So when youre on to a good thing:

1 1/2 x 1/2" approx

*And the new flatty/low relief mentioned earlier:

Admittedly Im still far more excited about producing thicker/3-D pieces (& would rather not show those side views but for the sake of hopefully helping someone?) but you have to use those old thin-cut slabs to the best of your abilities dont you?

Take care All - Happy carving!