TikiMango's Carvings- P31, Bone Hawaiian Tapa Hook - Tiki Carving

T TikiMango Member Satellite Beach, FL Joined: Jun 17, 2008 Posts: 798	T TikiMango Posted posted on Tue, Apr 14, 2009 6:45 AM I found a 2x12 yellow pine board and decided to try to carve a canoe and rowers. I thought the yellow pine would have a wide grain like the Douglas Fur that I had experience with, but the grain was much tighter. After I was carved and burnt this, the middle rower snapped off while I was wire brushing. This probably explains why all the rest of these that I have seen had inlaid rowers instead of trying to make it from one solid chuck o' wood. So I cleaned-up where the break occurred, and now refer to this as The Missing Rower. I got real lucky with the placement and symmetry of those two knots. The overall size is 36x12. The grain just wasn't as tight as I wanted, so I didn't put a lot of detail in this piece. I'll seal it and stick it on the wall anyways.

I found a 2x12 yellow pine board and decided to try to carve a canoe and rowers. I thought the yellow pine would have a wide grain like the Douglas Fur that I had experience with, but the grain was much tighter. After I was carved and burnt this, the middle rower snapped off while I was wire brushing. This probably explains why all the rest of these that I have seen had inlaid rowers instead of trying to make it from one solid chuck o' wood. So I cleaned-up where the break occurred, and now refer to this as The Missing Rower.

I got real lucky with the placement and symmetry of those two knots. The overall size is 36x12.

The grain just wasn't as tight as I wanted, so I didn't put a lot of detail in this piece. I'll seal it and stick it on the wall anyways.

Post #446943 by TikiMango on Tue, Apr 14, 2009 6:45 AM