Post #456928 by greentikipat on Thu, May 28, 2009 2:03 PM

hey all-
GMAN! bein careful, hows it goin?

here are some new pics to share. first some progress on my tangaroa. very happy with the sway-back shaping that's happening. looked like eric cartman before. more with the lancelot and grinding wheels. i had started getting into chisle and gouge work ojn the face, but it was too soon. at the end here i had started again using the hand tools to recess under the arm and leg, hopefully find more time again very soon. need to clean out the garage and set up space in there so i'm not totally reliant on daylight and clear skies. getting one day off a week to coincide with good weather is near impossible these days.




i also have these stone pieces done.

this guy was pretty much done before, but cleaned up a bit now w/some better shots.


i love the green tone of this one.


i'm pretty happy with this hei tiki; just got too thin between the eye socket and hole. oh well.





this last one was actually started a while ago. after it dried from the first session, i thought the stone type was no good. it looked like raw granite inside; couldn't make out out any surface differences. after awhile, i saw it's color returning and decided to finish him through. glad i did. so much to learn about stones-i get the feeling i'll never learn even a fraction of all there is.





this one really takes on whatever brown or greens are around it.
mahalos for looking!!