Post #462562 by TikiMango on Wed, Jun 17, 2009 1:35 PM

Still powering through this creative bump from Hukilau. I'm sure I'll stop at some point. Right? Right? Today's offering is another hook and a patu with a tiki or manaia figure (not sure what to call it).

So I am trying to keep to two pieces of bone a day. I am not sure why I am trying that, but that's the plan and I'm sticking to it.

This hook was deceivingly complicated for me. I wanted to try a two-tone piece that I've seen online. I used a tea stain as that's all I had handy. After staining it I masked areas I wanted to keep the stain and sanded everything else to remove the stain. The tea still got into areas that I didn't want it to go, and I couldn't remove all of it. I also doubt I'll add that smaller barb on the inside of the loop again... what a pain, but I really wanted those two points to be very close to each other.

So this patu or war club was fun to do, but doing the relief to the rest of the piece was a major time sink. As you can tell, I still didn't get everything smooth, but it looks a little better to the naked eye. For some reason though, my patu looks like a kidney bean on a stick. :(