My first Tiki carving - Tiki Carving

R renco Member Oakland CA Joined: Sep 01, 2009 Posts: 3	R renco Posted posted on Tue, Sep 1, 2009 11:21 AM So after years of Tiki worship, I have finally taken the plunge and started carving. Up to this point I have drawn tikis and even made a couple "stone" god-heads from scrap bricks in my backyard. But this is the first wood one, from a scrap piece of oak we saved from a now-defunct wine barrel. I think the fact a buddy of mine is turning 40 spurred me to get my ass in gear and complete one. I'm planning on painting the head detail and inlaying a stone (he's an IT guy at a Zen monastery, so I wanted to honor that in the design). I will post more process pics if anyone's interested. Any and all feedback is welcome. Thanks! [ Edited by: renco 2009-09-01 11:23 ]

So after years of Tiki worship, I have finally taken the plunge and started carving. Up to this point I have drawn tikis and even made a couple "stone" god-heads from scrap bricks in my backyard. But this is the first wood one, from a scrap piece of oak we saved from a now-defunct wine barrel.

I think the fact a buddy of mine is turning 40 spurred me to get my ass in gear and complete one. I'm planning on painting the head detail and inlaying a stone (he's an IT guy at a Zen monastery, so I wanted to honor that in the design). I will post more process pics if anyone's interested. Any and all feedback is welcome. Thanks!

[ Edited by: renco 2009-09-01 11:23 ]

Post #480670 by renco on Tue, Sep 1, 2009 11:21 AM