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 Wed, Sep 2, 2009 7:22 PM GMAN, Laojia, TheBigT, thank you for the nice comments. So I was going through my "pieces-parts" bone pile and spied a chunk I thought would be big enough to make something with. I guess all bone carvers have to do one sooner or later... I present the obligatory Whale Tail. I poured over several hundred photos on Google trying to decide exactly what species of whale I would try. I think the Sperm tail is a little too triangular while the Humpback was a bit too swoopy. Orca tail would have been cool, but wouldn't fit the scrap I was working with. I decided on a mash-up. You gotta love artist's liberty. The lashing around the cord and bone was a real killer for me. I struggled with that. The piece of bone I used had a nice shape. I hope the piece did not come out too dynamic or static. Thanks for looking.

GMAN, Laojia, TheBigT, thank you for the nice comments.

So I was going through my "pieces-parts" bone pile and spied a chunk I thought would be big enough to make something with. I guess all bone carvers have to do one sooner or later... I present the obligatory Whale Tail. I poured over several hundred photos on Google trying to decide exactly what species of whale I would try. I think the Sperm tail is a little too triangular while the Humpback was a bit too swoopy. Orca tail would have been cool, but wouldn't fit the scrap I was working with. I decided on a mash-up. You gotta love artist's liberty.

The lashing around the cord and bone was a real killer for me. I struggled with that.

The piece of bone I used had a nice shape. I hope the piece did not come out too dynamic or static.

Thanks for looking.

Post #480999 by TikiMango on Wed, Sep 2, 2009 7:22 PM