Post #511354 by coconuttzo on Tue, Feb 16, 2010 12:31 AM

It's me again,

I was not planning on showing this because of an accident that occured at the end which has halted the project. But I put so much time & effort, I figured I might as well share my experience/trial.

Although it's non tiki themed, I've been wanting to do a project by carving whales out of bone for a while now & wanted to show some progress pics along the way. So here goes:

10 min. in... I forgot to take a before pic.

about 3 hrs. later. It was getting late so I had to continue the next mornin'.

1 hr. into the next day.

2 hrs. after

another 2 hrs later... man those bumps on the mother's mouth was a pain!!!

1 hr later... ready for sanding and final touch ups. Whew! I needed a break.

Okay, so after taking the last pic, I put the piece down to take a very long break. My lovely wife decides to pick it up to admire it & she accidentally drops it on our hard tiled floor. I was devastated. I wanted to cry & yell at her at the same time. But I knew she didn't intend to do it so I forgave her.

The flukes(is that what they call it?) of the tail broke off. I haven't had the energy to pick up the piece and try to salvage it. I don't want to throw it away either. Too much painstaking hard work to do that.

Maybe I'll post the broken piece. I haven't take a pic yet. It's too painful.