Post #513067 by Bay Park Buzzy on Wed, Feb 24, 2010 2:23 AM

Yesterday's sunset had a big Navy ship on the horizon. Today you can see a Navy chopper just above the sun:

Go Navy!

Tiki progress:

I started the day with it here:

I stopped working on the face last night because the light sucked and I needed to see it better to carve. I need a new light in my living room for when I carve.

Little more blocking out of the face:

Now on to the nose refinements:

Nose done, mouth next:

Mouth done:

Right before carving the hands

Hands and ears carved, all done now:

One more for the sanding pile...

Poki update:

Poki says she likes Hiltiki's idea for the card. She thanks Cammo for the work he did on it and the liverwurst.

Poki plays with her new toy: Molding wood scrap piece tied to a rope

Poki's new trick is using her doggy door to go outside on her own. They grow up so fast...

On 2010-02-22 19:52, hiltiki wrote:
I like the red wood stains on the chest of the moai, your work looks good.

This log had some issues. I got it fresh cut the day it came down, but noticed that the tree was dying from the inside. There was a big dead spot that ran all down the log. Every piece had the same spot in the center of it. It was dry, dead, and decomposing wood with fresh wet live wood all around it. In this picture, you can see the dark brown part, which is the old dead part of the tree,
that wood sucks and is uncarvable for my needs, so I had to work around it. It fit in pretty good with the layout of this Maoi, as you can see. I managed to squeeze the carving in all the good wood parts. That red stain is where I started to carve into it, and when I got deep enough, it started to expose it. the rest of the log will get darker, and I'll probably stain it dark so it will not even be noticable anymore.

On 2010-02-23 15:39, amate wrote:
I didn't see a full profile of the recent Moai. Please consider including one when you update. Thankis for all your help and inspiration.

Hey Amate! The profile picture will not really help you that much. I used a split log for it, so I didn't have enough wood to do it orrect scale to depth. I consider the split log carvings I do to be relief carvings. To get the side profile correct, I'd need another inch for the chin, two more for the nose, and two or three for the whole back of the body. I just try to get them to look like they are full round deep carvings from the front view only. Lately, I've been hollowing out the backs so that they are lighter and can be hung to a wall.
It's only 5" deep(13cm)

to do it right, I'd need a square stock piece about 10" x 10". I had to compress everything to fit it in

Here's an example of one of the latest finished wall hangers I did. From the front, it looks like a full, carved to depth tiki:

But the side shows it's only 4.5" deep. I had onl about 1.5" to fit in the whole mouth and face after I made the headress so wide. It doesn't look flat from the front, thankfully

The hollowed back lightens it up and gives room for hanging hardware.

This one weighs only 9 pounds. (2.2 kilos) I probably will not hollow out the moai. I still have to decide...

On 2010-02-23 18:47, hiltiki wrote:
Cammo, This card should be all about Poki.

That's what Poki just told me! then she started chewing on her butt and took a nap...

On 2010-02-23 18:57, Benzart wrote:
Yes, Nice instructions here Buzzy, I need to hang around here more and re learn how to carve a tiki or tu. Happy to see you back up to speed, you feeling 100% yet?

I'm 100%, 25% of the time. I'm not quite back to full strength yet, but I'm working on getting there as soon as possible without reinjuring myself. I have to work on my stamina too. I seem to be a lot weaker now than I was a few months back. Must have been all that sitting around I did for three months. Or maybe that's just old age finally creeping up on me? Anyway, I feel really good most of the time, and when I do not, the recovery time is real quick. I definitely feel like all this will very very soon be behind me. Then it will be just like the rest of my life up until now: a memory. And if you need some help on our tikis, just let me know and I'll do a special request tutorial for you. :wink:

I'll do them for other people too, but Benzart's always first.
Any requests?
Buzzy Out!

[ Edited by: Bay Park Buzzy 2010-02-24 02:25 ]

[ Edited by: Bay Park Buzzy 2010-02-24 02:34 ]