swizzle....bought some chisels, and has started carving(Ku progress + another page 3) - Tiki Carving

S swizzle Tiki Socialite Melbourne,Australia Joined: Jun 03, 2007 Posts: 1460	S swizzle Posted posted on Sun, May 23, 2010 1:38 AM Thanks Andy. I'm looking forward to seeing more of your work too. I scored a couple of good sized logs yesterday so today I started on my first full body Ku. Drawing a 2D image onto a 3D object was confusing the hell out of me, but I just got stuck into it. I could visualize it in my head how it needed to look so I just carved until it started taking the shape I knew I needed. I've got it all worked out now. Although I think I might invest in a chainsaw. Removing large sections of wood is not only hard on the hands but extremely time consuming. With a chainsaw I think I would have made a lot more progress on this guy in the same amount of time. Here is the design drawn on. I think i'll change the eyes and nose when I get to it though. I'm not really concerened with carving the head/face, it's the body I want to get right first. It's just under 3 1/2 foot tall. Its hard to tell from the photo but there is quite a bit of wood removed, although that being said there is also still a lot more to go. I can see it starting to take shape and I'm looking forward to getting it roughed out so that I can then start cleaning it up properly and doing the intricate stuff which is what I enjoy.

Thanks Andy. I'm looking forward to seeing more of your work too.
I scored a couple of good sized logs yesterday so today I started on my first full body Ku. Drawing a 2D image onto a 3D object was confusing the hell out of me, but I just got stuck into it. I could visualize it in my head how it needed to look so I just carved until it started taking the shape I knew I needed. I've got it all worked out now. Although I think I might invest in a chainsaw. Removing large sections of wood is not only hard on the hands but extremely time consuming. With a chainsaw I think I would have made a lot more progress on this guy in the same amount of time.

Here is the design drawn on. I think i'll change the eyes and nose when I get to it though. I'm not really concerened with carving the head/face, it's the body I want to get right first. It's just under 3 1/2 foot tall.

Its hard to tell from the photo but there is quite a bit of wood removed, although that being said there is also still a lot more to go. I can see it starting to take shape and I'm looking forward to getting it roughed out so that I can then start cleaning it up properly and doing the intricate stuff which is what I enjoy.

Post #531787 by swizzle on Sun, May 23, 2010 1:38 AM