Post #587774 by coconuttzo on Wed, May 4, 2011 4:11 AM

Malo 'e lelei Tikinatics!!

Merrie Monarch Week was such a blast! I was ecstatic because this would be the first time I'm commercially exposing my pendants in the craft fair arena. I met tons of wonderful people who enjoyed looking at what I had to offer. But nevermind me blabbering, I'm just gonna show you what I made.

First off, I was so busy with carving, sanding, braiding cords, & lashing that I forgot to take pictures of all my pieces. So this picture is what I had left on the last day of the three day craft fair event.

This is a Moai fish hook with tattoo motifes of a fisherman on one side...

and a birdman(tangata manu) petroglyph on the other.

A Tahitian Ta'aroa fish hook...

and tattoo motifs on the other side.

A Lono Makau...

and on the reverse, with tattoo motifs of the nihoniho.

There was a Tahitian Black Pearl vendor there who really loved my two tikis here...

I really didn't want to sell them unless the price was right so I was selling the bodied tiki for $400 & the head for $200. Lucky for him & my wife, on this last day of the fair, April 30th was me & my wife's 12th wedding annivesary so he traded a beautiful Tahitian Blackpearl necklace worth $800 with the two tikis. A little bittersweet moment because my wife loved her annivesary gift but I think I'd rather take cash instead. :lol:

Here's a Taiaha spearhead which I embedded cubic ziconia into the eyes.

You may have seen some of these following carvings but I just want to show them again lashed onto the necklace cords.

The following pendants are carved from ancient ivory from the Wooly Mammoth Tusks between 20,000 - 50,000 yrs. old.

And lastly, although I never technically carved it. This was the last of 10 ancient ivory scrap pieces which were too small for me to be creative but I thought would be a waste to throw away so I just drilled holes & lashed them to cords & turned them into pendants. I was selling them easily, starting at $30 & up depending on size. For ancient ivory over 20,000 yrs. old, I'd figure there'd still be some value in them. For once, I was right! :lol:

Tommorrow, I'll post some of the pendants which I have listed on ebay in the TC Marketplace if any of you are interested in purchasing. Some of these have been sold since picture was taken but I can take requests if you see something you're interested in.

Till then, 'A hui hou!!!

[ Edited by: coconuttzo 2011-05-04 07:04 ]