Post #703679 by danlovestikis on Fri, Jan 3, 2014 10:56 AM

hang10tiki when Tiki Hula told me his idea I thought of the phrase, Go big or Go home! He certainly went big and I learned that the impossible can be done.

Big Kahuna Tiki Hula thanks you as do I.

TikiHula all it takes is desire and some good carving tools. You are on your way.

Holler Waller he has plans for its proper display when it's done. This will be an active bowl so fun really describes it.

hang10tiki he is young and so are you. Just give me a cola with caffeine and I can keep up with you boys.

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Thank you to all who have voted us up to Cool and Current #4 (last I looked). I appreciate the effort that takes.

When working on the AL DEAD bowl I would also work a bit on another project. A moai wall plaque. Since I changed the sculpt to make it mold ready I have to do a lot of carving such as rounding the hat.

If the clay is too thin after the carving I just add more to the inside.

Here I have carved the hat, behind the ear and along the side. I will need to carve under the arm and the rest of the side.

I started with the side.

Next I carved the arms.

Finished and ready for the stone texture to be repaired and added to the newly carved areas.

While I worked on a shrunken head Tiki Hula pressed a piece of large grained sand paper into the soft clay.

This was such demanding work he had to take his jacket off. He did a good job.

A few more steps to go before this one is finished.

Thank you all for the visit and comments. You are appreciated, Wendy