Post #734805 by danlovestikis on Fri, Jan 9, 2015 3:59 PM

Tyber Tiki, thank you for understanding that I can't make a duplicate of the photo. I'll do my best to make it something special that you'll approve of... or not!

hang10tiki thank you for checking in and sharing during your vacation.

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ebtiki we wish you a speedy recovery. If you don't follow him on facebook you may not know that he's building his tiki room in his basement. He tripped over a floor mat and fell breaking his left wrist. He was bound up until surgery today.

Iv first and then time to get a metal plate.

I had this same problem a couple of years ago. I hope they do as well for him as they did for me. I have no problems.

Get well Eric so you can be back to work on your room.

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Back to the progress on Tyber Tikis Wish. Here's several days of work in photos.

Time to finish up. Here's the domino effect. I made the hands similar in size and that meant that the little tikis head had to tip the opposite direction. I hope that's not going to cause a curse or worse.

Next I worked on the body. I kept checking the photo for size.

Next up were the hands.

I carved them. So small.

Checking size with the leg photos in place I had to adjust the elbows inward and then get the knees right below them.

Next I did his knees and

then I worked on his right leg and foot.

I checked the sizes again.

Now the left knee, leg and foot.

Time to check again.

Overhead lighting shows the depth better.

Here's a side view.

Now it was time for plastic surgery on the nose. This is plastic clay so I can say that.

I reduced it to match the photos size but it doesn't show much in this photo.

I added a bit of detail to the little tikis face to see how it would mold.

So what I have done is made a structure of the tiki without it's carving detail. To make something this large I used soft sculpting clay. It's lousy for detail.

After I have molded and cast this tiki I will hand carve it like I do all the super carved Tiki Bob's. So next up
Dan and I will be making the largest mold we have ever made. 23 inches tall and 10 inches wide. My guess is that it will weigh around 30 pounds.

Wish us luck! Wendy