SWIZ - Mugs 'n' Stuff....yep! More lamps (and some pendants). - Other Crafts

S swizzle Tiki Socialite Melbourne,Australia Joined: Jun 03, 2007 Posts: 1449	S swizzle Posted posted on Thu, Nov 19, 2015 5:30 PM Thanks Beachbumz my buddy. I'm pretty happy with the moai myself. I have something similar but different on it's way which i'm loving so far. I wonder what you'll think. ================================================================================================================ Here's a couple more lights i finished last night and then something a little different. Another one of the cylinder type lights i've already made a few of, this one with a fabric with hei tikis from New Zealand on it. I have no idea how, but i finally ended up with a good shot taken at night with the light on where you can actually see the fabric pattern, not just a white blur like all the other night-time shots. (Exactly like the pic next to it :lol: ). This light is another one made using a basket from a thriftstore. If you look closely you can see that there are a lot of threads/strands that are cracked. I don't know why i bought it at the time because i doubt i would buy anything damaged like this one now but i had it so i followed through with it and here is the result. I was actually planning on selling this at a cheaper price than all the others i've made, even though the cost of materials are similar, maybe a little less, and the labor involved the same amount of time, if not even more than some of the others, but as it was coming together and when i put the top onto it i decided i'm keeping this one for myself. I'm really happy with how it looks overall and think it really looks like it could have come out of the Kahiki or somewhere like that. It just seems to have a real 'old' look to it. Well at least i think so. And here's something a little different i finished the other day. I found this ships wheel in a thrift store with what looks like an Eastern European diorama in it and bought it with the intention of removing what was inside and tikifying it. I painted the back, added some sand, some plastic palm trees from an aquarium ornament, a shell and used one of my pendants for the tiki and here is the result with a before and after pic. I'm pretty happy with it. Cheers swizzle

Thanks Beachbumz my buddy. I'm pretty happy with the moai myself. I have something similar but different on it's way which i'm loving so far. I wonder what you'll think.

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Here's a couple more lights i finished last night and then something a little different.

Another one of the cylinder type lights i've already made a few of, this one with a fabric with hei tikis from New Zealand on it. I have no idea how, but i finally ended up with a good shot taken at night with the light on where you can actually see the fabric pattern, not just a white blur like all the other night-time shots. (Exactly like the pic next to it :lol: ).

This light is another one made using a basket from a thriftstore. If you look closely you can see that there are a lot of threads/strands that are cracked. I don't know why i bought it at the time because i doubt i would buy anything damaged like this one now but i had it so i followed through with it and here is the result. I was actually planning on selling this at a cheaper price than all the others i've made, even though the cost of materials are similar, maybe a little less, and the labor involved the same amount of time, if not even more than some of the others, but as it was coming together and when i put the top onto it i decided i'm keeping this one for myself. I'm really happy with how it looks overall and think it really looks like it could have come out of the Kahiki or somewhere like that. It just seems to have a real 'old' look to it. Well at least i think so.

And here's something a little different i finished the other day. I found this ships wheel in a thrift store with what looks like an Eastern European diorama in it and bought it with the intention of removing what was inside and tikifying it. I painted the back, added some sand, some plastic palm trees from an aquarium ornament, a shell and used one of my pendants for the tiki and here is the result with a before and after pic. I'm pretty happy with it.

Cheers
swizzle

Post #754361 by swizzle on Thu, Nov 19, 2015 5:30 PM