Post #783752 by danlovestikis on Thu, Feb 8, 2018 8:16 AM

Prikli Pear I've never heard of such a thinn and it's interesting.During this time I have had some minor cracking that is repairable with Magic Mend. So actually going really slow with these pieces has been a good idea. I am just now leaving them outside of the plastic for half a day rather than an hour or two at a time. So they are drying well now. We also have had a winter of 72 degrees from Global Warming. We should be freezing and raining right now in Northern California but instead it is like the best of summer temperatures. Thank you for this information.

Hamo I like reading these stories.

Hamo thank you so much for the photo. I can't take a photo that is as good as yours. I appreciate it.

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Wish List #8 the Black Velvet for Stephen Seaton continues with the first tiki. The plants will now wait until the end to be finished.

Again I use the photos as a guide. Doing a tiki of my own would be much faster. Copying is harder because it doesn't take much to get off track and black velvet doesn't forgive errors.

First I did the top cone.

Next the head and

making sure that it looks like there is a top to the head and rounded down.

More and more layers applied.

Even with the photo it's back and forth seeing if I got the eyes in the right place. Maybe a little off.

Time to leave him for now. I'll go back with shading later.

Thank you for your messages they are very much appreciated. Wendy