Post #809306 by BlackWater on Mon, Jun 5, 2023 7:09 PM

Sun 6/4/23 Started on leg 2, another Marquesan pole from the OA auction catalog. For the first one I took a bunch of pics of the source at OA in person, but this one I just have a 3/4 angle. Need to figure out what to put on the back but I’m not sure where to find pics of tiki pole butts.

Step 1 this time was sanding the whole thing. I hope the weird greenish outside finish looks OK on the first one, I didn’t want to sand it and lose all the poly patterns I carved. I’ll find out when I test stain the test piece I cut. I drew a center line and side lines so I can measure things for symmetry using a measuring tape. I like to bring the source pic into photoshop, then I place an inch scale next to it as a rough guide. Then I can eyeball, the nose starts around 4.5” down or whatever.

I’m carving deeper on this one. One cool thing about carving a pole is it’s easy to feather the cut using power tools. Even a router, just continue in a straight line and the cut feathers out. The top piece has a thin cut which I duplicated with a hand saw.

Made some progress on the face in four hours. Carving in the backyard with my shirt off like a wild man.