Welcome to the Tiki Central 2.0 Beta. Read the announcement
Tiki Central logo
Celebrating classic and modern Polynesian Pop

Tiki Central / Tiki Gallery

Rioturban Tiki Carving

Pages: 1 29 replies

R
RIOTURBAN posted on 07/07/2012

Hi Tikiheads,
here are a few fotos of my carvings, hope you like them.
best wishes,
Rioturban

the big one
made of spruce wood and is about 2 meters high,
eyes are paua shells

"The Tongue Tiki"
it is carved out of cypress wood and is about 1 meter high,
eyes are paua shell inlays

"The scales Tiki"
its also cypress wood and is about 1 meter high with paua shell inlays

one of my first pieces,
made of cherry wood and about 50 cm high

this one is a tiki for incense sticks,
you can take off the bee and put an incense stick
into the hole.the ash would fall onto the tongue.

also one of my first tikis is this one,
its chestnut wood with paua shell eyes

the "ferocious treebeard",
a rough practice piece for the first steps with the chainsaw

this one is a practice piece from the book:"te toi Whakairo"from Hirini Moko Mead
its shown step by step how to carve it and very good for beginners
its 33cm high, 15 wide and 5cm thick

"The Woodpecker"
made out off robinia (bastard acacia)with paua shell inlays.
its about 1 meter high.

[ Edited by: RIOTURBAN 2012-07-07 03:19 ]

[ Edited by: RIOTURBAN 2012-07-18 04:54 ]

[ Edited by: RIOTURBAN 2012-12-01 03:27 ]

H
hiltiki posted on 07/07/2012

Your work is incredible. Each piece is unique and well composed. You have a great sense for design. Very nice.

V
VampiressRN posted on 07/07/2012

Welcome to Tiki Central...love your carving style...NICE!!!

R
RIOTURBAN posted on 11/21/2012

my new gearshift knop!

B
bigbrotiki posted on 11/22/2012

Love the modernist one...

...and the highly stylized "Woodpecker"

Wohnst du auf dem Lande?

R
RIOTURBAN posted on 11/22/2012

thank you!teils teils, auf dem land und in der stadt!

R
RIOTURBAN posted on 03/10/2013

marquesan style-1,8 meter

R
RIOTURBAN posted on 03/10/2013

H
hang10tiki posted on 03/11/2013

Sehr gut bruddah

Jon

[ Edited by: hang10tiki 2013-03-10 22:57 ]

R
RIOTURBAN posted on 06/16/2013

R
RIOTURBAN posted on 06/20/2013

fresh oiled "Moai".about 1,4 meter high

P
pjc5150 posted on 06/20/2013

seen your stuff in the carving section...

your finishing skills are impressive sir...

A
amate posted on 06/21/2013

Love that Moai !!!

R
RIOTURBAN posted on 06/23/2013

actually it`s not a tiki but for me somehow connected. a fake bonsai for my sister (she has no luck with real plants!)

[ Edited by: RIOTURBAN 2013-06-23 02:11 ]

R
RIOTURBAN posted on 08/04/2013

R
RIOTURBAN posted on 08/09/2013

C
cy posted on 08/09/2013

Beauty!

R
RIOTURBAN posted on 10/31/2013

first try on a shrunken head- i`m hooked!

TM
tiki mick posted on 10/31/2013

Wow!

T
TikiHula posted on 11/01/2013

rioturban your work is simply amazing! Beautiful detail and I like your choice of woods. You should ship some stuff over to the US and vend at Don's or Oasis :)

C
cy posted on 11/02/2013

Yeah Rio, just ship them to me and I will make sure they get there.

R
RIOTURBAN posted on 06/06/2014

a little pendant

R
RIOTURBAN posted on 06/06/2014

"Laurel & Hardy"


http://www.rioturban.de

R
RIOTURBAN posted on 06/18/2014

Tikipole!


http://www.rioturban.de

[ Edited by: RIOTURBAN 2014-06-18 10:12 ]

C
cy posted on 06/18/2014

Always enjoy seeing the direction you are heading Riot, Tikipole is very cool!

R
RIOTURBAN posted on 09/12/2014

Speed-tikis! 1.5 Days of work

Me,Myself and I.

A
AlohaTexasTikiCo posted on 12/21/2014

Hey lovin' your work. The woodpecker, inscense burner, the gearshift and the pendant all among my favs. I'll be eagerly awaiting more!
-Jay

R
RIOTURBAN posted on 01/07/2015

Thanks Jay,
here is one i did recently for a lady.
little pendant in a box.

some while ago this chopsticks

[ Edited by: RIOTURBAN 2015-01-07 11:14 ]

and another older piece, about 5.9 feet .( man i need to update my account!)

[ Edited by: RIOTURBAN 2015-01-07 11:18 ]

T
tikicarver posted on 02/19/2015

Marvelous Stuff! Great!

R
RIOTURBAN posted on 08/17/2015

Mask Buthan Style

Tekoteko Maori Style
Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/76590/55d1be53.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=b999ccfecfd3bfd9697cc7f777cefc39

"The Discus" modern style
Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/76590/55d1be73.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=36b1482ecbad7a523e2739aa3edbf7b1

Pages: 1 29 replies