Paipo's Stone Tikis V2.0 - 2011

Thanks for the replies Chimp, Clarita, Ben, Jerome, Dave (surf is primo now spring has settled into the summer groove and the storms have passed - just had our big holiday weekend comp here and clocked up 6 hrs water time the last 2 days) - Bai, mijaba, amate and Jen...glad I found a home for that little guy. There was no way I was gonna let him cross the Pacific again!

Well what a slacker I've been again - another several weeks with no updates. I have been busy...I spent a week or two finally rebuilding my website and have also been making plenty of my production jewellery now winter's over. I am putting much more effort into promoting and selling my own work to pick up the slack in the retail market.

I do have tiki projects underway, as always, and finished this remake/upgrade of an earlier design last week:

Koropepe

i loves that Koropepe!
one can get lost in the spiral!
and the eyes!
betterer and betterer ...
:)

:o A great classic with a modern twist :o ... The details are fabulous, between the scales, the eye and tongue... crazy work!!

Thank's for sharing (even if not so often :P )and congrat for your web site, very elegant!

J.

OK, Paips, When did you sneak this Koropepe in here I could swear it wasn't here Last time I was here?
Koropepe

Awesome as Usual!

Paipo recieved the carving Heather bought from you as a gift for me. Thanks it is even better in person.

New posts for 2011?

On 2011-01-19 10:10, GROG wrote:
New posts for 2011?

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Holy Crap - NICE!!! I love 'em all! Thanks for posting Paipo!

Beautiful stuff, Man!!

WHOA! Holy Progress Bump!

Such Beautiful works !!!

Mahalo!

McTiki

Yay!!!

That is some fanstastic work. The details are so crisp, especially for stone!

Still one of the great masters!

Bowie

Paipo is the best-est!

Holy crap is right!!!!!!!!

Just beautiful and the DETAIL! AMAZING. they are sooooo clean and perfect.

Another saucy assortment of pebble-porn P'po! You've nailed the near-impossible transposition from wood-to-stone with your surface decorations (its unfortunate that such genius is probably lost on most people. Must get lonely at the top :wink:

You also scoop the 'Bravest Use' Award for your masterful alteration of the stunning Barrytown Special at the end there (again for those who dont know - pounamu pebbles of this quality are incredibly rare and it is a crime against nature for anyone without superhuman skillz to even contemplate carving one).

Always an inspiration.

She's actually a little Buller beauty that one...the finder is being very tight-lipped about where it and several other fine specimens were sourced. A bit easier to carve when you haven't picked it yourself! Will ring you VERY soon...

Thanks to all, I know it's been a while...I will have some more cool stuff to share in a few days. Haikai is in the house and we are having WAY too much fun (and too many Mai Tais!)...

Holey Canoli!
so THAT's where you've been!
Excellent new batch!
they keep getting more and more expressive!

About Time you showed up again. More Excellent works of the Most Unusual kind I might add, and T3 is right about the surface deco's, Very unique and Interesting. Nice seeing your terriffic art here again.