small wood carving from France. Short update last page

Excellent work as always.

What wood is this??

I'm working with something similar and have no idea what it is.

wow! what a fantatic collection of work. There is some great deatil in there. The lono looks awesome!

JE-Rome,,, You Don't Disappoint ,,, At All.. Awesome stuff yo have in the works and even finished some.

Great update on your activities Jerome....really wonderful work. Nice variety
and the adze is really nice. A treat to see your post.

Wow Jerome, I've been missing out! There's so much great stuff going on in your shop. I love the owl - brilliant idea. I like seeing how you have all the tikis blocked out on your bench. Are you hand cutting those or using a band saw?

That skull-nut ring is sweeeeeeet!! very cool

Great job on the toki/adze too, nice to know the old forms are still being used, Im assuming its a working tool? A no-nonsense tool anyway! If you ever want to make an ornamental model with traditional nephrite/pounamu blade Im happy to help.

Lots of great carves as usual. I am even inspired by your rough outs.

Hello Tiki Central! Monthly update from France!

-Thank's for comment Cy! Always appreciate.

-Yes Will, my lil Lono guy love journeys... :wink:

-Thank you Hiltiki!

-The adze handle is from ash tree Tom, less harder than oak, beautiful grain and nice smell when you cut it.

-Thank you Grand Poobah!

-Also thank's for stopping by Sensei carver.

-Thank you Conga! The adze was a pleasure to carve, same time a challenge... I think I will start another one soon. But meanwhile there are still many things on the workbench!

-Thank's BigT! The owl is a commisionned work for a friend, his wife love owl... the tiki on the bench were roughed with the bandsaw ... At my work as the boss looks elsewhere... :roll:

-Hey Tama! Nice to see here! Thank's for the skull ring :o . Fun and sweat to made it, I'm not very accustomed to working with files and metal saw. My adze will indeed make lot of chips ... Moreover, it has already begun
We'll talk about this adze ornamental... Thank's again Tama!

-Thank you amate! Happy to inspire you! (You did the same...) :wink:

Some différent thing on the bench last weeks:

First, finally finishing frame For Jimmy Virani:

carved details:

With the Robb Hamel velvet here

Also for Jimmy Virani ( Lucky guy! :P )

a french polynesian coin in a display showing the pattern of the coin

Another guy was happy with this inspired comtemporary maori figure:

Benella birthday gift!

With an original design t-shirt :

Some other works:

The fourth Hawaïan brother finally finished:

Maybe it will join his three brothers soon.

Another koru pendant with ash and walnut gift box:

And a tiny walnut Ku, knive work and varnish, no sanding on this guy:

In fact a study model for a larger piece.

A last pic, the first chips for the adze on a Walnut wahaika:

That's All Folks!

Thank's for looking!
Have a nice day!

Jérôme.

wow.....you are busy......spring got you all fired up....GREAT STUFF.

very nice Coco Joe's like little Ku ! J'aime !

Yep! a busy spring John CC...Thank you! Your is the next...

... with a little more practical exercise:

Also thank's Jimmy! Perhap's the last one Ku is inspired by something seen there no long time... :roll:

Have a nice day!

Jérôme

maître sculpteur ! How do you say "Master Carver" in french?

Master indeed.....I love all of them...but your "contemporary maori" is really
cool....wonderful concept.

Mumm nice looking here.

SALUT JEROME
GREAT TO SEE YOUR WORK
AWESOME ADZE
I HAVE TO RE-CARVE SOON ....
GREETS
AKUAE

Just superb!

Thank you for sharing.

McTiki

awesome!

WOW! You are all over the map with your work. It seems you don't just focus your talents in one area, but are great in many.

Hello TCer's fellow! Finally an update... Wow, the life is full these days!

Hey Amate... You the master! " maître sculpteur" will be the good term for me, in ten or twelve years... Thank you!

Also thank you Conga! The contemporary maori was well appreciated by Benella, I redo the same idea for an other ways, news soon!

Thank you Craig!

Alex! Go to carve! Go to carve! Go to carve! We need more Tiki carving in France!
Hope you go well friend, we talk soon!

Thank you McTiki!

Thank's pjc5150 ( that's your number?)

Thank you Grand Pooobah, I enjoy working in many directions, always three or four current project, often small diferentes, then I work the next day availability.

Some old and news project

Sépik Pop Figure:
Pics taken just before his long journey to Florida (Hi John!)

Basswood, stain, acrylic, varnish.
"Bejoès" shell for the eyes, beachcombing in Portugal.
Bone carved in the nose.

An other skull ring:
This one went the other side of the earth:

Maybe one day, a pics with the finger of this talented carver from Aotearoa inside the ring... :roll:
Like the first, from a steel nut
Gift box in rosewood and bone.

A bone product, commisioned work by a DJ

This pratical exercice finished

soon use...

An other Tangaroa

Prunus, stained, varnished. Can be wall hanging.

The last on the bench:

And next week, tiki carving live in "the gormandizers" car show

Thank's for looking!
Have a nice day!

Jérôme.

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[ Edited by: laojia 2011-06-17 01:26 ]

The last on the bench:

i think he wants to come visit in florida too!!!!!. cant wait to see him done. Thank you again jerome.......i was showing some friends of mine your work while drinking way too many beers.....i have alot of stuff from you! everybody loves your work......ALL your work is top notch and original to you......and YOU ARE A MASTER!!!!!!! wear the title proudly.

now i hope to have something heading your way this summer ..for you!!!

The "last one on the bench" seems too large to fit on the bench. How tall is he? I can't wait to see this one finished.

Steel nuts,, You're Nutz my friend, Cool stuff and LOVE the details on the PNG piece, Awesome1

Fantastic works Laojia! This one is over the top! Really incredible. Wow.

What's up with this guy? Any progress?

Finally back from vacation !

I went to see how are the carvers who live near the sea...and now, I'm back and it is a lot of work in progress in the workshop...And it starts to get hurry:

Thank you! Thank you John CC!!! I do not know if one day he will visit Florida, at least he went to Paris next month for the new exhibition Tiki Tribe! See above!

You're right amate, he don't fit on the bench... On the V trestles may be more correct... :wink: He's tall 110cm, 3.6 feet. Not finished yet. Thank's for reply!

Yep Sensei Carver, totally nutz!! Also you know well the carver who wears it, over there in the South Pacific... Thank's for comp, always appreciated from you.

Thank you Big T, a litttle progress on the Sepik idols, but no pics... :( Sorry. Next times I promise!

Just before vacation, I've carved a large tiki in the "Gormandizers Car Show". Only with chainsaw, approximately 12 hours of work, here are some pictures:

Nice vintage cars and hot rod pics HERE. Follow the links on the link please...

Now, other things from the workshop:

First, a pine Moai. Actually a wedding present:

A series of walnut carving framed

Oak frame.
the bottom of the frame is inlaid laminate and snakewood.

Moai

Tangaroa

Marquesan

Papua

Ku

Something different, also framed:

A couple of war dancer

Ash tree hand-carved in pine frame.

an other figurate Virani and the Taikaii in Hiva Oa

Thank's for looking!

Have a nice day!

Jérôme.

Your work is always flawless, I love the War Dancers.

The word....Humbled.....comes to mind.

Mahalo

McTiki

Classy art Jerome, very beautiful work. I love your framed tiki masks.

Greetings Jerome, You Know I Love that Practice piece you did

"
This pratical exercice finished

soon use..."
What are you using it for, to send to Florida by chance, Beautiful Work and are Most ALL your works here. Man I go away a few days and you post the Most Astounding stuff I've ever seen Way to go.
When are YOU coming to Florida??
Cheers my Friend.

as usual....... GREAT PIECES and lots of them!!!!!!

you da man jerome........you need to do a book of carving or teach or something....your knowledge should not be lost to the world....

Hello TC'ers!
Long time since I posted. Life was very busy last few weeks (some know what I mean ...):roll: . Now is the time to do an update before the pictures goes astray.

For my last post:

-Thank you Hiltiki! Thank's for the comps!

-Mahalo to you McTiki. Sincerely.

-Thank you Conga, lot of fun to do this black frames serie

-"...Most Astounding stuff I've ever seen..." ... Wrong way BenZ, look around your workbench and the moutains of toolz, here the most astounding stuff in TC!
Thank's for support sensei carver!

-Also thank you Creative Chimp! I'm not ready for a book but we ( Tiki Tribe France!) have released our first tiki fanzine. only four pages...
And for teaching, see below, here's some picture of Seb and his first tiki mask:

Sebastien, 15 years old

Hand carved for four afternoons of summer, according to own design

For my part, here are the creations and stuff finalized this past month:

First, the Celtill Black pendant:


A commisioned work, made from cow horn. Inlayed with pink ivory, grenadill, paua and ebony

Some Tiki:

A little marquisian:


Basswood, stained , varnished

An oak "God of Fortune"

An Hawaiian inspired tiki:

Larger pieces finished:

Sépik inspired figure:

Tall 3.6 feet, close up:

A Poly Pop Moai:

Spruce wood and beech top knot:

And some frame, also finished:

Two tone tiki mask

Paire of mask

Haka diptych:

Haka sun

Haka Koru

The last piece finished in time, a willow Tiki head, waxed:

All this always just finished in time for the second exhibition in Paris of the Tiki Tribe!

And other projects already underway:

Thank's for looking!
Have a nice day!

Jérôme.

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[ Edited by: laojia 2011-09-11 01:30 ]

Jerome,
Your thread is a real treat.
Anytime I think my stuff is out of this world,
all I have to do is look at your stuff &
My feet come right back to earth.
Thanks
Will

I am speechless. :)

i love them all keep up the good work

i just woke up from passing out.......i remember looking at your thread and blacking out from envy......ooops, did it again!

Jerome - I'd like to tell you which one is my favorite...but they are all so good I cannot decide. Not only talent but prolific talent.

Hello Tiki Central! The Fall update!

-Thank's to you Will. If my thread is a treat for you, your's is no less! Thank you sir!

-Don't be speechless Hiltiki...

-Thank's Marcus, I've appreciate the comp!

-Hi Créative Chimp! Just woke me too... :wink: Thank's for stopping by!

-Thank you much Amate! Sure, it's hard to choose when there are much ... myself I can not what to say. This time there are less:

First, marquisian in larch

Humm..maybe rework a larger mouth...

No finishing on this one. I'll let the winter wind, rain, sun and snow probably give it a patina "antique".
I will take pictures regularly to see the evolution of one year.

Then, a walnut warclub Wahaika:

Just linseed oil for finishing.

The consumerist fisher god:

Willow, bamboo cane...


... thuja burl matau and tin of fish soup

in fact, it's a lamp:

That's all for the moment.

Next project on the bench with some bone stuff:

An adze/Toki with a pounamou blade...

...carved by Tamapoutini!

I hope that I would be at level of the beauty of this stone.

Have a nice day!

Jérôme.

great idea ! That fisherman's lamp is awesome ! Classic french soup can makes a great effect.
And I love the Marq too. Way to go mein tiki bruder !

beautiful work jerome......love the fisherman lamp.

Your work is always so unique and interesting. Keep them coming. It is always fun to be here.

Fantastic and imaginative work laojia! Also like to see the younger generation taking an interest in tiki.

[ Edited by: cy 2011-10-27 14:41 ]

On 2011-10-24 02:13, laojia wrote:

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That's just too good. Do you thin the linseed oil or use it full strenght?

On 2011-10-24 02:13, laojia wrote:

An adze/Toki with a pounamou blade...

...carved by Tamapoutini!

Admittedly my chizzling experience is very limited but Im pretty sure that blade should be hafted the other way around? (top/bottom, understand?) Hope I havent created an unusable tool in my ignorance..

Love the fish soup lamp, great idea. So many projects!

Jerome, Master carver in disguise, Totally Excellent works my friend, and I am So Happyhappyhappy to see you creating so much from the Ancient Maori arts. our Marq's are excellent too as are most all your pieces.
It's hard for me to tell which way the adz is facing in Tamma's question but the Sharpened bevel side is the one which should be striking the wood first as in a normal chisel and it does make a big difference if it is hafted upside down so make sure you get it right-side-up, which I'm sure you will.
Just plain NICE Stuff!
When you coming to Florida (and get some sand in your shoes), you never answered????

Hey Jerome amazing new ones! that oak "God of Fortune" is my favorite, incredible skills you have.

Very busy season... Hi Tiki Central! Some news from France!

-Thank you Virani! Back from Aotearoa? Post the pics! :o :o :o

-Also thank you JohnCC! Lot of fun to realise this fisherman lamp!
I apologize, no (goods) pics of my preferred Sépik figure... :-? The weather is really bad for weeks and the tapestry behind my desk (refection soon) does not do justice to the sculpture. The first ray of sunshine, I will bring him to an iconic place in my town for a nice picture.

-Thank you Hiltiki, I appreciate the comp'!

-I'm not so young as I seem... Thank you CY!

-Amate hello! I thins linseed oil, by heating, so that it penetrates deep into the woods. I read in an old book that piece of equipment mills (wood) was boiled in linseed oil, which gave them an increased hardness and wear life so much longer. For Wahaika, I polished it when the oil dryed.

-I see very well what you mean Tama ... I asked as long, turning the blade in all directions. The documents I found on the adzes are very imprecise. But in a logical way, in the direction of the cutting, it's true that the concave part has to come against the handle.
Few week ago, we went to see the exhibition "Maori" at the Quai Branly Museum. There I could see, besides the magnificent works of art, tools of great delicacy and all of beauty. The exhibition is very complete, with many works of Te Papa Museum and many explanations of the struggles of the Maori people for their cultural and political identity (Treaty of Waitangi, ect ...). I really learned a lot at the exhibition.

-Wow! Much of compliment from you Sensei carver! Thank's a lot! HappyHappyHappy me too!!!
I think I solved the direction for the adze, I would start after the holidays ...
Me in Florida? One day soon I hope not just for sand in the shoes! :P :P :P

-Hey Clarita! Good to hear you! What's news in the bamboo world?
Thank's for the comp'! The oak god of fortune is actually in a cool restaurant in a seaside town, I recommend!

Not much this time, really not much time to sculpture ...

The Wahaika on the previous page finally finished

Engraved amaranth and polycarbonate pedestal:

A poplar Moai, finished in time for a X-mas gift:

And a pair of twist bone ear pendant:

Also a gift for X-mas...

That's all for this year!
Happy Christmas and New year to all!

And if you go through La Rochelle at the end of the year, come see us:

Have a nice day!
Jérôme.

Jerome,
This guy's sweet.

I'm here in Florida waiting too.

I agree with Will, that is sweet!