Moai Tiki Fountain - Tiki Gallery

D DocJones Member Joined: May 23, 2012 Posts: 8	D DocJones Posted posted on Tue, Jun 20, 2017 1:29 PM I recently finished this fountain for my office. It is the first Moai that I have carved. This particular tiki has a plywood frame that is covered in dry floral foam then sanded to shape then coated with fiberglass resin and mat. To finish this project I skinned the surface with bondo, sanded out MOST of the imperfections and painted him with rustoleum hammered copper spray paint. It uses a small 80 gallon per hour pump that circulates water through his nose and into the mouth. This sculpture was loosely based on the art work entitled "night cap" (sorry I don't know the artists name).
C CosmoReverb Tiki Centralite Southern California Joined: Sep 19, 2016 Posts: 93	C CosmoReverb Posted posted on Tue, Jun 20, 2017 1:46 PM Groovy fountain! I dig it! (Oh, and just for credit's sake I'm pretty certain that the artwork that inspired you was painted by Robert Jimenez...)
D DocJones Member Joined: May 23, 2012 Posts: 8	D DocJones Posted posted on Tue, Jun 20, 2017 2:21 PM Thanks!
V VampiressRN Grand Member (1 year) Sun City Lincoln Hills (NorCal) Joined: Nov 23, 2006 Posts: 6166	V VampiressRN Posted posted on Sun, Jul 2, 2017 4:25 PM Wow...I love that....such simple lines and great color.
A Anestiki Tiki Centralite Joined: Aug 02, 2008 Posts: 52	A Anestiki Posted posted on Fri, Jul 21, 2017 8:03 AM img]https://tikicentral.com/uploads/9482/59721543.jpg[/img] Here's my Moai that Don Drennan built for me! (Sorry for sideways images. I can't figure out how to turn them upright. They're not like that on my iPhone...) [ Edited by: Anestiki 2017-07-21 08:04 ]

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DocJones Posted posted on Tue, Jun 20, 2017 1:29 PM

I recently finished this fountain for my office. It is the first Moai that I have carved. This particular tiki has a plywood frame that is covered in dry floral foam then sanded to shape then coated with fiberglass resin and mat. To finish this project I skinned the surface with bondo, sanded out MOST of the imperfections and painted him with rustoleum hammered copper spray paint. It uses a small 80 gallon per hour pump that circulates water through his nose and into the mouth. This sculpture was loosely based on the art work entitled "night cap" (sorry I don't know the artists name).