Post #239219 by Paipo on Fri, Jun 23, 2006 3:24 AM

I'm new to the site, but I've been carving stone for a few years now - mostly pendants, with the occasional small sculpture. I use a lot of stone (greywacke & argillite) from the local beaches around here - there's plenty of it, it holds nice detail, and it's good to have a connection with what you're carving.
Inspired by what I've seen here, I'm going to try my hand at a few classic tiki carving styles over the coming months.
First up, here's a Hawaiian style piece I made today, based on one of the first pieces I bought for my tiki collection. It was quite challenging working out what tools to define the key lines with, and I threw away my first attempt after making a few poorly thought out cuts.
It just needs a little more clean-up work, and some holes in the back for a cord before it's finished. Made from natural beach pebble, carved with an electric dental handpiece and about 6 different diamond burrs:

[ Edited by: Paipo 2008-05-30 17:11 ]