Paipo's Stone Tikis - 1st Thread - Jun 06 - May 08 - Tiki Carving

P Paipo Member Aotearoa / NZ Joined: Jun 22, 2006 Posts: 1886	P Paipo Posted posted on Sat, Aug 12, 2006 10:10 PM Thanks flynny - any progress on your pebble carving efforts yet? Vantiki, he's my favourite too - until I finish my next piece. I wish I'd started making these sooner, because they're so much fun. SCTikiShack - just had a look at your site, your tikis are awesome! I've got a fair bit of petrified wood, even pebbles of it from a place I used to live, but it's generally a lot harder to work with than the stone I use. I find with small work the detail gets lost easily too unless the stone is very neutral (hence my preference for grey/black/white stones). If I can find the right piece I'll give it a go. I've been carving through the weekend to meet some upcoming exhibition deadlines, but found a little time to get #5 underway - another pebble-within-a-pebble piece. White quartz and greywacke:

Thanks flynny - any progress on your pebble carving efforts yet?
Vantiki, he's my favourite too - until I finish my next piece. I wish I'd started making these sooner, because they're so much fun.
SCTikiShack - just had a look at your site, your tikis are awesome! I've got a fair bit of petrified wood, even pebbles of it from a place I used to live, but it's generally a lot harder to work with than the stone I use. I find with small work the detail gets lost easily too unless the stone is very neutral (hence my preference for grey/black/white stones). If I can find the right piece I'll give it a go.
I've been carving through the weekend to meet some upcoming exhibition deadlines, but found a little time to get #5 underway - another pebble-within-a-pebble piece. White quartz and greywacke:

Post #248673 by Paipo on Sat, Aug 12, 2006 10:10 PM