Benzart 's, Last, most recent thread - Tiki Carving

B Benzart Member Port Saint Lucie, Florida Joined: Jan 09, 2004 Posts: 10397	B Benzart Posted posted on Tue, Nov 21, 2006 8:05 PM Thanks Finky, I'll try to take more progress shots Thanks Bete, What izzit about an Octopus that is so neat? Conga, thanks and Finally something besides the slimey Octopus. Yes I'm working on Lotsa stuff; a bunch of Lono guys, a hei-tiki, a Great BIG Lono,, but I'm not workin on anything for a few daze since I will be outta here and outta town,Thanz Conga TikiDav, thanks, yeah I like to show shots of different stages of the piece. As for the Octopus, I put hin there just to Tease the GMAN and It worked, he called dibbs on it. Actually the Rapanui carvers did put octopusses on the heads of some carvings of the Kava Kava Man I think, but I know NOT what the significance would be. Maybe they got tired of the birdman ornamentation and thought the 8 legged creature was the Ultimate in cool??? GMan Thanks. Actually Gman doesn't paint the octopus in the normal way, He rubs the octopus all over in ink and then smears the octopus on rice paper to transfer the octopus image onto the Rice paper. It is a massy process and the funny thing is he does Not use the Octopuses Own ink. If he Could do that now That would Really be cool to the nth degree

Thanks Finky, I'll try to take more progress shots
Thanks Bete, What izzit about an Octopus that is so neat?
Conga, thanks and Finally something besides the slimey Octopus. Yes I'm working on Lotsa stuff; a bunch of Lono guys, a hei-tiki, a Great BIG Lono,, but I'm not workin on anything for a few daze since I will be outta here and outta town,Thanz Conga
TikiDav, thanks, yeah I like to show shots of different stages of the piece. As for the Octopus, I put hin there just to Tease the GMAN and It worked, he called dibbs on it. Actually the Rapanui carvers did put octopusses on the heads of some carvings of the Kava Kava Man I think, but I know NOT what the significance would be. Maybe they got tired of the birdman ornamentation and thought the 8 legged creature was the Ultimate in cool???
GMan Thanks. Actually Gman doesn't paint the octopus in the normal way, He rubs the octopus all over in ink and then smears the octopus on rice paper to transfer the octopus image onto the Rice paper. It is a massy process and the funny thing is he does Not use the Octopuses Own ink. If he Could do that now That would Really be cool to the nth degree

Post #268199 by Benzart on Tue, Nov 21, 2006 8:05 PM