Post #294389 by Paipo on Sat, Mar 24, 2007 10:54 PM

It was really cool to see Tama (and family) again and hang out - for a couple of fairly close mates who live so near to each other it's criminal how little we see of each other. I guess raising a young family has a lot to do with it. We plan to remedy this with an official welcoming ceremony for his Benzart carving, including Pisco sours made from the Pisco Capel Moai decanters! Maybe we'll even post some pics!

PD, I actually just worked out I used 5 different burrs on that eye, but the perfect circle was done with a core drill / hole saw burr first. I think actually Tama does a lot of his eyes by scribing them with a burr rather than taking the shortcut with the core drill...not that you can tell!
As for the feel, velvet is pretty close...I am very fussy about surface finishing and have always believed the feel of a piece is just as important as how it looks. The first thing that attracted me to pebbles was the way they feel in your hand.