Post #317236 by Benzart on Sat, Jul 7, 2007 8:29 PM

Well this thread is about to turn 100 pages soon so I will be putting it away and starting a new one. I'll start this one off with All the pieces I have done in the last 99 pages and then I will start a New thread.
Here are pictures from the first 50 pages of this thread. Tomorrow I will post the pictures from the last 49, Good night. :):):)

On 2006-09-20 10:58, Benzart wrote:
Here is an update on the 'Lesson" tikis Plus a Swamp Tiki done for Doug Horn of Swamp Tiki. It is his design that I did for him.
Enjoy

Green eyes?

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Here is some other stuff I worked on today. I worked on 4 pieces today-2 lono's a moai and a Hei-tiki

I'm calm!!






Enjoy

Here is a Jade lono I started today

I freed up the left arm and got more air showin thru



A bit of definition on the Eye

And some on the Jade lono





Here is a smalll 14mm chisel I made and even used on the "Spine" lono. It had a real Magical feel. To watch this Stone tool shave off a few slivers of wood was an Incredible feeling! And from such a small tool.








Of course you can see the sharp edge in the last picture shows a tiny occlusion in just the wrong placce, daarn it!






Here it is for real. Finally Finished and is going to someone in the Fender Guitar Company







Here he is with his cord all finished:

And last, my new Assistant

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teaKEY, Thanks, sometimes I feel that the back is AS importand as the front because it tells the rest of the story and when we create a carving aren't we telling a story of sorts?

Finky, can't believe you would put Brendan's life in danger like that, doesn't he know not to run in traffic around here? :) Thanks FD, I Know he's safe with you. I will probably be over tomorrow for a bit if thats OK. Thanks.

Tama the Thrilled, Thanks for all the kind words and Inspiration. We Had a deal?? HappyHappyHappy

Surf tiki, Thanks, Yes He's sick and I have a doctor's appointment for him in a couple weeks down in NZ, They'll fix him right up! YEs the eyes, I used the wood burner to add color to the pupils, though I'm afraid I was a bit sloppy but you can't see it much with the stain on it. Thanks for your kind words.

JP, You're Welcome and thanks to you for the comps.. Hope the shots helped, It's hard to get much of what you were looking for with stills, I need a vid cam. One of these daze.

AS,I thought it WAS a kind of Paintbrush, NO? Thanks, YEs I Have had a bit of practice.

Here are a few shots with stain on him.










Finally Finished carving on this piece of wood!

Final pictures of this misfit.










These last 2 pictures are especially posted for JenTiki, Thanks Jen, HappyHappyHappy

Here is a Hula Girl update from today. Most of the carving is finished, now it's just the fun part, 100grit, 150 grit, 200 grit, 350 grit 400 grit 600 grit 800 grit 1000 well you get the picture. fortunately this is a fairly Soft piece of jade so I'm expecting little resistance.

My "Tiki Swap" piece:

Here is Todays update.
















































And one side for Wood carving with more organizing yet to come

And here are the clubs I roughtd out. 2 are Palo Escrito (same as the first) and 2 are Ziricote, a Beautiful, Heavy, two-toned wood with wild grain.