New Carving

This is my latest carving. It took approx 10 hours to complete. It is deer antler that is very old and was buried for several years. The colour gives the illusion that it has been stained but I can say it has not. There could be something very special happening with this particular carving and I am waiting for a reply before I reveal anything on here. The leaf-side of the carving is the back and carving itself is titled Únity'. I hope you like my newest piece of art.

And the Moon turned Red

I have finally completed the torso. I've included the original image for comparison. It has been a slow process with a lot of my recent work. Sometimes I think I do too many things at once. I hope you like the difference.

Two new bone carvings

Here are my latest bone carvings. One was based on the outer shape of a tear/raindrop so it's title is rain droplet. The other one I'm not sure what it looks like to others but it looks like a particular part of a male appendage. It is actually a contemporary designed fish hook (Hei Matau).

Pounamu(Greenstone)

It has been a long time since I have worked on this piece of Pounamu. I've spent the last few days shaping it. I believe I am not far off of going through the sanding process. Exciting stuff!!! This will also be my first Pounamu carving.

 I've included the early stage (right),which I have placed on here before to refresh your memory. As you can see I have made some changes above.

Some Signwriting

Here are a few signs I did for some businesses. "Raukawa Maori Wardens Association"and "Baby Plus" were commissions. I'm not a fan of sign writing as spacing etc is hard work for me but the end result turned out pretty good.

Dremel Moto saw

Tomorrow I'm off to purchase a dremel moto saw. I'm looking forward to putting it to use. The image shows what it looks like. You can see one working on you tube. I got the image off the net so hope I haven't broken any copyright laws.

 

Holiday has ended

After house sitting the past week I returned home today. It has been a slow week for me but worked on two bone carvings while I was away. I did take advantage of not doing much while away. Something I'm not used to doing. I hope to put up some new photo's soon. I hope everyone had a Happy New Year.