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coconuttzo
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Joined: Jan 13, 2010
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From: Hilo, Hawaii
|  Posted: 2010-05-28 5:38 pm Permalink
Wow Paips,
You are too good with that lapidary stuff. I only wish I had half the talent you have. Your creativity in design is immaculate & clean. Keep it up!
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Benzart
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Joined: Jan 09, 2004
Posts: 10306
From: Port Saint Lucie, Florida
| Posted: 2010-05-29 08:51 am Permalink
Oh, WOW Paipo, More incredible stuff you have created.. Beautiful marriage of Stone and Jade with a bit of Paua thrown in. You seem to be the Only one making those eyes look so alive and piercing. AND, your Shark Aumakua is totally off the scale, with the textures and finish topping of a Museum quality piece which Blowfish is Certainly most Fortunate to possess.
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Benzart
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From: Port Saint Lucie, Florida
| Posted: 2010-07-12 03:45 am Permalink
Just HAD to show these again Paips, I Know you must have more to post but these were incredible as usual.
Missin'Ya
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laojia
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From: Metz Lorraine France
| Posted: 2010-07-12 11:21 pm Permalink
May 27 - July 13... too long without a Paipo update! 
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Clarita
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From: BA Arg
| Posted: 2010-07-15 10:06 am Permalink
Beautiful new ones, one better than the other.
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tikigodz
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Joined: Oct 12, 2009
Posts: 439 | Posted: 2010-07-15 4:02 pm Permalink
Piapo inspiring as usual!!
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little lost tiki
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Joined: Jun 12, 2006
Posts: 7460
From: Orange,CA-right near the Circle!
| Posted: 2010-07-15 4:24 pm Permalink
THAT JANUS STYLE BOID PENDANT IS
Ah So WUNNERFUL!
Great job on this batch,Rhys!
We've been a-missing you!
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Babalu
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Joined: Nov 19, 2006
Posts: 2498
From: Lemon Grove
| Posted: 2010-07-15 9:59 pm Permalink
PAIPO!
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Paipo
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Joined: Jun 22, 2006
Posts: 1886
From: Aotearoa / NZ
| Posted: 2010-07-20 5:32 pm Permalink
Shoutouts to:
kinny, tikigodz, LOLtiki, laojia, seeks, Flynny, chimp, Blowfish, surfin', Tama, coconuttzo, Ben, Clarita and Babs! A gentle prod sometimes works wonders, so I got some new stuff for ya....
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On 2010-05-27 07:03, Creative Chimp wrote:
simply amazing.......nice to see an update. the pekapeka is my favorite......just curious, how much time do you average on each piece to achieve just perfect detail?
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Some of the smallest/ simplest ones are probably a day (ie 8+ hrs at the bench) or so...then add day/s as they get bigger and more complex, adding inlays, surface carving etc. It is very hard to measure as I often do small sessions on a piece many months or weeks apart.
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On 2010-05-27 10:08, surfintiki wrote:
Sooooooooooo sweet. I want them all!
I would like to know how ya come up with most of the designs. Do you sketch 'em out 1st? Are these straight out of the imagination? Modified somewhat?
Just so many slick designs.
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Most are just drawn (and redrawn!) straight on to the stone from my head. I will have a style and feel in mind which I tweak to work within the shape and size of the stone. To help with the design process (which is often all in my head) I'll have a dig through my library for examples to nail down the distinct elements of that particular tiki. Lately I've been drawing more and more on paper to help work out some of the problems before I encounter them with the tools and also to get the "ideal" versions of what I'm striving for.
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Questions answered - on to some new stuff!
Hei Tiki
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Lil' Ku
(1 1/2" tall)
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Unaunahi
(Fish Scales)
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Koruru
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Apologies for the dullness of many of the pix, we seem to only get cloudy days when I have photos to take!
See you again in a couple of months.... 
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TikiG
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Joined: Jun 17, 2008
Posts: 1519
From: Palmdale, California
| Posted: 2010-07-20 5:44 pm Permalink
Beautiful lapidary art. Stunning.
Missed your posts for a long time but was worth the wait. Thanks for posting today, Paipo! G
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GROG
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Joined: Jun 21, 2006
Posts: 6178
From: Tujunga
| Posted: 2010-07-21 01:34 am Permalink
Yay!!
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seeksurf
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Joined: Sep 27, 2007
Posts: 2144
From: Buckley, WA
| Posted: 2010-07-21 5:03 pm Permalink
Delicious!
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Meheadhunter
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Joined: Sep 27, 2007
Posts: 355
From: Wichita KS,
| Posted: 2010-07-21 5:08 pm Permalink
Fabulous!!
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surfintiki
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Joined: Sep 30, 2004
Posts: 1561
From: S. Chatham, MA
| Posted: 2010-07-21 6:17 pm Permalink
So "above and Beyond". precision craftsmanship there bruddah!
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little lost tiki
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Joined: Jun 12, 2006
Posts: 7460
From: Orange,CA-right near the Circle!
| Posted: 2010-07-21 7:13 pm Permalink
That Hei Tiki is somethin else!
prod prod prod!
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