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fumacius
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Jan 30, 2009
Posts: 22
From: Portugal / Faro
|  Posted: 2011-07-17 07:41 am Permalink
Hi all !! Here you have my last works...By the way can someone give me some tips about aplying symmetry in tiki carving??
Here i leave the pics, hope you guys like it.
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[ This Message was edited by: fumacius 2011-07-17 07:43 ]
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MadDogMike
Grand Member (3 years) 
Joined: Mar 30, 2008
Posts: 6389
From: The Anvil of the Sun
| Posted: 2011-07-17 09:19 am Permalink
Tikis from Portugal, cool!
I'm not a carver but I know that symetry can be a difficult thing. From what I read the key is in sketching the tiki to the log before you start and then following your lines. I see that some of the carvers cut a heavy paper template and use it to trace the marks. You can make the template as half of the tiki, trace one side, then flip it over and trace the other side
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pjc5150
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jun 01, 2009
Posts: 1615
From: Tampa, FL
| Posted: 2011-07-17 09:45 am Permalink
remember when you were in school, and you were making valentine's day cards by folding a piece of paper in half, before you cut it?|
That's how I make symmetrical stencils. I'm terrible at freehand drawing.
Best of luck bro! You're off to a pretty good start!
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fumacius
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Jan 30, 2009
Posts: 22
From: Portugal / Faro
| Posted: 2011-07-17 10:52 am Permalink
The problem is the branches i use , arent semetrical..So even i use guide lines, in the end, it never looks completly semetrical. but ill try harder next time!
And by the way can someone tell me +- how long time it takes so the wood is dry and ready to work?
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