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  1. 14th January 2012, 12:17 AM #1
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    Hello everyone, i made this one out of fir and i about 53 cm high, made with the chainsaw and sanded it, finished it with xyladecor.
    I was allways fascinated with those big statues
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  3. 14th January 2012, 01:11 AM #2
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    Nicely done work, strong clean shapes.
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    Well done, love those Easter Island figures. Have you seen the one in The Louvre?
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    I love it to bits. I have always been fascinated by the Easter Island figures and have wanted to make one for the garden for a long time.

    I cant recall seeing one at the Louvre but I do have a photo with the one in the British Museum which I will be using as a plan.
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    The Louvre, from memory about 2m high
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    Hmmm

    I have just dug out some very old bits of crappy red cedar that was sold to me as wood turning blanks about 20 years ago.... I think I have just seen something they will be good as.

    Idea saved.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Claw Hama View Post
    The Louvre, from memory about 2m high
    Correct .... I just found a photo of that one as well. Thankfully my camera has a better memory than me
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    I have more photos of it too somewhere that show the size but my memory doesn't know where I have put the flash drive. This one is one I croped and i have as a screen saver shot
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    Moai. Stone. 10 - 20m tall and 80 - 270 tons. Moved many kilometers from the quarry.
    The style and the nearly silent history have fascinated me since I was a kid.
    Thanks, andy. . . . really set off my memories.
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    Nice work Andy!!!

    I have always been fascinated by the Moai too. Even after half a dozen trips to Easter Island, where I am known to nearly all the Moai , I am still fascinated by them.
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    So show us your photos Moai artme. I only have the Paris versions which I have found again.
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    Thank you guy's,
    glad to see i'm not the only one around that love's the big ones, hehe.
    I have seen the one in the Louvre a couple of years back when i was there for the weekend ( i live about a 4 hours drive from there ), too bad it was just a weekend, i could have stayed there for a month and still not be bored, but that's me when i see beautifull creations, can't get enough of it.
    Artme, i'm jealous of you, been there so many times, well, maybe one day.
    grt andy
    P.S. thanks Jack, coming from you it means a lot to me, you're only my biggest hero when it comes to working with wood, love you're work
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