8ft Raiders style with a strange idol

[giovanniceleste]

Hy Guys,
here we are!!
This is another 8' Raiders but this time I decided to show you a small statue of sand that reminds me of the religious sculptures of South America.
Actually, I found this artifact made ​​of sand and seaweed about 3 years ago, a night in a beach of the Mediterranean Sea at the eastern end of Sicily. The name of this place is Cape Passero Island of Currents.
What do you think?
Regards
g

[jeremym]

Great job, you're kicking these things out pretty regular

[zmarty]

hey Gio, just out of curiosity, how long does it take you to make a whip? lets say a standard 12 plt 8ft whip, how long would it take?

[jeremym]

Takes me between 8 and 10 hours to make an 8 ft. 12 plait.

You can count on about an hour a foot, with 12 plait whips, but

that's once you get some experience. That's why I said 10 hours,

because I'm no where near the point where I can go "fast" with it.

The only reason I can get this fast is because I can plait pretty

quick while still being neat.

If you're first starting you can count on 12+ hours for an 8 foot

12 plait whip.

[giovanniceleste]

it is difficult to me make an exact calculation, because I'm not a full time whipmaker. I think to be around 10 hours

[jeremym]

Louie Fox has mentioned before that for a 12 plait whip, it takes

him about an hour a foot. Maybe less now because it was an

older post where he mentioned that. You get through the bellies

very quick, I can finish going through the core, first belly, first

bolster, second belly, and second bolster in 4-5

hours. It takes me a long time to cut out the overlay properly,

stretch it VERY well ( If a strand is going to break I'd much rather

it break stretching than plaiting ) then I bevel one side of the

strands, ( the inside cut side ) and stretch it again, not as rough

this time, just to straighten it out. Then I resize it again, then I'll

go one strand at a time and be sure it's the right width at

each foot increment. Then I'll compare that strand to the next,

be sure it's right, then one by one go the the next. It's a long

process but it's worth it because once it's plaited straight and

tight it just looks so nice

The reason doing this on the overlay takes so much longer than

the bellies, is because the bellies are not only MUCH shorter,

but because the bellies are 4 strands, while the overlay is 8+

[zmarty]

you my friend, have plenty of patience haha