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JohnnyP
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From: Attica, MI
|  Posted: 2005-12-13 5:48 pm Permalink
Excellent!! Great Job.
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Benzart
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From: Port Saint Lucie, Florida
| Posted: 2005-12-13 7:48 pm Permalink
Cool sketch by your friend Aaron Shepherd. Personalized to boot. Maybe there is a place somewhere we could find More of his work. Cool Indeed!
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tiki beat by marcus thorn
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Joined: Jun 01, 2005
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From: A Little Island called Australia
| Posted: 2006-01-01 10:42 pm Permalink
here is a new project of a tiki wall hanging.
happy new year to all the tc'ers
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congatiki
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From: wisconsin northwoods
| Posted: 2006-01-02 05:25 am Permalink
I dig this one a lot TikiBeat....great lines and style....i think he's gonna exude a bit of
attitude!
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JohnnyP
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From: Attica, MI
| Posted: 2006-01-02 12:58 pm Permalink
I like the clean smooth style.
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Sam Gambino
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| Posted: 2006-01-02 2:15 pm Permalink
Hey marcus- I'm liking that clean, smooth style on this guy too. ... almost like it would look cool in a Frank Lloyd Wright-designed home. Very stylish!
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Benzart
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From: Port Saint Lucie, Florida
| Posted: 2006-01-03 05:51 am Permalink
HEy Marcus, this guy is Sweet. I have been thinking of doing a large one of those guys too. Hope mine turns out 1/2 as nice as yours.
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Loki
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From: Boca Raton, FL
| Posted: 2006-01-03 07:51 am Permalink
Great lines. He really flows well.
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hewey
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From: Sydney, Australia
| Posted: 2006-01-04 03:33 am Permalink
Very smooth!
Currently tryin to work out if I can get to Wintersun. Big drive up and back for a weekend. Especially in a bug. Man new years was warm wasnt it?
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harro
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From: Australia / Argentina
| Posted: 2006-01-04 6:16 pm Permalink
hi marcus,
this one is looking nice - each of your recent carvings have shown a lot of diversity - amazing stuff. Can't wait to see the finished piece.
i have just revisited my first half-complete tiki (after some months of neglect due to other commitments!) - hope to finish it soon. Was wondering what you use to 'burn' the wood to achieve the old look?
cheers, harro.
Ps how was the casuarina event thing just before christmas?
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kaha ki'i
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From: Laguna Beach California
| Posted: 2006-01-04 6:26 pm Permalink
Aloha bruddah Marcus!
Carving is looking pono brah! What a nice piece, It will look great as a wall adornment! How do you get da kine "burnt" look finish on your pieces, just curious...
Keep up the awesome work bruddah!
Malama Pono!
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VonTiki
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Joined: May 05, 2004
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From: Ventura, Ca
| Posted: 2006-01-04 7:49 pm Permalink
Holy BatTiki Batman! This guy is a serious contender! Dude, very nice work!!! Great to see, thanks so much for sharing.
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tiki beat by marcus thorn
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Joined: Jun 01, 2005
Posts: 696
From: A Little Island called Australia
| Posted: 2006-01-05 11:58 pm Permalink
Big Thanks to Von Tiki (your a bit batty arent ya mate! hehehe) Johnny P, Congatiki and Loki. Ben I look forward to seeing your version of this one, it should be great because you never do anything by halves - pun intended hehehe. Sam ahhh Frank Lloyd Wright now your talking taste, what a great compliment thanks. Hewey It was pretty warm up here for New Years - we headed down to Von Weirdos house at Fingal to catch some ocean breeze, and hung out by the pool watching the fire works - very easy way to pass the last few hours of 2005. I noticed that Virgin have really cheap flights to Coolangatta if you book early enough it may be cheaper to fly up mate. Harro, The preChristmas event was a little quiter than normal but it was a good excuse for Darryl and I to celebrate our birthdays and check out some artwork.
For Kaha Ki'i and Harro I use a butane torch to give my wood the aged blacked out look it gets into the deep crevices and makes the features pop out, I burn the whole tiki and then sand back a little to create the dimensions.
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tiki beat by marcus thorn
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From: A Little Island called Australia
| Posted: 2006-01-06 12:37 am Permalink
More Progress on my "Better Half" this is the stage that I was talking about earlier - burnt and lightly sanded
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hewey
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From: Sydney, Australia
| Posted: 2006-01-06 05:20 am Permalink
Nice one Marcus! Itll look sweet when completed
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