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tikigap
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From: Arlingtron Virginia
|  Posted: 2006-03-13 8:54 pm Permalink
Spearman - Done!
Now for the palm tree - this one's a hard carve! The hardest to date because of all the detail and undercut.
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Benzart
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| Posted: 2006-03-14 09:01 am Permalink
Tikigap, the Spearman came out Really Nice. Tyhe palm looks like it is really gonna be a challenge, but I'll bet you can do it.
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tikigap
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| Posted: 2006-03-14 1:49 pm Permalink
Thanks for the props Ben - I don't know what to make of the tree. I hope it comes out ok... not very tiki, but I needed a place to put paddle man and spear man - on an island, with sand, under a palm tree. It'll go on the wahini's desk at work when completed.
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tikigap
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| Posted: 2006-03-14 1:51 pm Permalink
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On 2006-01-22 22:21, hewey wrote:
Thats a great lookin tiki, especially for a second carving - sweet. Haha, you got the bug bad, it only deepens from hereon in. Welcome to the rabbit hole Alice... 
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(How'd I miss this post before?)
It really is looking more and more like a rabbit hole! thanks Hewey!
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PockyTiki
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| Posted: 2006-03-14 2:22 pm Permalink
will spearman be fending off a raging boar while paddle man paddles away in a canoe?
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| Posted: 2006-03-14 3:59 pm Permalink
i love the spearman. I would have left the chisel marks in with a light sand. keep up the good wook.
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JohnnyP
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| Posted: 2006-03-14 5:17 pm Permalink
That will be a nice display. Be sure to post picts when you are done. I still think you should do a whole series of petroglyphs.
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finkdaddy
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| Posted: 2006-03-14 5:28 pm Permalink
That spearman is terrific! I love the way the wood is colored differently as you move down in the piece. Nice work.
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tikigap
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| Posted: 2006-03-14 7:16 pm Permalink
Thanks you guys!
Pocky - I'll have to make a canoe too... hmmm.
Marcus - thanks for the comments - I thought about that, and actually did leave them on the top of the spear, but that doesn't show in the pics...
JohnnyP - Thanks for the compliements - and I will certainly post the finished pictures. There's a lot of petroglyphs - way more than I could do (unless I make that my specialty and ONLY make those for a while! (Which is very possible!)).
FinkDaddy - Thanks for noticing! It just worked out that way because it was the biggest piece I could get out of a small walnut log that wasn't checked. The lighness comes from the outer wood (sap layer?) of the walnut. I gotta locate some more of that kind of walnut - it's great to work with, too.
Here's a pic of a lot of petroglyphs I took last December at Kileauea:
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tikigap
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| Posted: 2006-03-15 7:56 pm Permalink
Here's my latest update:
Not done yet! There will be an island, and sandy beach. Then I'm done until Coon Tiki - I wanna make a big lono...
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foamy
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| Posted: 2006-03-16 05:20 am Permalink
Hey TG, first time I perused this thread. What a cool thing(s) you've got going on. Beach, palm tree and figures— a carved vingette. Now that's some original thinking! I'm liking it. How ya gonna do the beach?
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tikigap
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| Posted: 2006-03-16 06:45 am Permalink
Thanks Foamy -
I'm thinkin' a little wooden island and glue some real sand onto it, and stick the tree out of the middle... any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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pdrake
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| Posted: 2006-03-16 08:09 am Permalink
maybe instead of real sand you could use sand paper.
keep up the good work, it looks great.
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tikigap
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From: Arlingtron Virginia
| Posted: 2006-03-16 6:53 pm Permalink
Here's the palm tree, starting to be finished with Sanding Sealer. Could I have used Tung Oil?
The little dudes are standing by for protection. I have a piece of walnut, apple, curly maple, cherry, pine and oak. Any suggestions on which I should use for the island?
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tikigap
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From: Arlingtron Virginia
| Posted: 2006-03-21 6:58 pm Permalink
My Mom turned 79 tonight. She always wanted a tiki bar of her own, so my brother and I made one for her. Here's the link to some pictures of it:
http://mysite.verizon.net/gapearce/traderviv.htm
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