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Benzart
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|  Posted: 2006-07-26 05:35 am Permalink
Finky, that is One Cool Eagle. Looks like it was made by the NE Indians for a totem pole. Very difficult to do and get that Tlinket look.
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finkdaddy
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| Posted: 2006-07-26 3:55 pm Permalink
Thanks all. 
Hewey, no worries mate! This wasn't a lifestyle change, just a favor for my wife.  More tikis to come!
Conga and Gman, it didn't occur to me that it would be tiki influenced, but I suppose it would have to be since literaly everything I've ever carved has been a tiki!
Tikiduddy, Thanks! The wood is mahogany. Caw!
Ben, thank you so much. I wanted to make a Native American style eagle, so I'm glad you think so too!
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finkdaddy
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| Posted: 2006-08-13 3:10 pm Permalink
This is a little piece that will be part of a wall hanging I'm donating to a cancer raffle. The stuff on the forehead was supposed to be a jellyfish design I saw on an old piece of tappa cloth, but when my wife saw it she said, "Cute acorn!"
Oh well, I'll try harder next time.
I'll post the finished pics tomorrow. Thanks for looking.
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Benzart
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| Posted: 2006-08-13 6:26 pm Permalink
Looks nice Finky. The Acorn or jellyfish or whatever it is woeks. It's nice to see you posting again. Show us more.
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finkdaddy
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| Posted: 2006-08-14 5:30 pm Permalink
Thanks Ben! I didn't spend much time on this one, so it's not very even or inventive. The next one I've started should have a more vintage look. I believe it's a small piece of maple that you sent me a while ago.
Here is the finish pic. Thanks for looking!
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Sam Gambino
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| Posted: 2006-08-14 5:46 pm Permalink
I've always liked these kinds of wall plaques with the bamboo, finkdaddy. You've done a top notch job on it.
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GMAN
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| Posted: 2006-08-14 5:54 pm Permalink
Fink,
That's great stuff! I love the way you mounted that piece. The acorn really sets that carving off......
-Gman
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JohnnyP
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| Posted: 2006-08-14 5:58 pm Permalink
I see a jelly fish
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finkdaddy
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| Posted: 2006-08-14 7:13 pm Permalink
Sam G, thank you very much! I'd like to try some more of these and see what I can come up with. If I can figure out a way to do the bamboo part quickly I'd like to try a run of resin cast tikis and see how that works.
Gman, I never saw an acorn until my wife said it and now that's all I can see! Thanks for the kind words.
JohnnyP, thanks man, you're my new best friend. 
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Lake Surfer
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| Posted: 2006-08-14 10:39 pm Permalink
Nice work Finkdaddy
Good seeing you last week at Foundation also... now you know where to get a decent Mai Tai in Milwaukee!
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hewey
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| Posted: 2006-08-15 05:12 am Permalink
Looks good man
Maybe a bigger carving or smaller bamboo? The piece is lost a little in the size of the bamboo me thinks..
I see a jelly fish doing an impression of an accorn!
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GMAN
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| Posted: 2006-08-15 11:05 am Permalink
It could be the acorn jellyfish, Oakus stingicus????
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tiki5-0
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From: Pomona, CA
| Posted: 2006-08-15 2:49 pm Permalink
that's a great looking wall plaque! i like how you put it all together with the bamboo, matting, and the tiki. i noticed, the acorn, too, but it still looks good. nice job on it!
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Tiki Duddy
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| Posted: 2006-08-17 7:41 pm Permalink
those are some amazing skills right there. good work and keep it comming along.
nice stuff
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Howland
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| Posted: 2006-08-17 7:48 pm Permalink
That's excellent, F-daddy. Good job with the cordage at the boo joints. How big is the whole thing, can't really tell from the pics.
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