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Polynesiac
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Joined: Jan 29, 2004
Posts: 2020
From: San Pedro, CA
|  Posted: 2009-03-02 3:40 pm Permalink
Seek -
nice looking totem. I've been doing some research on Haida orca carvings and it opened up a whole new window of awesome carvings. Are you going to paint this one?
That Lono is really kick ass too. Great work!
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surfintiki
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Joined: Sep 30, 2004
Posts: 1561
From: S. Chatham, MA
| Posted: 2009-03-02 4:44 pm Permalink
Ohhhhhh Boy! Here comes another masterpiece!!
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laojia
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Joined: Feb 04, 2009
Posts: 916
From: Metz Lorraine France
| Posted: 2009-03-03 8:44 pm Permalink
Awesome work , I like that... Words don't come... I wish to see more, have you more pics?
You have picked the legacy of Bill Reid, I dream to do half of your work...
I wait,I watch the following
J.
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Lake Surfer
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Joined: Oct 21, 2002
Posts: 3308
From: Milwaukee, WI
| Posted: 2009-03-03 11:10 pm Permalink
Good to see you continuing on this pole, Seeks!
Beautiful work so far, look forward to the updates!
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Heath
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Joined: Dec 31, 2005
Posts: 581
From: Suburban San Diego (The Drawer)
| Posted: 2009-03-04 09:18 am Permalink
Any stain updates?
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seeksurf
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Joined: Sep 27, 2007
Posts: 2144
From: Buckley, WA
| Posted: 2009-03-04 10:31 am Permalink
KiltedTiki - Thanks for the drop in.
TheBigT - Yes the floor I don't have anything setup for
off the floor. Its OK with me because i don't know any-better.
Polynesiac - Thanks yes I think i will apply the paint.
I goggled the Haida orca very nice.
surfin - Don't know about masterpiece but I'm getting better.
laojia - Mahalo Yes Bill Reid WoW his work realy stands out.
I don't know how far or long i will work in this direction.
This carve was inspired in me by the tribal elder Russell Woodruff from Lapush, WA.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Push,_Washington
Lake - Always good to hear from ya.
Heath - Howdy heath bar good to hear from ya.
No stain yet its running thru my head as we speak
It might be to cold still?
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laojia
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Joined: Feb 04, 2009
Posts: 916
From: Metz Lorraine France
| Posted: 2009-03-04 12:21 pm Permalink
I see, you playing at home...Thank's for the link, always curious about other cultures.
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seeksurf
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Joined: Sep 27, 2007
Posts: 2144
From: Buckley, WA
| Posted: 2009-04-06 12:01 pm Permalink
Pole update. Man this guy is drying fast and its getting harder to
carve in him.
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teaKEY
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Joined: Nov 09, 2004
Posts: 3663
From: The thumb !
| Posted: 2009-04-06 12:14 pm Permalink
Couldn't you always cover parts that you don't want to dry too fast? Love the frog. My dad made a clay pot a decade or two ago and always stuck hard in my mind.
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Lake Surfer
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Joined: Oct 21, 2002
Posts: 3308
From: Milwaukee, WI
| Posted: 2009-04-06 12:20 pm Permalink
Damn Seeks, nice frog!
Do you do everything in life so perfect?
This is going to be a very impressive carve, tiki or no tiki.
You've got to spill the beans sometime... you must have some sort of sculpture background... or just a hell of a great eye for 3 dimensional work.
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drgoat456
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Joined: May 28, 2008
Posts: 458
From: Tucson
| Posted: 2009-04-06 1:01 pm Permalink
Seek
Your work is wonderful, the best. Thanks to guys like you and Benz, Tucson Tiki and all the other great carvers on TC, I keep on trying. If you haven't already , check out this film, well worth the 27 minutes to watch about Bill Reid, Haida carver.
http://www.nfb.ca/film/bill_reid/
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congatiki
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Joined: Jun 01, 2004
Posts: 2406
From: wisconsin northwoods
| Posted: 2009-04-06 1:08 pm Permalink
Well that's just incredible. No, it's even better than that. Wonderful
lay-out of the figures, you must have had ancestors on the NW coast.
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seeksurf
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Joined: Sep 27, 2007
Posts: 2144
From: Buckley, WA
| Posted: 2009-04-06 1:21 pm Permalink
teaKEY - thanks I have covered other carves, but I didn't know it was going to take this long.
Lake - Thanks on the frog, Yes i pain-staked for a week on that
frog. I think carving is the only thing i stride for perfection
on and it could always be better.
Yes, the beans question again. Its the good eye thing.
Hiding past talent is not my style.
drogat456 - thanks, but im nowhere close to a Benz.
Yes i will check out the bill reid link. I love his Raven
Creation clam carving.
conga - thanks conga you and your carvings are one reason
i stick with it.
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MooneyTiki
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Joined: Sep 28, 2005
Posts: 578
From: Jensen Beach,fla
| Posted: 2009-04-06 1:28 pm Permalink
Aloha Seeks!!!WOW!!!Have you been a Busy Man!Your carvings are looking INCREDABLE!!!Keep it up you really have a Great eye and Flow!Aloha , Mooney
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AlohaStation
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Joined: Sep 27, 2004
Posts: 2003
From: So FL
| Posted: 2009-04-06 2:37 pm Permalink
Wow! We're on the same wave length. I have been trying to figure out how to incorporate a frog into my carvings. However , I wanted to make mine a chirping frog (have you seen the wooden frogs that make a chirping sound when rubbed). Great carving - keep going.
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