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surfintiki
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From: S. Chatham, MA
|  Posted: 2009-05-01 09:29 am Permalink
You're on FIRE!! Great carves going there. And I have been waiting for the right piece of wood, to do one of those Easter Island figurines as well.(forgot the name of it, I'm at work, don't have a book to go look it up quick!)
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benella
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From: Meudon, France
| Posted: 2009-05-01 11:32 am Permalink
WOW, J.,
Amazing what you did with this beautiful wood that I know you will not stain 
Perfect work.
Love the beast too, how did you drill the holes for the paua ?
B.
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Tikilizard
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Posts: 369 | Posted: 2009-05-01 12:36 pm Permalink
What reference book are you using? What a great start and sequence shots. Looks like hard to carve walnut. can't wait to see the progress on this very detailed guy. Keep up the great work and happy carving.
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seeksurf
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From: Buckley, WA
| Posted: 2009-05-01 7:15 pm Permalink
Looking Great! and what fine looking hunk of wood.
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laojia
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From: Metz Lorraine France
| Posted: 2009-05-07 05:38 am Permalink
Thank's for the comps dear TC'ers!
CChimp:I appreciate your compliments and sorry to put no more pics but they are faster than wood carving.
Surfintiki: You're on fire too! The moai kavakava take some delay, I've full work this week and I prepare an other piece for the hewey's swap, dead line end of june!
Benella: Thank you, soon you will know all my secret techniques... 
Tiki lizard: Thank's for reply, I've not full own book of reference but I live in a town where libraries are well supplied. Walnut is very easy to carve compare with pink ivory (density 990 kg/m3!)
Seeksurf: Thank's for the comp pole caver!
Last weekend I finally took the time to arrange the workshop, is the first time he arranged for over 2 years since we live here:
But this sort of thing never lasts...
Have a good day!
Jérôme.
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tikimecula
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From: Manhattan, KS
| Posted: 2009-05-07 09:47 am Permalink
Nice shop you have there.
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bagauda
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From: france
| Posted: 2009-05-07 12:39 pm Permalink
waouh! l'atelier
t'est d'ou en lorraine moi j viens de longwy!
si t'a un blog j'vais aller le voir
salut a plus.
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TheBigT
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From: Fabulous Houston
| Posted: 2009-05-07 1:59 pm Permalink
Luv the shop pictures. Nice place you have. 
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Rainhawk
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From: East Coast Aotearoa
| Posted: 2009-05-07 6:47 pm Permalink
HOSH!
Is that pink ivory wood?!? I have worked with pink/blue/spekled ivory. But not ivory woods. cool mang
LOL your polisher looks exactly the same as my old one! Awsome studio.
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seeksurf
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From: Buckley, WA
| Posted: 2009-05-07 9:41 pm Permalink
Wow! you have a impressive shop.
What a joy that must bring.
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benella
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From: Meudon, France
| Posted: 2009-05-08 12:01 am Permalink
Hey Ya !
I'm with Seek, great shop !
I see an almost prepared log, so I hope to see some serious deep cuts really soon
Learning all your secrets will take a while 
Benjamin.
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big daddy
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From: houston
| Posted: 2009-05-08 11:31 am Permalink
jerome, great work space you have. the first 2 photos look good but it's tooo clean. last shot looks great with all the wood flying. hope to see some more of your great work.
bd
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Paipo
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From: Aotearoa / NZ
| Posted: 2009-05-08 2:48 pm Permalink
What a great workspace...I'm jealous. Looks like you have plenty of space to stretch out and work on all kinds of projects at once. Great first cuts on the Moai Kavakava too - I can't wait to see some more progress on him. I've been wanting to make one for a long time now but I'm not ready yet!
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laojia
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From: Metz Lorraine France
| Posted: 2009-05-14 1:46 pm Permalink
Hi TC'ers
Thank you very much everyone (Tmec/bagauda/bigT/Rainhawk/Seeksurf/Benno/BD/Paipo) for the kind word about my workshop... But this pictures is possible once a year! Today is already an incredible mess, with log just begining, bikes, baby chair, furniture in progress, pieces of machine for repair, and and and.....
Bagauda: MP sous peu, a+
Rainhawk: pink Ivory is the common name for a tree south african , "berchemya zehery" for the botanist. Your terrific video, inspire me. I've find a hunk of bone, also maybe I will try one day...
Paipo: Your comment for kava kava has been very valuable, and for the workshop do not be jealous: he's nice but too far of beach and océan...
This week the Moai KavaKava has progress slowly (no pics, sorry), and the little beast, in fact a free interpretation of manaia is finished:
front
back, tail folded
My wife noticed it made me look like a drawing by Roland Topor
actually, she was right
pictures from the animation movie "la planete sauvage" by René Laloux and Roland Topor, 1973.
Have a nice day!
Jérôme.
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benella
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From: Meudon, France
| Posted: 2009-05-14 11:42 pm Permalink
Excellent work on the Topor style pink ivory Manaia !
Benjamin.
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