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pjc5150
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Joined: Jun 01, 2009
Posts: 1624
From: Tampa, FL
|  Posted: 2012-04-11 07:46 am Permalink
Will, I've never actually tried to carve indoors, ever, anywhere.
And Nixxy, toasted almond popsickles are great when I've got the munchies and want some junkfood.
Anyway, the detailing continues...v-cuts and deeper lines...
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NIxxon
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Joined: Dec 22, 2010
Posts: 489 | Posted: 2012-04-11 08:39 am Permalink
they sound delicious
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pjc5150
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Joined: Jun 01, 2009
Posts: 1624
From: Tampa, FL
| Posted: 2012-04-11 10:56 am Permalink
they are delicious.
and WHOA!!!! Good call on the classic gray stain McTiki!!!!
I friggin' love this stuff!!!
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pjc5150
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Posts: 1624
From: Tampa, FL
| Posted: 2012-04-11 1:23 pm Permalink
I donated this tiki & this mask to WMNF, a local radio station, for their spring fund drive...
They're a great station that has Pacifica / NPR news, punk shows, reggae, etc...so it's pretty much my favorite station.
http://www.wmnf.org/
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pjc5150
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Joined: Jun 01, 2009
Posts: 1624
From: Tampa, FL
| Posted: 2012-04-11 2:36 pm Permalink
gettin after that mask!
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NIxxon
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Joined: Dec 22, 2010
Posts: 489 | Posted: 2012-04-11 3:36 pm Permalink
Lookin good Jeff...def bringing everything out with each the depth...what color is this masterpiece going to be?
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pjc5150
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Joined: Jun 01, 2009
Posts: 1624
From: Tampa, FL
| Posted: 2012-04-11 5:09 pm Permalink
...goin' deep, gettin' after the other side, and workin' into the night...
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pjc5150
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Posts: 1624
From: Tampa, FL
| Posted: 2012-04-11 6:17 pm Permalink
well, I realized that at this point I have enough time into this one that if someone ripped it off, I'd probably flip out & go postal, so it's no longer being left out in the front yard at night.
It is now an official resident of my home. A lot of progress on this one in the last couple of days. I think this is the best Hawaiian piece I've done to date. I'm really excited about it. I'm trying to watch tv but I just keep looking over at it and thinking "wow!!! I totally made that!!! sweet!!!". If you would have told me just under 3 years ago when I made my first piece that I'd be making stuff like this in a few years I would not have believed it. It still has A LOT of work left to go, but I feel like this one is a "milestone"....
Once I finish the eye / mask area I need to start figuring out what kind of designs / tats I'm going to put on the body. He may just get a "surf soul tiki" cholo-style tattoo over his abdominal area.
And you guys have been killing me with these shells and rocks and stuff for eyes, so this one is getting some kind of polished stone eyes....obsidian maybe? Benz warned me about that stuff...so maybe something else...I'm not sure..
And Nixxy, not sure about the color...I was thinking about that earlier. Golden Pecan is pretty much my "go to"...but I might have to mix something special just for this one with some of it & something to darken it a bit.
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AlohaStation
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Joined: Sep 27, 2004
Posts: 2004
From: So FL
| Posted: 2012-04-12 06:57 am Permalink
Definately a nice one. I'd like to see you do one entirely with chisels. Power tools have thier uses - but its surprising how quickly you can carve once you get started - and carve deep. Focus more on the bodies and legs. Having a really cool chiseled face and then the body is just a few chainsaw and angle grinder cuts doesn't quite make much sense. One of the things Will and I discuss often is the relationship of cuts. How the chest flows into the crotch and the crotch wraps around into the ass - how the knees flow into the hips and around into the crotch. How the neck meets the shoulders and the arm moves down to meet the hips. Don't get me started on the feet (which I still struggle with). The samples on the following page (and that entire thread) helped me figure it out...
http://www.tikiroom.com/tikicentral/bb/viewtopic.php?topic=26630&forum=1&start=15
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pjc5150
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Posts: 1624
From: Tampa, FL
| Posted: 2012-04-12 1:16 pm Permalink
wow...thanks for that link....
so much in there to absorb I just looked at like 2 or 3 pages and was like "uhhh, I need to save this for later when I can concentrate on it!"
So I whacked a standing dead palm & got these out of it. 3ft, 4ft & 5 1/2 ft.
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Keylo
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Joined: Aug 09, 2011
Posts: 98
From: Daytuna Beach
| Posted: 2012-04-12 1:42 pm Permalink
Killer job on the Kanaloa and I am liking the Moai. Classic gray stain, nice call McTiki.
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pjc5150
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Posts: 1624
From: Tampa, FL
| Posted: 2012-04-12 4:22 pm Permalink
thanks Keylo.
ok, first log was too rotton...
second log yielded this....
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pjc5150
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Posts: 1624
From: Tampa, FL
| Posted: 2012-04-13 2:45 pm Permalink
no rest for the wicked....
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Atomic Mess
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Joined: Apr 13, 2012
Posts: 242
From: Hack-Ah-Nee
| Posted: 2012-04-14 02:39 am Permalink
I love the way the light's hitting the headress in the pic further up the page. Have you thought about using coloured lights on it?
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pjc5150
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Joined: Jun 01, 2009
Posts: 1624
From: Tampa, FL
| Posted: 2012-04-15 3:02 pm Permalink
yeah man, I'm lucky that I have a regular bulb that works!
anyway, a little more progress on the big kanaloa.
a wise man once told me that one receives "extra credit" for poking holes, through which one can see daylight....
holes poked.
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