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amate
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Joined: Oct 03, 2009
Posts: 881 |  Posted: 2012-11-16 4:20 pm Permalink
Thanks Roy. As I said, he was a lot of work and I ran out of steam near the end.
Finished up this 12" rough and chubby Ku.
Started another 12" Ku...only a bit more slender.
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Benzart
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Joined: Jan 09, 2004
Posts: 10364
From: Port Saint Lucie, Florida
| Posted: 2012-11-16 5:10 pm Permalink
Cool stuff Amate the Skinny Ku looks promising. Towards the end carvings Always make us run out of steam, it's easy just to overlook all the things we had planned and call it quits. Looks like you pulled it out tho, it looks great.
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amate
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Joined: Oct 03, 2009
Posts: 881 | Posted: 2012-11-18 06:20 am Permalink
Thanks Benz...
Here’s the other half of that beetle-riddled log I used on the slit drum. I hate to waste a log so I tried a quickie using a chainsaw and 1” bench chisel almost exclusively. Then, I set him on fire. After spanking him with a flap wheel I realized I burnt him too long because I did not want to sand off all the tool marks. He’s a little darker than I intended. Live and learn.
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AlohaStation
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Joined: Sep 27, 2004
Posts: 2135
From: So FL
| Posted: 2012-11-19 08:07 am Permalink
I'm wondering - where your inspiration came from for that last Marq?
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coconuttzo
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Joined: Jan 13, 2010
Posts: 144
From: Hilo, Hawaii
| Posted: 2012-11-19 3:51 pm Permalink
 Aloha, you're too funny. I was thinking the same thing. That's where I get my inspiration too.
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amate
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Joined: Oct 03, 2009
Posts: 881 | Posted: 2012-11-23 05:23 am Permalink
Aloha- very inspirational and a work of art without question. It took me a while to go back and find this photo on the thread of Atomic Mess. I believe this is what planted the seed for my dramatic exaggeration...then again, maybe not. Hope everyone had a grand holiday!
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amate
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Joined: Oct 03, 2009
Posts: 881 | Posted: 2012-11-30 02:15 am Permalink
Finished the 12" skinny Ku.
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McTiki
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Joined: Aug 22, 2004
Posts: 1962
From: Sunny Florida
| Posted: 2012-11-30 03:19 am Permalink
Beautiful!
As always, the background in your presentations add a mystical quality.
Keep em coming
Mahalo
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Atomic Mess
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Joined: Apr 13, 2012
Posts: 283
From: Hack-Ah-Nee
| Posted: 2012-11-30 03:23 am Permalink
agreed, nice pics! Great carve, really like the finish and the pose.
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Will carve
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Joined: Apr 06, 2011
Posts: 539
From: Ft. Lauderdale Fl.
| Posted: 2012-11-30 03:58 am Permalink
I'm not sure which is cooler,
The carve or the grotto.
See, less wood is more.
It' funny like that.
Also,
How'd you get the Tiki to stay still so long,
to take that waterfall pic???
[ This Message was edited by: Will carve 2012-11-30 04:02 ]
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hiltiki
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Joined: Jun 10, 2004
Posts: 3083
From: Reseda, calif.
| Posted: 2012-11-30 07:07 am Permalink
I love the picture with the waterfall, oh and I love the carving.
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Watango productions
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Joined: Mar 20, 2008
Posts: 471
From: Melb,Australia.
| Posted: 2012-11-30 6:46 pm Permalink
Top notch carv'n as allways !!
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cy
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Joined: Mar 10, 2011
Posts: 828
From: Gresham, Oregon
| Posted: 2012-11-30 7:01 pm Permalink
Great carve, color, finish and backgrounds amate!
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amate
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Joined: Oct 03, 2009
Posts: 881 | Posted: 2012-12-01 03:31 am Permalink
Thanks everyone! That one was fun.
Will - you have to get out early while they're still grogy...tikis aren't fully awake until about noon.
The weather is very mild here and I hope to get some stuff roughed out today.
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amate
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Joined: Oct 03, 2009
Posts: 881 | Posted: 2012-12-07 3:57 pm Permalink
Got a few started last weekend.
I haven't done a Moai in a few years now so I'll do two.
and some minis.
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