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Tiki Diablo
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From: socal
|  Posted: 2008-01-10 11:30 pm Permalink
You crazy ass mutha fruckin' pimp!
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Basement Kahuna
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Joined: Oct 14, 2002
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From: Jawja Province, Isle of North America
| Posted: 2008-01-11 3:00 pm Permalink
Diablo taught me everything I know.
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virani
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From: Volcanic area of France
| Posted: 2008-01-12 06:12 am Permalink
but why the white socks ?
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Matt Reese
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From: San Diego
| Posted: 2008-01-12 10:58 am Permalink
That's his skin! With that many women he never has to leave the house.
Great pic.
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Jungle Trader
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From: Trader's Jungle Outpost, Turlock, Ca.
| Posted: 2008-01-12 11:48 am Permalink
You and The Hef really piss me off.
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RevBambooBen
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From: Huntikington Beach
| Posted: 2008-01-12 12:08 pm Permalink
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On 2008-01-09 09:13, Basement Kahuna wrote:
Actually, Kris there in the green does all of my talking for me. "Basement Kahuna would like to know what his cut is... dig?" 
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She looks like she could be your twin sister!!
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tok-tok
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From: somewhere in Germany
| Posted: 2008-01-13 02:18 am Permalink
This is truly 'the pimp style'. You´ve got the look. Ever tried some modeling?
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Basement Kahuna
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From: Jawja Province, Isle of North America
| Posted: 2008-01-14 11:32 am Permalink
You all are hereby invited to the Grotto..Dissapointing as it may be: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=279603638
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Basement Kahuna
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From: Jawja Province, Isle of North America
| Posted: 2008-01-14 4:54 pm Permalink
A new bone Maori Warrior Chief pendant I just finished carving for Freddie Ballsomic. This one is based on what would be a typical meeting house panel image. 4 inches!   
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Benzart
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From: Port Saint Lucie, Florida
| Posted: 2008-01-14 7:45 pm Permalink
Shoul'da read this one first. Incredible stuff and getting More Better with every piece!
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Basement Kahuna
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From: Jawja Province, Isle of North America
| Posted: 2008-01-14 10:15 pm Permalink
Thanks, Ben...likewise.
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Basement Kahuna
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From: Jawja Province, Isle of North America
| Posted: 2008-01-19 3:29 pm Permalink
New less expensive Marquesan Mask for my tiki bar fronts. An authentic but kind of rare eye style with a lot of seaworn looking distressing. 
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Capt'n Skully
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From: The Lost Lagoon
| Posted: 2008-01-21 2:01 pm Permalink
BK-
If I may ask, what do you feel has been the most difficult or challenging piece you've carved to date? And was it coming up with the design or the actual carving that made it tougher than others??
Keep up all the excellent work!
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Basement Kahuna
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From: Jawja Province, Isle of North America
| Posted: 2008-01-21 8:38 pm Permalink
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On 2008-01-21 14:01, Capt'n Skully wrote:
BK-
If I may ask, what do you feel has been the most difficult or challenging piece you've carved to date? And was it coming up with the design or the actual carving that made it tougher than others??
Keep up all the excellent work!
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Oddly enough, skully, the most difficult piece for was a piece I should have felt at home with from the get-go, and I did not design it, but it's the Marquesan U'U club. Getting all of the angles and contours perfect and true to form on this club are very hard, especially in a grainier wood. Because of the geometric aspect, it reverses grain direction constantly and all of those little creation spirit faces are challenging. As far as designing goes, it (seems) easy to me now because I've worked out a lot of home-brewed methods and little tricks that work for me now inasmuch as making the process easier and faster. Templates and transparencies and fold-overs and so-on. Aesthetics are luckily a strongpoint for me-and man, do I have ample weakpoints. But when I began, even designing something like a new style of moulding was a tremendous challenge. Being less hard on yourself is the most daunting challenge for any artist if you ask me.
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Capt'n Skully
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From: The Lost Lagoon
| Posted: 2008-01-22 4:25 pm Permalink
Thanks for the answer, BK. I guess if artists weren't so harshly critical of their own work and thought it was a masterpiece, they wouldn't have reason to progress.
Much respect for your talent and attention to detail (& pimp-nessity)!
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