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rodeotiki
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Joined: Jan 21, 2004
Posts: 1513
From: calgary
|  Posted: 2004-10-08 2:20 pm Permalink
Lakesurfer, I really dig your carvings. My favorite is still the mailbox. Thanks for sharing the new direction, It looks great.
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Lake Surfer
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Joined: Oct 21, 2002
Posts: 3375
From: Milwaukee, WI
| Posted: 2004-10-08 8:39 pm Permalink
Thanks guys for the kind words...
Adrian, its a yellow pine... I have a lot of that left... this one was tough in spots around the knots... the wood grain grows in a circular pattern and it harder to remove than the straight grain... the dry air combined with splintering pine has really bloodied the hands... two weeks off and I've gone soft...
As I said, just an experimental stage, I expect to return to traditional and am dying to try my hand at some Vanuatu stuff after watching Survivor...
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Aaron's Akua
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Joined: Jul 09, 2004
Posts: 1594
From: Rancho Santa Margarita, CA
| Posted: 2004-10-10 4:49 pm Permalink
Hi Lake Surfer,
I've been admiring your work here for some time. I've also admired Tiki-G's "badass" design skills, so I can relate. You can definitely pick out a "freaky" tiki, cause they all have that certain scary look. I think yours will be a little different, definitely a departure from your previous work, but sure to look killer. I think each tiki really comes together at the end, at the sanding & finishing stage. Until then you just have to imagine what the final product's gonna look like.
I'm working with some previously dried palm wood, & thinking about carving up a "real" wood log sometime in the future. Planning ahead, how long does it take for your logs to dry out suitable for carving, from the time that they are cut till the time that they are carved? You seem to have a nice stockpile going, so I thought you'd have some good advice on this.
A-A
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Benzart
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Joined: Jan 09, 2004
Posts: 10358
From: Port Saint Lucie, Florida
| Posted: 2004-10-10 7:41 pm Permalink
LS , your stuf is still looking great. It was nice meeting you at HikiLau. Wish we would have had more time to talk. Next year we will.
Keep up the good work and don't be afraid to carve Wacky if you want. ya gotta have fun.
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Lake Surfer
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Joined: Oct 21, 2002
Posts: 3375
From: Milwaukee, WI
| Posted: 2004-10-17 01:56 am Permalink
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Lake Surfer
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Joined: Oct 21, 2002
Posts: 3375
From: Milwaukee, WI
| Posted: 2004-10-17 10:51 pm Permalink
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Lake Surfer
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Joined: Oct 21, 2002
Posts: 3375
From: Milwaukee, WI
| Posted: 2004-10-17 10:54 pm Permalink
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Lake Surfer
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Joined: Oct 21, 2002
Posts: 3375
From: Milwaukee, WI
| Posted: 2004-11-14 3:07 pm Permalink
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Lake Surfer
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Joined: Oct 21, 2002
Posts: 3375
From: Milwaukee, WI
| Posted: 2004-11-16 10:51 pm Permalink
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Lake Surfer
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Joined: Oct 21, 2002
Posts: 3375
From: Milwaukee, WI
| Posted: 2004-11-30 11:11 pm Permalink
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Aaron's Akua
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Joined: Jul 09, 2004
Posts: 1594
From: Rancho Santa Margarita, CA
| Posted: 2004-12-01 10:27 pm Permalink
Beautiful work, LS. I especially like the bottom one.
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Hale Tiki
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Joined: Oct 19, 2004
Posts: 1798
From: Pittsburgh
| Posted: 2004-12-01 10:30 pm Permalink
Good show old chap. Good show.
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Polynesiac
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Joined: Jan 29, 2004
Posts: 2079
From: San Pedro, CA
| Posted: 2004-12-02 7:40 pm Permalink
Lake - I dig your decor! Very classy stuff!
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Lake Surfer
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Oct 21, 2002
Posts: 3375
From: Milwaukee, WI
| Posted: 2004-12-02 10:19 pm Permalink
Mahalo guys! 
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delphiniumangel
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Nov 30, 2004
Posts: 46 | Posted: 2004-12-03 12:57 pm Permalink
Hey Lake - where do you live? I am loving all of your work and am considering buying some for my house and yard.
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