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congatiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jun 01, 2004
Posts: 2473
From: wisconsin northwoods
|  Posted: 2013-09-07 8:20 pm Permalink
Hello fellow carvers, nice to see some of you doing fish. Not exactly "tiki" but I've been knocking out a few fish
too, they're fun...
and an eagle
And now for something Tiki, a few of my pieces are featured in a local gallery that features artists from the
community. I think it's sorta cool so I am posting a few pics
I live in a pretty small town up here in northern Wisconsin, but there are many talented and recognized artists.
It's nice to be a part of the whole thing, the gallery is located in a nice museum so it gets a fair amount of
traffic. I'm nearly famous 
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amate
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Oct 03, 2009
Posts: 902 | Posted: 2013-09-08 05:18 am Permalink
I was wondering if you ever got the eyes put in that pike and now we get to see the finished product. Between you and Jeff, I'm really going to have to step up my game on the fish.
Nice photos and congrats on the gallery.
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pjc5150
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Joined: Jun 01, 2009
Posts: 2369
From: Tampa, FL
| Posted: 2013-09-08 2:27 pm Permalink
sweet!
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Heath
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Joined: Dec 31, 2005
Posts: 608
From: Suburban San Diego (The Drawer)
| Posted: 2013-09-08 4:35 pm Permalink
Way to go conga!
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cy
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Joined: Mar 10, 2011
Posts: 940
From: Gresham, Oregon
| Posted: 2013-09-09 08:05 am Permalink
Your gallery display is impressive conga, lots of different, cool carvings!
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congatiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jun 01, 2004
Posts: 2473
From: wisconsin northwoods
| Posted: 2013-09-09 10:53 am Permalink
Thanks Amate, Jeff, Heath and Cy! Been absent for a little while as I dug into fish and
birds, but I still have "tiki" on the brain and have been watching all of your posts on
TC. Once I knock off the eagle I'm gonna pull another tiki out of something.
Keep up the good work!
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surfintiki
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Joined: Sep 30, 2004
Posts: 1574
From: S. Chatham, MA
| Posted: 2013-09-09 2:25 pm Permalink
Tiki, on, in, and under your brain! YAY!
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hang10tiki
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Joined: Jul 18, 2010
Posts: 4383
From: Las Vegas
| Posted: 2013-09-11 09:05 am Permalink
Kool
Congrads
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FreddieBallsomic
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Aug 08, 2005
Posts: 628 | Posted: 2013-09-13 9:49 pm Permalink
Hey there, Conga! Wheres this at?? Can u message me so I may be able to get some of my lil' Lake Superior Tikis in there? Thanx, Big-Man.
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Benzart
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Joined: Jan 09, 2004
Posts: 10371
From: Port Saint Lucie, Florida
| Posted: 2013-09-21 08:55 am Permalink
Nice looking fish and birds Conga, nice to see you still carving and learning!
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congatiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jun 01, 2004
Posts: 2473
From: wisconsin northwoods
| Posted: 2013-09-24 8:20 pm Permalink
Hey thanks for the kind words everyone, and extra thanks to Ben for stopping over
here. Still learning and whenever something needs a little extra effort I always
think of you. WWBD...what would Ben Do
So I think I finished the eagle and I splattered a little PNG influenced paint on
a fish. "The Clash" replacing exotica tonight...thinking of carving a tiki again.
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Will carve
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Joined: Apr 06, 2011
Posts: 606
From: Ft. Lauderdale Fl.
| Posted: 2013-09-25 04:39 am Permalink
It's all happening at the zoo.
I do declare.
[Simon & Garfunkel]
Your critters look good.
So do you standing there in your own museum.
Bring on the Tiki.
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congatiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jun 01, 2004
Posts: 2473
From: wisconsin northwoods
| Posted: 2013-09-25 06:51 am Permalink
thanks Will
I am ready to move on from my zoo experiments, time to find a tiki somewhere in a
big chunk of Wisconsin basswood. Perhaps I have been intimidated by all of the great
tikis that you have been posting--but it's time to get rockin'.
As for the zoo--we have a little "joke" of sorts today.
A guy walks into a zoo....looks all around...can only find one animal in the place. A dog.
What kind of dog was it?
It was a Shih-Tzu.
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tiki beat by marcus thorn
Grand Member (first year) 
Joined: Jun 01, 2005
Posts: 724
From: A Little Island called Australia
| Posted: 2013-09-27 8:00 pm Permalink
your work is looking awesome
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congatiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jun 01, 2004
Posts: 2473
From: wisconsin northwoods
| Posted: 2013-10-01 7:36 pm Permalink
Thank you Marcus, it's wonderful that you stopped in for a visit:-) I've drawn a ton of inspiration from your carvings, as most of us around here have.
I promised or threatened that I would carve a tiki next, here we go...
Some spirits are starting to come out of the wood, not sure of their disposition at this point.
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