 |
Mermaids |
pjc5150
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jun 01, 2009
Posts: 2379
From: Tampa, FL
|  Posted: 2013-07-06 3:48 pm Permalink
lookin' good Tom.. I dig it...
|
amate
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Oct 03, 2009
Posts: 983 | Posted: 2013-07-07 05:13 am Permalink
Looking forward to watching this one progress. It's kind of hard to make out in the photo but what are you using for a workbench?
|
Polynesiac
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jan 29, 2004
Posts: 2094
From: San Pedro, CA
| Posted: 2013-07-07 08:38 am Permalink
Nice! Great start and looking forward to watching this progress. I'm guessing ships head!!
How's carving the mahogany? Your lines look really clean, are you using chisels only?
|
AlohaStation
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Sep 27, 2004
Posts: 2373
From: So FL
| Posted: 2013-07-07 6:30 pm Permalink
My carving stand is a little improvised but i like it. It is a 4 position folding ladder with palm segments for cushion. I'm tall and like my logs positioned higher. The mahony is tough to carve in raw logs, the grain swirls and changes direction alot. I'm used to it now and try to keep that in mind when planning my cuts. Yes, all chisels w/grinder to sand (the wood laughs at the grinder). Heres the latest...
|
Atomic Mess
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Apr 13, 2012
Posts: 283
From: Hack-Ah-Nee
| Posted: 2013-07-08 04:34 am Permalink
haha love the bench! Looks like this is going to be very cool.
|
hang10tiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jul 18, 2010
Posts: 6942
From: Las Vegas
| Posted: 2013-07-11 09:24 am Permalink
Lookin good
|
AlohaStation
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Sep 27, 2004
Posts: 2373
From: So FL
| Posted: 2013-07-23 1:51 pm Permalink
Wood carving porn
|
AlohaStation
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Sep 27, 2004
Posts: 2373
From: So FL
| Posted: 2013-07-24 07:46 am Permalink
Here's the latest. She is progressing nicely. I keep telling myself "doing good, don't f*ck her up" - so things are progressing slowly.
|
DHTiki
Tiki Centralite
Joined: May 10, 2013
Posts: 87
From: Sunny Phoenix
| Posted: 2013-07-24 08:00 am Permalink
Very nice.
I found the key - I make sure I f*** mine up early and get it out of the way, then I don't have to worry about it for the rest of the carve.
|
cy
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Mar 10, 2011
Posts: 1378
From: Gresham, Oregon
| Posted: 2013-07-24 08:19 am Permalink
She's looking beautiful Aloha and your porn pic gave me splinters from whackin my hard wood.
|
pjc5150
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jun 01, 2009
Posts: 2379
From: Tampa, FL
| Posted: 2013-07-24 08:30 am Permalink
I'd hit it...
|
tikimecula
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Apr 27, 2004
Posts: 453
From: BFE, KS
| Posted: 2013-07-25 4:42 pm Permalink
Holy Crap. Going for it I see. Looks real good so far, Keep it up.
|
AlohaStation
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Sep 27, 2004
Posts: 2373
From: So FL
| Posted: 2013-08-09 08:18 am Permalink
This is my latest submission to the Cannibal art swap. Carved walnut, Cannibal Fork Pendant. This one threw me a curve by having a hidden bad spot inside the piece of wood (you can see it on the chest. When I exposed that, I didn't want to carve any deeper. The fork is sharp enough to be used as a fork.
|
MadDogMike
Grand Member (8 years) 
Joined: Mar 30, 2008
Posts: 8563
From: The Anvil of the Sun
| Posted: 2013-08-10 08:14 am Permalink
Been a while since I been on yout thread Tom, I missed some stuff! The upside down Hawaiian guys are great and the mermaid is gonna be awesome. The cannibal fork is fab, gives a whole new meaning to the phrase "let me pick your brain" 
_________________
Gellhorn - "There's a lot of rum in this rum"
Hemingway - "In this joint they don't drink to get drunk, they drink to stay drunk"
|
hang10tiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jul 18, 2010
Posts: 6942
From: Las Vegas
| Posted: 2013-08-10 1:04 pm Permalink
Sweet
|
