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AlohaStation
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Sep 27, 2004
Posts: 2004
From: So FL
|  Posted: 2008-12-15 08:48 am Permalink
Another giant masterpiece. The guys with the hot rods must have loved all the dust!!
It was great getting to hang out with you guys at the Mai Kai. We seem to have a lot in common, other than carving tikis. Keep up the great work and I hope to see you to see you again soon.
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haikai
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Nov 09, 2005
Posts: 233
From: Regensburg / Bavaria / Germany
| Posted: 2008-12-15 5:11 pm Permalink
Tucson Tiki, thanks for the compliment!
AlohaStation, thanks for your entry. Hope you are felling fine. Do you got my email last week?
Yes you are right the hot rod guys were all wondering about the dust on there cars. First I had a bad conscience  .
But they all enjoyed my work on the tiki so much, that it wasn´t a problem. It was a funny time to stay there with these guys and their incredible cars.
Now the Trashers CC has a new mascot.
It is only a relly easy tiki. I used only simple and clear forms, because I had not really much time for the carving.
But I think such a big tiki doesn´t need much deails. Anyway, two dasy ago I started with your wallnut piece.
I works very well and makes a lot of fun. It will need much more time to finish it, but I will definitely post pictures.
Thanks so much for all your time, gifts, and your great hospitality. Please say it also to Will.
We had a great time in Miami and I hope we will come back soon.
Or you will visit us in Germany, feel free and come over. Some hard pieces of oak wood are waiting for you. 
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Tiki Diablo
Grand Member (8 years) 
Joined: Jun 24, 2002
Posts: 1892
From: socal
| Posted: 2008-12-15 8:34 pm Permalink
Great work Kai. I love your dioramas! Emailed you back but I am not sure if you got it.
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Lake Surfer
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Oct 21, 2002
Posts: 3311
From: Milwaukee, WI
| Posted: 2008-12-16 01:43 am Permalink
Kai, you always seem to have the big logs ready to go!
Another impressive piece, and yes, less is more on these big guys.
They have a huge presence.
We are into such a bitter winter that it has driven me to the warmest and smallest corner of my studio.
Maybe by spring I'll be able to drag out the saw and get to some big logs! You've really got me craving to carve up a big tiki.
Keep up the inspiring work!
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Tiki Duddy
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jun 04, 2006
Posts: 759
From: Manitoba, Canada
| Posted: 2008-12-18 3:39 pm Permalink
Kai!
havent checked in for a while-your stuff is looking SWeeet~!
the sand Moai is just awsome- and that Ku on the last page is Really cool~!!
Looks Great!
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haikai
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Nov 09, 2005
Posts: 233
From: Regensburg / Bavaria / Germany
| Posted: 2008-12-19 06:44 am Permalink
Hey guys,
thanks for your nice entries. I already start with a new carving, but I just have no pics of it, yet.
It will be a little tiki figure out of walnut wood, which is a gift from AlohaStation.
He gave me the piece of wood, when we met us at the Mai-Kai two weeks ago.
Tom, thanks again for that!
Tiki Diablo, I send you a personal message at TC and the same message to Myspace. I hope you will get it.
Your email address don´t work and returns always back. Don´t know what´s the problem???
Please give me a short feedback, if you got the mail.
Lake Surfer, thanks so much! Yes you are right! It really sucks to carve when it is cold outside and the tool
are freezing on you fingers. But it is the season, when I would have the most time to carve. Stupid!
Thats why I am carving a small one at my warm flat at the moment.
Next time, when I will visit the US and meet you again, I will bring you a bottle of hot cuban rum for your studio.
Looking forward to see the first pictures of your next big log project. We could start an competition at TC:
"Who will carve the biggest Tiki"
This morning I talked with a friend and he told me that he got a log with 4 feet diameter. Black cottonwood!
Tiki Duddy, thanks so much! To carve the sand tiki was very funny. It worked very well and it was easy to carve it clean.
The sand was very hard and so, the tiki stand there for 2 or 3 month.
I wish you all a great time and a wonderful Merry Christmas, Kai
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seeksurf
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Sep 27, 2007
Posts: 2144
From: Buckley, WA
| Posted: 2008-12-22 9:46 pm Permalink
Love the simplicity of the large guy.
Just right!
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AKUAE
Tiki Socialite
Joined: May 11, 2007
Posts: 129
From: Alsace - France
| Posted: 2008-12-29 08:34 am Permalink
Hi Haikai
great pics of your last Tiki's
The big one is great - it is your Tiki Style
i love the simply lines for your Big Tikis
after some months without Tiki Carviing i will try to post some new pics on my topic
take a look on it
see you hopefully soon
einen guten Rutsch
Akuae
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Babalu
Grand Member (5 years) 
Joined: Nov 19, 2006
Posts: 2498
From: Lemon Grove
| Posted: 2008-12-30 06:56 am Permalink
Kai,
You are just plain amazing sir! Every time I visit this thread I get chills. Please keep posting; we all wait on the edge of our seats for the next works from you.
STUNNING!
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haikai
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Nov 09, 2005
Posts: 233
From: Regensburg / Bavaria / Germany
| Posted: 2009-09-03 10:17 am Permalink
Aloha Tiki friends,
this is the poster of my next tiki artshow in my hometown Regensburg/Germany.
The "Grand Opening show" with exotic music and drinks will start at Saturday - 7.00 pm - 3th October 2009.
Kopfkunst
Corner shop
Schwandorfer Straße 24
Lappersdorfer Straße at Regensburg
The show includes many different artworks of the last 5 years, from the first tiki to the last. I will also report about
the unforgettable impressions uring my tiki time and show two new tiki dioramas.
Perhaps one of you gals and guys will be in Germany during this time. So I would be happy to meet you at the opening show.
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Tiki Tack
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Jun 12, 2009
Posts: 15 | Posted: 2009-09-03 11:04 am Permalink
Wow... I was just going through your posts and.....wow. You are my mentor and Tiki God. Thank you for sharing!
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drasticwagon
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Dec 27, 2008
Posts: 263
From: DFW , Texas
| Posted: 2009-09-03 6:33 pm Permalink
I 2nd that.
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Tiki-Finn
Member
Joined: Jan 15, 2009
Posts: 10
From: Finland
| Posted: 2009-09-04 04:32 am Permalink
Really impressive stuff! Sehr gut! ;-D
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Benzart
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jan 09, 2004
Posts: 10306
From: Port Saint Lucie, Florida
| Posted: 2009-09-04 06:30 am Permalink
Hi Kai I really wish I could make it but you are Just a couple miles too far for this time. Great seeing you here again, Any new tikis you want to share?
Cheers
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rugbymatt
Grand Member (5 years)
Joined: Jun 03, 2005
Posts: 1201
From: Sacramento
| Posted: 2009-09-04 1:34 pm Permalink
Kai,
Gruss Gott! It looks like you have been keeping busy and continuing to improve your skills. I hope all is well for you. I will be over sometime in October but probably stuck in Tubingen and Tuttlingen again. Have you tried JapGo in Tubingen yet? They have an incredible rum selection and one of the bartenders bought an old Trader Vic's drink book on e-bay so their cocktails are getting better.
Chuss!
Matt
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