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makutiki
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Joined: Dec 03, 2005
Posts: 89 |  Posted: 2006-09-15 09:12 am Permalink
Hej!
Nice drawings  and that is one big boy your carving! Cool to see more Nordic people in here too! I have been working alot in Norway, but only seen lots and lots of trolls, no tikis....exept from those at the Heyerdal Museum ofcourse
But I see things are gonna change!
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Paipo
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Joined: Jun 22, 2006
Posts: 1886
From: Aotearoa / NZ
| Posted: 2006-09-15 12:36 pm Permalink
Looks like you Scandinavian guys are starting your own tiki revolution up there. Really nice sketches, I love the charcoal one (if that's what it is) too. Those are some scary tikis!
PS like Tamapoutini I've also lived in Christchurch before, for about 15 years but I left about 7 years ago. Nice to know you've got a kiwi connection!
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hewey
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Joined: Sep 14, 2004
Posts: 4270
From: Sydney, Australia
| Posted: 2006-09-15 10:32 pm Permalink
Nice sketches man! love to see some more, a nice style to em.
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el Stingray
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Joined: Aug 06, 2006
Posts: 53
From: Oslo, Norway
| Posted: 2006-09-20 2:45 pm Permalink
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On 2006-09-14 21:54, tikidreams wrote:
Hej granne! ackuratt.
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It´s excellent to get to read el "Sweet Brotha"s language like that!
Det duger!
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el Stingray
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Aug 06, 2006
Posts: 53
From: Oslo, Norway
| Posted: 2006-09-20 2:54 pm Permalink
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On 2006-09-15 12:36, Paipo wrote:
like Tamapoutini I've also lived in Christchurch before, for about 15 years but I left about 7 years ago. Nice to know you've got a kiwi connection!
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Thanks very much for the support! Yeah, I enjoyed the stay in NZ, it was worth my life, kinda, cause now I can pass into the other world a smiling man:) I love the maori ways. Just as I recognized a haka through the radio the other day, it put me right back into the what we call up North an "Adder" bush, like the special jungle trees you have that is a big inspiration for the maori wood carving and tattoos.
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el Stingray
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Aug 06, 2006
Posts: 53
From: Oslo, Norway
| Posted: 2007-05-07 04:25 am Permalink
Hi dear carvers.
It´s been a while since I´ve been on Tiki Central, but it´s because I´ve been busy busting my arse around carving, researching etc. It takes time to make yar own for the first time. At least when you know nuttin´bout techs and tools.
I´m posting the latest pics of Kong Tiki so you can see which stage I´m at. The tiki is not typical traditional, but that´s on purpose, cause of the importance of history in your own piece. It´s like to be an ancestor right? Cool. So check it out!
I´m using a Black & Decker angle grinder and just bought a small cordless Dremel multi tool that I´m gonna try out next time I´m home in Fredrikstad and my parents garage. (They must be a little agitated cause of all that sawdust on the car by now, shit.) What I would like to now about, and get, is a small one hand chainsaw. If that´s something that´s awailable on the market. Anybody knows? Excellent!
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Sneakytiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Mar 31, 2003
Posts: 1795
From: Boise, Idaho
| Posted: 2007-05-08 01:18 am Permalink
Wow! That is a scary Kong-tiki. He looks like a wolfman-tiki to me. Nice work El Stingray!
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cheekytiki
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Joined: Mar 09, 2004
Posts: 1088
From: The Haole Hut, London, UK
| Posted: 2007-05-08 02:04 am Permalink
Cool Tiki, Stihl do a pruning chainsaw MS 200 T that you can use one handed
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Benzart
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Joined: Jan 09, 2004
Posts: 10309
From: Port Saint Lucie, Florida
| Posted: 2007-05-08 04:17 am Permalink
WELCOME to TC MakuTiki, Glad to have you here!
Looks like you have a Lot of Bottled up tiki art waiting to Explode there. You are getting some Excellent detail too, can you post pictures of all the tools you are using?
Nice tiki.
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el Stingray
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Aug 06, 2006
Posts: 53
From: Oslo, Norway
| Posted: 2007-05-08 05:38 am Permalink
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On 2007-05-08 01:18, Sneakytiki wrote:
Wow! That is a scary Kong-tiki. He looks like a wolfman-tiki to me. Nice work El Stingray!
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Hehe. Well, every Tiki has it´s personality. Inspired by the dark Norwegian woods and the creatures of the night, this is the look of it.
Thanks!
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el Stingray
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Aug 06, 2006
Posts: 53
From: Oslo, Norway
| Posted: 2007-05-08 05:41 am Permalink
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On 2007-05-08 02:04, cheekytiki wrote:
Cool Tiki, Stihl do a pruning chainsaw MS 200 T that you can use one handed
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Thanks for the tip mate. Found this one: http://woodsmanequipment.com/product.php?productid=MS%20200T
Seems like a good one actually.
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Mr. NoNaMe
Tiki Socialite
Joined: May 10, 2006
Posts: 1869 | Posted: 2007-05-10 11:29 am Permalink
Hey El Sting,
I was in Oceanic Arts in Los Angeles this week and Bob, one of the owners, said that some Norwegians were just there buying tikis for their new tiki bar/restaurant in Oslo.
I forget what it will be called.
Maybe if you get Kong Tiki done you can store it at the new resaurant.
Skal,
Erik
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Unga Bunga
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Joined: Jun 06, 2003
Posts: 5738
From: CaliTikifornia
| Posted: 2007-05-10 11:57 am Permalink
 Isn't it good, Knowing she would.
Great thread Stinger!
Congrats on your new kid.
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el Stingray
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Aug 06, 2006
Posts: 53
From: Oslo, Norway
| Posted: 2007-07-21 04:05 am Permalink
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On 2007-05-10 11:29, Mr. NoNaMe wrote:
Hey El Sting,
I was in Oceanic Arts in Los Angeles this week and Bob, one of the owners, said that some Norwegians were just there buying tikis for their new tiki bar/restaurant in Oslo.
I forget what it will be called.
Maybe if you get Kong Tiki done you can store it at the new resaurant.
Skal,
Erik
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Hi Mr. NoNaMe
Cool that you heard about it. The Tikibar I think you refer to is called Aku Aku, and is located at Grünerløkka in capital city of Oslo, – if you´re in the neighborhood, you might wanna pop in for a mug. It´s very popular, always has a long line outside and is pretty expensive place to drink (the mucho cluroso y cachondo wahines hanging around might even that one out.). The owner, Jan Vardøen, is also having another bar called Bar Boca beside Aku Aku and is known through all of Norway serving the best tropical drinks. I´ve been to Aku Aku a couple of times, being a little disappointed that I haven´t seen a life sized Tiki in there yet. I might have a word with him. Skål mate!
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el Stingray
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Aug 06, 2006
Posts: 53
From: Oslo, Norway
| Posted: 2007-07-21 07:06 am Permalink
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On 2007-05-08 04:17, Benzart wrote:
WELCOME to TC MakuTiki, Glad to have you here!
Looks like you have a Lot of Bottled up tiki art waiting to Explode there. You are getting some Excellent detail too, can you post pictures of all the tools you are using?
Nice tiki.
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Hi Benzart.
I will post pics of the tools I use as soon as possible. For me it takes a while to finish the Tiki, since I live in Oslo and the Tiki is placed an hour drive away at my parents place, I don´t get to carve as much as I´d like to. I´m thinking of getting a stable, very small Chainsaw, making it easier to carve faster and deeper into the wood. Now I´ve used a bent big old saw, only for cutting down trees with, a Black&Decker angle grinder, first using an Exalibur blade that was way too nasty and out of control, and then I´ve changed the disk to a course sandpaper, much safer. At the moment I´m using a small chordless Dremel tool, making the ornaments on the tiki. I will post shots of it probably when I next go for a carving visit.
My Tattoo!!!
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