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TravnerRavenweird
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Joined: Apr 12, 2011
Posts: 113
From: Everett, Washington
|  Posted: 2011-06-28 4:58 pm Permalink
Wow, thanks a lot! I'm honored you all think so!
I started a new one today btw. more to come.
Thanks again!
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cy
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Joined: Mar 10, 2011
Posts: 1403
From: Gresham, Oregon
| Posted: 2011-06-28 6:07 pm Permalink
You asked for it Benzart. Here is what I have been working on. "Paddleman" is a 7 foot hunk of cedar that fell in my yard a few years ago. The relief carving on his forehead is a canoe that I saw built on Maui by a team from Yap, a tiny Micronesian island. The bottom portion, front of Paddleman will have red teeth as the crew chewed beetlenut or "boo", a mild stimulant that they would wrap in leaf, spritz with lime juice and chew. They all had red chicklets from the nut.
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NIxxon
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Joined: Dec 22, 2010
Posts: 496 | Posted: 2011-06-28 6:45 pm Permalink
WHOOOOAA!! That is cool. I really like all the detail in that piece. You said cedar, How long does it take for a piece that size to dry? I have a couple of small pieces that i'm not too sure what to do with just yet.
That looks amazing and looks like you've put quite a bit of time into it. Great Job and thanks for posting!!
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cy
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Joined: Mar 10, 2011
Posts: 1403
From: Gresham, Oregon
| Posted: 2011-06-29 08:19 am Permalink
Hi Nixxon- I really don't know as I can't wait to start whackin' away. This piece was cut and left for about a year, but I could feel the water hitting me in the face as I carved deeper. That just means to go on to another project for a while and come back in a few weeks. The piece will continue to crack as it dries but if you follow the grain as you go it cracks in all the right places ,(well mostly anyway) I'd rather work on it too wet then too dry. I'm hoping TravnerRavenWeird has a rum jug big enough to make him a bottle stopper.
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NIxxon
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Joined: Dec 22, 2010
Posts: 496 | Posted: 2011-06-29 08:39 am Permalink
HAHA!! Well if you do in fact find a rum jug large enough I will be more than happy to come and help you drink it 
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TravnerRavenweird
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Joined: Apr 12, 2011
Posts: 113
From: Everett, Washington
| Posted: 2011-06-29 2:00 pm Permalink
I'll keep my eyes open.
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TravnerRavenweird
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Joined: Apr 12, 2011
Posts: 113
From: Everett, Washington
| Posted: 2011-08-26 11:53 am Permalink
Whoa, did I kill this thread?? Well if I did let me poke it with a stick.
So, I’ve been doing the little bottle stopper thing at my desk at work, which is cool, but at home I started playing a little bigger. I had a mallet, some wood chisels and a little saw and started doing this. (about a week apart from left to right, I don’t get a chance to beat on it like I would like to)
Which is taking For Ever! Needless to say, my Squire blade is in the mail
Oh and it's Ash BTW. Stupid emerald ash borers!
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TheBigT
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Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 1599
From: Fabulous Houston
| Posted: 2011-08-26 3:02 pm Permalink
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Oh and it's Ash BTW. Stupid emerald ash borers!
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Yeah you can get wood borers in any (most?) trees. I had a piece of pecan full of metalic beetles. They were golden.
It's looking pretty good. How about a larger pic??
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kirby
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Joined: May 04, 2005
Posts: 1600
From: SoCal
| Posted: 2011-08-26 3:24 pm Permalink
Here's a Tiki carving!
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TravnerRavenweird
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Joined: Apr 12, 2011
Posts: 113
From: Everett, Washington
| Posted: 2011-08-27 10:54 am Permalink
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On 2011-08-26 15:02, TheBigT wrote:
How about a larger pic??
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Thanks very much! I actually thought is was larger until I posted it. I took it with my cell phone which isn't very good. I have to get my camera charged.....I have to find my camera and get it charged. I'm getting my bottle stoppers finished slowly and I'll need it to take pics of those as well.
Soon.
I got my carving knives in the mail yesterday which I'm fighting the urge to play with until after I get the lawn mowed which isn't easy.....and now I'm here.
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TravnerRavenweird
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Joined: Apr 12, 2011
Posts: 113
From: Everett, Washington
| Posted: 2011-08-27 2:57 pm Permalink
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On 2011-08-26 15:24, kirby wrote:
Here's a Tiki carving!
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Those are Awesome!
Wait, it's one. Still Awesome.
[ This Message was edited by: TravnerRavenweird 2011-08-27 14:57 ]
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TravnerRavenweird
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Joined: Apr 12, 2011
Posts: 113
From: Everett, Washington
| Posted: 2012-07-06 1:47 pm Permalink
So, it's been a year and I finally finished my first large piece this last weekend. 37 inches tall made of Ash from my backyard tree.
Sorry in advance for the smallish pictures. I'll do better next time I promise.
Left to Right: Here it is the after some wood burner use in the facial features and tattoos and some rudimentary torching. (too windy that day)
A coat of stain and after the placement of the Abalone eyes. (old button I had in my leather working stuff)
So I need to read up on finishes for the future, but I chose a satin poly spar for three reasons; I wanted the grain to pop more than it was, I'm not sure if it will go outside to live, and I saw one in the Minneapolis Institute of Art that had more of a sheen than not so I went with it. But I have to say, as a rule I'm not really in to the shiny Tikis.
So here it is.
 
Thanks for looking
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Benzart
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Joined: Jan 09, 2004
Posts: 10397
From: Port Saint Lucie, Florida
| Posted: 2012-08-25 07:19 am Permalink
Excellent Tiki Travner!
KIRBY, you ARE finally learning to Carve! Excellent stuff!
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bb moondog
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Joined: Apr 18, 2006
Posts: 500
From: Gilbert AZ
| Posted: 2012-11-05 1:33 pm Permalink
now i feel a bit ASHAMED of my simple offerings..
..hmm...actually..nope, STILL happy with em..and they are AVAILABLE
should anyone want a menu-inspired tike..preferably in AZ
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amate
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Joined: Oct 03, 2009
Posts: 985 | Posted: 2012-11-05 4:17 pm Permalink
Those look terrific to me. Nice colors.
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