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TravnerRavenweird
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Apr 12, 2011
Posts: 91
From: Everett, Washington
|  Posted: 2013-08-15 4:00 pm Permalink
Ah HA!
Well since I'm not being prolific enough to feel like I warrant my own thread yet, I'll just keep posting on this one.
So it's been a while, had some "life" stuff, moved the family from Minneapolis Mn, to Everett Wa, like one does. Anyway I Finally started a new carve. Found a piece of driftwood at the beach, thought it was a nice solid piece of something, but it has turned out to be a chewy pain. I'm still trying to make a silk purse out of this sow's ear, so here's my progress:
I'm trying to do the "carve deep" thing, but I'm having a trouble with my wood holding together. I'm dreading sanding this thing, anyway, here's the face so far.
Thanks for looking!
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amate
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Oct 03, 2009
Posts: 979 | Posted: 2013-08-15 4:22 pm Permalink
Driftwood is always full of surprises. Looks great from where I'm sitting and...you get extra credit for going all the way through between the legs!
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For the Love of Tiki
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Joined: Feb 19, 2013
Posts: 122
From: San Diego, CA
| Posted: 2013-08-16 07:27 am Permalink
Excellent progress... shaping up to be one cool tiki!
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TravnerRavenweird
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Apr 12, 2011
Posts: 91
From: Everett, Washington
| Posted: 2013-08-16 12:27 pm Permalink
Thanks gang!
Yeah, that's when I found out how truly full of water this guy was was when I went through the legs. It was a mushy, pulpy mess in the center of this little log.
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Grand Poobah
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Joined: Dec 09, 2008
Posts: 233
From: Reading, PA
| Posted: 2013-08-19 05:44 am Permalink
Usually the maker is the worst critic! It looks great to me...do you mention what type of wood it is?
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TravnerRavenweird
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Apr 12, 2011
Posts: 91
From: Everett, Washington
| Posted: 2013-08-19 10:14 am Permalink
No idea what kind of wood it is. I thought it might be pine, but it seems really stringy. Heck it could be Rhododendron for all I know.
The first picture in the progress pictures is almost exactly how I found it except for the ends I cut off.
Thanks! I hope to have more progress pictures to post soon. I have all the Sharpie sanded off and am trying to get some tattoos carved on the limbs.
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Kai Koa
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Nov 11, 2012
Posts: 67
From: Kailua Kona
| Posted: 2013-08-19 3:51 pm Permalink
New to carving, but was inspired from my recent trip to the Big Island.
Here's a couple pieces I've done:
And this is the current carving:
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TravnerRavenweird
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Apr 12, 2011
Posts: 91
From: Everett, Washington
| Posted: 2013-08-19 4:28 pm Permalink
Nice! And It looks like we're almost neighbors...at least compared to a lot of people on here.
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amate
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Oct 03, 2009
Posts: 979 | Posted: 2013-08-19 5:03 pm Permalink
You must live close to Cy...
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Kai Koa
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Nov 11, 2012
Posts: 67
From: Kailua Kona
| Posted: 2013-08-20 09:02 am Permalink
Thanx! I am close, from the Shoreline area.
Added black on the latest tiki, next is to find a stain color I like.
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Kai Koa
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Joined: Nov 11, 2012
Posts: 67
From: Kailua Kona
| Posted: 2013-08-22 3:09 pm Permalink
Done!
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TravnerRavenweird
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Apr 12, 2011
Posts: 91
From: Everett, Washington
| Posted: 2013-08-23 12:54 pm Permalink
Very nice! I'm hoping to get mine in some state of finished this weekend.
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pjc5150
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jun 01, 2009
Posts: 2379
From: Tampa, FL
| Posted: 2013-08-23 2:24 pm Permalink
your designs are solid...
just carve deeper bro... you'll like what happens. I promise... 
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Kai Koa
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Nov 11, 2012
Posts: 67
From: Kailua Kona
| Posted: 2013-08-23 4:23 pm Permalink
Thanx guys, and pjc5150 thanx for the tip, this is my 3rd Tiki, so any advice is greatly appreciated. This Tiki was first created in a painting by a good friend and great artist Brad "Tiki Shark" Parker and I wanted to match it as close as possible so I didn't go too deep on carving this guy. Here is a picture of the painting Kon-Tiki Dream:
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Kai Koa
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Nov 11, 2012
Posts: 67
From: Kailua Kona
| Posted: 2013-09-01 6:04 pm Permalink
Red Tiki.
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