 |
The French touch !!! ;-) |
coxico
Member
Joined: Jan 06, 2008
Posts: 4
From: France
|  Posted: 2008-01-17 1:25 pm Permalink
Hi Tiki carvers !
After a lot of visits on TC, I decided to post my first realisations...
I would just like to introduce myself quickly !
My name is Vincent, I live in France, just at the Swiss and German borders, and I'm addict to VW aircooled, good music, beachcruisers, custom Art in general and tiki carving of course.
Due to a lot of passions VW's, music (I play guitar in a famous  Ska band http://www.myspace.com/packageska ), webcreation ... I sculpt very slowly (around 2 tikis per year !!!). But I'll try to invest more time in this activity !!!
I started to carve at the summer 2006, after a HotRod meeting in Swiss. I was not at this event, but a couple of friends (Seb and AKUAE on TC) meet an europeen legend: HAKAI !!! , and brought me a lot of picture of his realisations. 1 week later, we bought our first log of wood !
OK ! Enough writting.
You will see below me 3 first Tiki's. I hope you'll enjoy it !
The first is about 20cm (8 inch)
His name is "BOB" because I made it when my son was born and I looked every day "Spongebob" at the TV !
The second is in a 65cm (25 inch) peace of beech
He is called "JAZ"
The last I've just finished this week is about 93cm (36 inch) in an old worn log of pine. We can see a lot of worm holes ! It was my challenge to reborn this ugly and dead peace of wood !!!
I give him the name "HAPPY", because he makes me smile !
The next in 6 months !!!
See ya'
Vinz
[ This Message was edited by: coxico 2008-01-17 22:47 ]
[ This Message was edited by: coxico 2010-04-18 02:53 ]
[ This Message was edited by: coxico 2010-04-18 02:54 ]
[ This Message was edited by: coxico 2010-04-18 02:56 ]
|
GROG
Grand Member (first year) 
Joined: Jun 21, 2006
Posts: 6194
From: Tujunga
| Posted: 2008-01-17 1:44 pm Permalink
Very clean lines. GROG really like that Moai.
Welcome to TC.
[ This Message was edited by: GROG 2008-01-17 13:45 ]
|
Trader Tark
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Nov 11, 2007
Posts: 44
From: Sunny Brighton UK
| Posted: 2008-01-17 2:33 pm Permalink
Really nice ! I also like the clean lines.
I have also used Beech a couple of times as it seems to be quite easy to come across localy to me here in the Uk ..
I love the sharpness of "JAZ"
Hope to see some more ..
|
AlohaStation
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Sep 27, 2004
Posts: 2004
From: So FL
| Posted: 2008-01-17 4:30 pm Permalink
Welcome and get comfortable. Great stuff.
|
Traderbob
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Sep 29, 2007
Posts: 55
From: tropical shores of bavarian breweries
| Posted: 2008-01-17 4:51 pm Permalink
Aloha coxico,
nice tikis, they are "tres bien". For some reason I like the name of your first one
The happy moai is my favorite, very very cool style !
|
benella
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Sep 27, 2006
Posts: 1423
From: Meudon, France
| Posted: 2008-01-18 12:32 am Permalink
welcome to TC mon ami ! I'm French too !
I love the moai that has wonderful grain and design.
Your work is very good so please, carve more often
Benjamin.
_________________
Tiki Tribe Paris
Tiki stuff
|
AKUAE
Tiki Socialite
Joined: May 11, 2007
Posts: 129
From: Alsace - France
| Posted: 2008-01-18 01:04 am Permalink
Hi Coxico
WONDERFUL
A perfect last Tiki - i'm jalous 
i'm very happy to see now your pictures on TC
great stuff and now you have to do more and more and more
The Tiki Feaver is still on fire in Alsace
hope to see you this week end -
Sunday Tiki Workshop in the kitchen ???
by AKUAE
|
haikai
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Nov 09, 2005
Posts: 233
From: Regensburg / Bavaria / Germany
| Posted: 2008-01-18 01:17 am Permalink
Wellcome coxico! What a great start at TC. Your first tiki is a very clean carving for the first one.
Your Moai is also pretty nice. You Elsass guys are realy funny and I hope weŽll meet us sometimes.
Aloha, Kai
_________________
 
|
Tahitiki
Grand Member (first year)
Joined: Jun 11, 2004
Posts: 324
From: San Jose
| Posted: 2008-01-18 05:32 am Permalink
Bienvenue a TikiCentral.
|
hiltiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jun 10, 2004
Posts: 2775
From: Reseda, calif.
| Posted: 2008-01-18 06:31 am Permalink
Your tikis are very nicely carved, welcome to TC. We hope to see more carvings.
|
BUFFBAD
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Aug 11, 2007
Posts: 54
From: Boca Raton, FLA
| Posted: 2008-01-18 4:11 pm Permalink
Nice Work !! Dont worry about Worm holes, they just add character to the wood.
More pics. BUFFBAD
_________________
|
coxico
Member
Joined: Jan 06, 2008
Posts: 4
From: France
| Posted: 2008-01-22 12:02 pm Permalink
Hi,
Thank you very much for all your message !
It's nice to meet here some frenchies (Benella), some guys I have met on Rockabilly or HotRod meetings (Haikai), friends (AKAUAE) and all the other Tiki addicted !
Your messages are a good motivation to carve again and again ! Sure that 2008 will be a very productive year for me ... I hope !
I'll keep you informed about the further projects !
One of them is to reproduce the Squidward's house, the favorite Spongebob's character of my son.
We are far away the traditionnal tiki's but I think it could be a nice gift for his birthday !
See ya'
Vinz
|
coxico
Member
Joined: Jan 06, 2008
Posts: 4
From: France
| Posted: 2010-04-15 02:50 am Permalink
Hi carvers,
Let me introduce you the new member of the family !
More pictures & details asap !
Bye
Vinz
|
Atomic Tiki Punk
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jul 19, 2009
Posts: 4030
From: Costa Misery
| Posted: 2010-04-15 03:42 am Permalink
The Moai see, the Moai like!
|
laojia
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Feb 04, 2009
Posts: 919
From: Metz Lorraine France
| Posted: 2010-04-15 10:36 pm Permalink
More pictures! More pictures!
Awesome crazy Lono carving you've doing... Can't wait to see him in Paris.
J.
_________________
Timeline
The Kavakava Shop
|
