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Cammo
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Joined: May 18, 2006
Posts: 1808
From: San Diego
|  Posted: 2008-02-26 10:39 am Permalink
I don't want to keep invading Buzzy's thread with my attempts at carving, so here's Cammo's Corner, where everybody is welcome and every day is Carving Day!
(That means YOU should be carving, not me, I can only grab an hour or two a week to do this stuff...)
Here's the first stages of my "Danger Mask" - designed after the early days of Tiki collecting, 1907-1935, when Man Ray started photographing 'em and Paris galleries were going crazy over the new Tribal/Tiki look.
So this is sort of a Melanesian/Fang/Streamliner 30's mask.
Paper drawings, I blew this up to a big sheet at Kinko's -
The mask, carved and stained, but the face is just starting to emerge.
This sucker is big, you can see my heel to the left.
Details -
It's stained with English Chestnut, two heavy coats. I plan to carve in the face, then sand off some of the stain to give it an eged look.
This idea of staining first, carving last is interesting...
Laytah!
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Babalu
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Joined: Nov 19, 2006
Posts: 2498
From: Lemon Grove
| Posted: 2008-02-26 11:14 am Permalink
Hey!!! I get to be the first to reply in Cammo's Corner!
This is one really cool design Cam! It is really coming along! Going to sell? Babalu wants!
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Tiki-Kate
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Joined: Sep 21, 2003
Posts: 1700
From: Yucaipa, CA
| Posted: 2008-02-26 11:46 am Permalink
This is coming along beautifully. Love the English Chestnut.
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little lost tiki
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Joined: Jun 12, 2006
Posts: 7460
From: Orange,CA-right near the Circle!
| Posted: 2008-02-26 11:50 am Permalink
When's storytime?
This mask is gonna be INCREDIBLE!
Love the whole ManRAy,Duchamp, Picasso, Cubist/Surrealist homage going on there!
Those guys were just dialed into the legitimacy of Polynesian artforms!
Way to go CAMMO!
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Bay Park Buzzy
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Joined: Apr 07, 2006
Posts: 2714
From: West Bay Park, San Diego, CA
| Posted: 2008-02-26 2:38 pm Permalink
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On 2008-02-26 10:39, Cammo wrote:
I don't want to keep invading Buzzy's thread with my attempts at carving, so here's Cammo's Corner, where everybody is welcome and every day is Carving Day!
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Happy Carving Day Cam!
I'm going to go call our buddy BillCrud ...
He can post on your thread now. 
That TikiMod piece you're doing inspires me to have a martini.
Buzzy Out!
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seeksurf
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Joined: Sep 27, 2007
Posts: 2144
From: Buckley, WA
| Posted: 2008-02-26 2:42 pm Permalink
Very cool, the top picture it looks like its made
out of iron almost.
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congatiki
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Joined: Jun 01, 2004
Posts: 2406
From: wisconsin northwoods
| Posted: 2008-02-26 4:02 pm Permalink
Love it!
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Cammo
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Joined: May 18, 2006
Posts: 1808
From: San Diego
| Posted: 2008-02-26 4:20 pm Permalink
Babalu - Sold! That'll be a million bucks!
No, seriously, wait till it's done before you want to hang it on yer wall. It might end up looking crappy.
Buzzy - send that Crud guy over here. He isn't getting on yer nerves, is he? Naaaaah.
Hey, everybody else, thanx for the cheers. Maybe I should hurry up and finish the blighter. The left side of the nose is done, the right side for some reason is taking longer.
The secret is - it IS made of iron!
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hewey
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Joined: Sep 14, 2004
Posts: 4270
From: Sydney, Australia
| Posted: 2008-02-26 6:33 pm Permalink
Looks awesome, great design
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Robin
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Joined: Jul 01, 2007
Posts: 402
From: where the road and the sky collide
| Posted: 2008-02-26 9:46 pm Permalink
I REALLY like this style. You've really captured that period of break through design. Nice.
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Cammo
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Joined: May 18, 2006
Posts: 1808
From: San Diego
| Posted: 2008-02-27 1:31 pm Permalink
I pitched in this morning and finished the Danger Mask off. It was pretty simple, actually.
Define the nose, slant in the mouth, and sand the stain a bit to age it:
So the question is - should I use a semi-gloss poly coat for the finish? I really like the natural palm color of the face, and don't want that to change much.
Go poly?
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hewey
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Joined: Sep 14, 2004
Posts: 4270
From: Sydney, Australia
| Posted: 2008-02-27 6:44 pm Permalink
Loving the vintage modern vibe on this Looks like a designer piece from the 60s that has been sitting on thrift shelf waiting for someone to realise what it actually is!
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TIKI-RAY
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Joined: May 18, 2003
Posts: 845
From: Alta Loma, California
| Posted: 2008-02-27 7:11 pm Permalink
Hey Mister Rodgers , That is friggin' kool !!!!!!!Who would have that the crazy guy vending next to me years ago at The Long Beach Tiki Fest could have so much hidden talent . Im on the beach carving a 6 footer and handing out free tiki wood chips and Cammo is selling a kids book and raffleing off pineapples . His kid thought we were both nut . He probably still does . Anyways , keep chipping at it old man .
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Benzart
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Joined: Jan 09, 2004
Posts: 10306
From: Port Saint Lucie, Florida
| Posted: 2008-02-27 7:24 pm Permalink
Cammo, I Love this guy! I Love nice straight, crisp lines you are getting, they Don't come easy.I Love the contemporary look too, again I Know it Ain't Easy! Hell I might even try the Stain'n carve method too as it seems to get great results.
Dooin' it Well.
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bigbrotiki
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Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 10566
From: Tiki Island, above the Silverlake
| Posted: 2008-02-27 8:49 pm Permalink
Tres Tiki Moderne !!! More like that, please!
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