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Bali_Dan
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Joined: Aug 17, 2007
Posts: 49
From: Lake Conroe Texas
|  Posted: 2008-09-01 4:01 pm Permalink
I'm back....Check out my latest work! I'd love to get some feedback.
Check out what I call my "Cannibal"
Here are a couple of Tangs
Here's a small moai out of cedar.
Here's another small one a Marquesan.
And another a Tangaroa in the round!
 
[ This Message was edited by: Bali_Dan 2009-08-10 10:46 ]
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congatiki
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Joined: Jun 01, 2004
Posts: 2446
From: wisconsin northwoods
| Posted: 2008-09-01 4:24 pm Permalink
Nice, your "couple of tangs" are very cool.
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Tamapoutini
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Joined: Aug 30, 2006
Posts: 1530
From: Aotearoa (New Zealand)
| Posted: 2008-09-01 8:39 pm Permalink
Agreed, the Tang pair really stick out for me too. Nice stylisation and tats!
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benella
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Joined: Sep 27, 2006
Posts: 1423
From: Meudon, France
| Posted: 2008-09-02 09:53 am Permalink
The double tang and the marq are killers. Nice work. What kind of wood?
Benjamin.
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Tiki Duddy
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Joined: Jun 04, 2006
Posts: 759
From: Manitoba, Canada
| Posted: 2008-09-02 10:41 am Permalink
Very Cool stuff
really like the disigns on the Tangs
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AlohaStation
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Joined: Sep 27, 2004
Posts: 2108
From: So FL
| Posted: 2008-09-02 11:23 am Permalink
Awesome. Keep posting!
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seeksurf
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Joined: Sep 27, 2007
Posts: 2144
From: Buckley, WA
| Posted: 2008-09-02 7:03 pm Permalink
Very, very nice carves going on!
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Bali_Dan
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Joined: Aug 17, 2007
Posts: 49
From: Lake Conroe Texas
| Posted: 2009-08-08 09:31 am Permalink
Well I can't believe its been so long since I last posted something. I guess life just got in the way. Anyway I have a few more carvings to post and these i am putting up for sale in the marketplace. I had a person ask me to make them a yip won and I really liked doing it so I made some more. The first two are from a salvaged piece of pecan. This wood was in bad shape and that is why these are only carved on one side (made to hang on the wall).
39 in. tall, 1 3/4 in. thick, 9 in. wide
36 in. tall, 1 3/4 in. thick, 9 in. wide
This next one is a piece of fir. Very thin so it too is only carved on one side.
48 in. tall, 1 in. thick, 9 in. wide
Hope you like them. They are stained with good old mahogany stain. I have more that I am working on so I will keep posting this time. Sorry I haven't been posting, just been to busy to sit down and post. Thank you for checking them out.
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TheBigT
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Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 1227
From: Fabulous Houston
| Posted: 2009-08-10 09:22 am Permalink
Nice stuff Dan. Good to see you back. Been a long time. Hope your summer is going great!
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Bali_Dan
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Joined: Aug 17, 2007
Posts: 49
From: Lake Conroe Texas
| Posted: 2009-08-10 09:47 am Permalink
Well I told you I would post more and here you go. These are the projects I am working on right now. The following are two more yipwon that I am in the process of shaping. They are red oak, and these will be carved on both sides. The taller is 60 in. and the other is 57 in.
The next are some gope boards I am trying. These are 60 in. I tried staining two of them instead of painting. I have had a few people say they like the stained ones so let me know what you think.
These next ones I am trying out the painting. (And yes it looks like I copied a piece that Lake used as inspiration too, sorry man. His is nicer anyway.)These are 60 in. as well.
The next ones I designed myself, the first two are 60 in. And the small one is 36 in. It is designed from a Solomon Island paddle I saw and I am carving it in the gope board style.
I hope all is well in the tiki central world and I hope everyone has fun at Oasis. Comments always welcome and very appreciated.
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4WDtiki
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Joined: Aug 03, 2004
Posts: 1825
From: Omao, Kauai
| Posted: 2009-08-10 10:01 am Permalink
Wow, you got skills with the jigsaw!
I like the stained boards over the painted boards, they have a more earthy look.
Maybe if you tried a combo, mostly stained with some paint highlights?
I think that would look great!
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Bali_Dan
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Joined: Aug 17, 2007
Posts: 49
From: Lake Conroe Texas
| Posted: 2009-08-10 10:42 am Permalink
Thank you 4wd. I think you are right about the stain too, and a combo just might be what the doctor ordered. I use a jigsaw on some of the work and a bandsaw on other parts. The jigsaw breaks the thin parts of the wood where they come to a point, at least thats been the experience. I ruined several of my first attempts at the yipwon because of the jigsaw. But that could have been because of the wood I first tried. Thank you again for your compliment.
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Watango productions
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Joined: Mar 20, 2008
Posts: 446
From: Melb,Australia.
| Posted: 2009-08-10 5:51 pm Permalink
Way kool stuff Dan,luv 'n all ya peices.
Cheers Watango
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GROG
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Joined: Jun 21, 2006
Posts: 6623
From: Tujunga
| Posted: 2009-08-10 6:41 pm Permalink
GROG like.
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congatiki
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Joined: Jun 01, 2004
Posts: 2446
From: wisconsin northwoods
| Posted: 2009-08-11 04:15 am Permalink
Really like em all Dan, the yipwons are beautifully carved and I
like the colors on the boards. Looks like challenging stuff.
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