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amate
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Joined: Oct 03, 2009
Posts: 983 |  Posted: 2009-10-09 2:26 pm Permalink
Well, since I'm the new kid in town, I'm not real sure about protocol. So I'll just jump in and post a few more of my pieces.
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TikiG
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Joined: Jun 17, 2008
Posts: 1560
From: Riverside, California
| Posted: 2009-10-09 2:32 pm Permalink
Nice and moody! Dig 'em!
Thanks for sharing with us, amate 
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tiki since '67!
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TheBigT
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 1582
From: Fabulous Houston
| Posted: 2009-10-09 3:55 pm Permalink
Those are very cool. Great stuff.
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TikiMango
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Joined: Jun 17, 2008
Posts: 798
From: Satellite Beach, FL
| Posted: 2009-10-09 6:13 pm Permalink
Nice designs and great carves! Good call on starting your own thread, it makes it easier to keep tabs on you as you update this with pics of your new stuff.
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Benzart
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Joined: Jan 09, 2004
Posts: 10396
From: Port Saint Lucie, Florida
| Posted: 2009-10-09 8:05 pm Permalink
Excellent stuff Amate, Yeah, I think its time you started your new thread too
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Tikilizard
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Aug 19, 2006
Posts: 374 | Posted: 2009-10-09 11:58 pm Permalink
Glad to see you starting your own topic. Great stuff and keep them coming.
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congatiki
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Joined: Jun 01, 2004
Posts: 2534
From: wisconsin northwoods
| Posted: 2009-10-10 05:48 am Permalink
nice work Amate....really like the mask in the third picture.
Keep 'em coming.
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amate
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Oct 03, 2009
Posts: 983 | Posted: 2009-10-10 3:29 pm Permalink
Thank you all for your encouraging comments. I've realized that I need to find some larger logs or get smaller tools. All I have in the way of chisels is two carpenters chisels. And yes TikiG, I like to keep things moody. The carvings seem to come to life in the dim light. In fact, it can get down right spooky around here late in the evening.
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BIG tiki scott
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Sep 18, 2009
Posts: 373
From: lehigh acres florida
| Posted: 2009-10-10 6:29 pm Permalink
very very nice lovin your stuff amate!! whats the wood on these guys? all are sweet! the mask is awsome!! keep it up! you got a fan here!!!
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nomolos
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jul 30, 2009
Posts: 126 | Posted: 2009-10-12 04:34 am Permalink
great character in those carves - mystical
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amate
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Oct 03, 2009
Posts: 983 | Posted: 2009-10-12 5:20 pm Permalink
Big Tiki/Nomolos
I appreciate you compliments.
Photo#1- is oak
Photo#2- Elm in the foreground and sycamore in the rear
Photo#3- The wood was recovered from a brush pile. Judging by the bark, I'm fairly certain it is cedar elm.
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BIG tiki scott
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Joined: Sep 18, 2009
Posts: 373
From: lehigh acres florida
| Posted: 2009-10-12 7:22 pm Permalink
PICS, PICS, PICS!!!!! lol! just teasin amate! just goin crazy waitin too see whats up!! holla!
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BIG tiki scott
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Sep 18, 2009
Posts: 373
From: lehigh acres florida
| Posted: 2009-10-15 7:47 pm Permalink
where you be!?! lol!
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amate
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Oct 03, 2009
Posts: 983 | Posted: 2009-10-25 11:35 am Permalink
I haven't found the time to start anything new but I feel I must post something or I'll lose my momentum. Here are a few more of my finished carves. The mask is 9 inches made of Sycamore. The Moai is 11 inches also of Sycamore. The head is 12 inches made of China berry. I don't recall how I got started making these heads but they seem to be popular and I get requests for them. So, my question is . . . can you put a headdress on a face and call it a tiki? I haven't seen anything quite like this during my short membership and wonder if this forum is the appropriate place for these carvings? I just ordered a copy of the BOOK OF TIKI but I'd be interested in hearing your opinions until it arrives. Thanks for looking.
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drasticwagon
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Dec 27, 2008
Posts: 263
From: DFW , Texas
| Posted: 2009-10-25 6:52 pm Permalink
I like the two tone. good touch
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