 |
skootiki's carving log |
skootiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Oct 04, 2009
Posts: 439
From: fallbrook,ca
|  Posted: 2013-05-22 6:04 pm Permalink
some shots from my booth at TiKi Caliente in Palm Springs
|
skootiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Oct 04, 2009
Posts: 439
From: fallbrook,ca
| Posted: 2013-05-29 8:02 pm Permalink
 originally, this guy was playing a guitar.....now he's gone fishin'
 spear fishin'
|
cy
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Mar 10, 2011
Posts: 743
From: Gresham, Oregon
| Posted: 2013-05-29 9:55 pm Permalink
Very nice skoo, he looks about ready to skewer himself some dinner.
[ This Message was edited by: cy 2013-05-29 21:56 ]
|
Professor G
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Sep 03, 2011
Posts: 327
From: the Tiki Wastelands
| Posted: 2013-05-30 04:58 am Permalink
I thought I recognized that face. He gets to play guitar and then go fishin'. That's not a bad life for a statue.
|
Polynesiac
Grand Member (first year) 
Joined: Jan 29, 2004
Posts: 2079
From: San Pedro, CA
| Posted: 2013-05-30 08:45 am Permalink
If you put a little wrapped red handkerchief on the end of the pole he could also be a "hobo-tiki" 
Nice carve and great spear-fishin' stance!
_________________
OMG! I'm on Instagram!
|
TheBigT
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 1224
From: Fabulous Houston
| Posted: 2013-05-30 11:28 am Permalink
Well dang, I liked the guitar. But he still looks good like this. Great work!
|
skootiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Oct 04, 2009
Posts: 439
From: fallbrook,ca
| Posted: 2013-05-31 10:32 pm Permalink
thanks guys! I wasn't that happy with the guitar....I had to try to change this guy. I liked the face and tats, so I think this change works.
|
skootiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Oct 04, 2009
Posts: 439
From: fallbrook,ca
| Posted: 2013-06-04 04:20 am Permalink
 burnt, not stained yet.....3 feet tall
|
McTiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Aug 22, 2004
Posts: 1951
From: Sunny Florida
| Posted: 2013-06-04 07:18 am Permalink
Very cool pieces!
I like the spear guy
McTiki
|
amate
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Oct 03, 2009
Posts: 838 | Posted: 2013-06-04 08:52 am Permalink
I liked him even with the guitar. You did an excellent job of changing directions to come up with a new design.
|
TheBigT
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 1224
From: Fabulous Houston
| Posted: 2013-06-04 11:26 am Permalink
Quote:
|
On 2013-06-04 04:20, skootiki wrote:
burnt, not stained yet.....3 feet tall
|
|
These are awesome. I want to try one of these old school guys.
|
Polynesiac
Grand Member (first year)
Joined: Jan 29, 2004
Posts: 2079
From: San Pedro, CA
| Posted: 2013-06-04 2:02 pm Permalink
very nice classic lines on this one - the less is more ideology. I can totally see this guy in a vintage establishment! VERY well executed.
You going to be at the next ITMP?
_________________
OMG! I'm on Instagram!
|
skootiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Oct 04, 2009
Posts: 439
From: fallbrook,ca
| Posted: 2013-06-04 6:00 pm Permalink
Thanks McTiKi, Amate, Big T and Polynesiac.
I didn't like the guitar because it had to follow the curve of the log ( I did one that was playing the uke, but it was carved from a larger diameter log so I could carve deeper and keep the uke flat) so...I thought "what the heck" and removed the guitar then grabbed a big drill bit and hoped for the best.
Big T, that modern-ish style is a fun carve....I've done a few and they're a popular style.
Polynesiac, that means a lot that he could fit into an old-skool TiKi establishment, thanks! and I will be at the next ITMP this Saturday. stop by and say hi if you're there.
|
skootiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Oct 04, 2009
Posts: 439
From: fallbrook,ca
| Posted: 2013-07-15 10:11 pm Permalink
not too great of a photo
the customer wanted a TiKi eating a shrimp
still needs to be stained
|
skootiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Oct 04, 2009
Posts: 439
From: fallbrook,ca
| Posted: 2013-07-16 7:31 pm Permalink
a better picture of the shrimp loving TiKi
|
