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Benzart
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Joined: Jan 09, 2004
Posts: 10306
From: Port Saint Lucie, Florida
|  Posted: 2010-03-15 06:47 am Permalink
Way Excellent Stuff Shirtman! Great crisp detail. Nice sanded smooth contours and a great fullness makes this guy Incredible.
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Bowana
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Joined: Nov 10, 2006
Posts: 1117
From: La Mesa, CA
| Posted: 2010-03-19 8:33 pm Permalink
THE DRAMA!
Nice one, Shirtman!
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seeksurf
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Joined: Sep 27, 2007
Posts: 2144
From: Buckley, WA
| Posted: 2010-03-19 9:47 pm Permalink
Very nice! You have put allot of work into this and it shows.
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SDshirtman
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Sep 19, 2009
Posts: 71
From: San Diego, CA
| Posted: 2010-06-25 2:41 pm Permalink
Well its been a while since I've updated because I haven't done much carving lately. I lost my Father to cancer on April 29th and I just haven't really felt like it.
That being said you cant grieve forever and life goes on so I've picked the tools back up and I've finally made a little more progress. I plan on finishing this guy in the next 3-4 weeks if possible.
I managed to rough in his body. I still have to do some fixing on the sides and come up with a back design before I can start sanding and finishing. I think some of you guys have completed 4-5 carves since I've started this one.
I really wish I wouldnt have carved the back of his eye the way I did. Its putting a serious damper on how I want to finish him now.
Oh well. I'll just have to work around it.
I cant wait to see how he turns out after I do some details around his headdress.
I hope to do some work on his feet this Sunday. Thanks for looking.
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congatiki
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Joined: Jun 01, 2004
Posts: 2406
From: wisconsin northwoods
| Posted: 2010-06-25 2:53 pm Permalink
Nice clean carve...I think the eyes are gonna look just fine!
Sorry about the loss of your father....thanks for posting an update.
Nice Tiki!
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seeksurf
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Joined: Sep 27, 2007
Posts: 2144
From: Buckley, WA
| Posted: 2010-06-25 3:58 pm Permalink
Outstanding carve! I'm going to hold you to this quality from here on out.
That headdress is no easy feat! Well done.
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drasticwagon
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Joined: Dec 27, 2008
Posts: 263
From: DFW , Texas
| Posted: 2010-06-26 05:58 am Permalink
Still looks as good as new, your doing a great job. My condolences.
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SDshirtman
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Sep 19, 2009
Posts: 71
From: San Diego, CA
| Posted: 2010-06-26 10:03 am Permalink
Congatiki, Seeksurf, Drasticwagon, thanks for the positive comments. Cant wait to get him finished.
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surfintiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Sep 30, 2004
Posts: 1561
From: S. Chatham, MA
| Posted: 2010-06-26 2:18 pm Permalink
Outstanding!! Looks perfecto, so far. And you're gonna do more to improve it? Yikes, it's gonna look awesome.
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swizzle
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Joined: Jun 03, 2007
Posts: 637
From: Melbourne,Australia
| Posted: 2010-06-26 5:52 pm Permalink
That's quite impressive, I must say.
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pennjones
Tiki Centralite
Joined: May 27, 2010
Posts: 66
From: Sarasota, FL
| Posted: 2010-06-27 11:11 pm Permalink
I like it! What I like about it (not that you asked), is that it's so smooth, and different, all the while being very traditional and the same<-but that's a good thing! Love it!
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Clarita
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Sep 26, 2006
Posts: 1234
From: BA Arg
| Posted: 2010-07-10 3:00 pm Permalink
Very sorry for your lost, sending you a lot of Aloha. glad you are carving again, you are talented that's for sure.
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tikibad
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Joined: Oct 07, 2008
Posts: 109
From: Scottsdale AZ
| Posted: 2010-07-10 3:26 pm Permalink
great carving, looks great
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Benzart
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Joined: Jan 09, 2004
Posts: 10306
From: Port Saint Lucie, Florida
| Posted: 2010-07-11 06:24 am Permalink
Wow shirtman, Excellent detail on this one. I'm amazed at how clean and crisp you have this guy.
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SDshirtman
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Joined: Sep 19, 2009
Posts: 71
From: San Diego, CA
| Posted: 2010-07-13 1:11 pm Permalink
Thanks for all the comments. They mean a lot to me.
I've been a little distracted from my carve lately as I've taken on another project I've always wanted to do. Building a guitar.
Its sucking up all my free time and I can tell already that its going to take over my tiki carving career. At least for now. For me the payoff in the end is going to be better. I can spend 100+ hours on a tiki and its not worth nearly as much monetarily as a guitar with the same hours in it. My wife is starting to ride me about ignoring my tiki carving though so I'm going to try and get some work in this weekend. The end is near though. I just have to finish the back and carve in some detail on his feet (and a few other things. I'm looking forward to burning this guy and staining him though.
I should have an update soon.
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