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cy
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From: Gresham, Oregon
|  Posted: 2012-08-28 08:03 am Permalink
Good idea pjc, don't carve too deep though. Mad Dog I was going to use maple but the cost was prohibitive. I will finish this one and then do one more that will have the feet in the fat part of the bat and the face towards the handle.
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MadDogMike
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From: The Anvil of the Sun
| Posted: 2012-08-28 09:28 am Permalink
Maybe you can collect broken bats from the Portland Sea Dogs? 
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Atomic Mess
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From: Hack-Ah-Nee
| Posted: 2012-08-31 08:49 am Permalink
nice idea!
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cy
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From: Gresham, Oregon
| Posted: 2012-09-16 4:47 pm Permalink
For me the fun stops when I have to use my reading glasses to carve but a recent visit to see Aloha and Will carve made me take another look at the importance of finishing. Here are some I completed and some older ones that I went back through.
"Facebook" (Maka Puke) This one is close to finish. I will paint him mostly red.
"Shiela" was my first attempt at a female.
"Kona" is a piece of palm that I added to an old coffee maker.
This is a kind of totem made out of a who knows kind of 4x4
Finished and got a coat of varnish on "Ashton". In the background is "Keith"
Three branches of plum that will be a band with drummer, guitar, and horn.
Also got "Louis" done.
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pjc5150
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Joined: Jun 01, 2009
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From: Tampa, FL
| Posted: 2012-09-16 5:50 pm Permalink
very cool & original as usual. I dig the old 4x4...
sorry I wasn't able to make it south while you were in town...
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hang10tiki
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From: Las Vegas
| Posted: 2012-09-16 6:39 pm Permalink
The cy museum continues
Way cool brother...
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Will carve
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From: Ft. Lauderdale Fl.
| Posted: 2012-09-17 04:34 am Permalink
You are inspired.
Lot-a stuff going on there.
If you can't see it, you can't carve it.
Take macro pictures of something you carve &
they will show the level of clean detail or not.
For Mango my pendant, I wore 3 pair of glasses.
looked silly but I could see it & in the real close
up pic I posted you can see a blemish right next
to his nose. Couldn't see it holding it in your hand. I did fix it.
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MadDogMike
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From: The Anvil of the Sun
| Posted: 2012-09-17 09:51 am Permalink
Great stuff Cy, always thinking outside of the box. (A coffee pot tiki?! )
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cy
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From: Gresham, Oregon
| Posted: 2012-10-07 4:19 pm Permalink
Thanks H10 and MDM, always happy when you like. Pjc next time I visit Florida I'll look you up. Willcarve I have been looking at how I finish since my visit, but a telescope and 40 pair of glasses is where I draw the line. Here is what is new.
"Bernie" is so named cause of his burnin' desire.
He is made from a cedar branch that crashed through my deck a few years ago.
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cy
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From: Gresham, Oregon
| Posted: 2012-10-07 4:26 pm Permalink
I did some work on "Barry" also.
This is a piece that I designed the profile first but it seemed too thick so I sawed him in half and reversed the image.
[ This Message was edited by: cy 2012-10-07 16:27 ]
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McTiki
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Joined: Aug 22, 2004
Posts: 1962
From: Sunny Florida
| Posted: 2012-10-07 6:39 pm Permalink
I soooooo dig the recent pieces CY! That last piece is lolo killer !
Mahalos
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McTiki
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From: Sunny Florida
| Posted: 2012-10-07 6:41 pm Permalink
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On 2012-10-07 18:39, McTiki wrote:
I soooooo dig the recent pieces CY! That last piece is lolo killer !
Mahalos
PS.....your female frightens me!
McTiki
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AlohaStation
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From: So FL
| Posted: 2012-10-08 06:31 am Permalink
Very Creative!!
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Polynesiac
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From: San Pedro, CA
| Posted: 2012-10-08 08:29 am Permalink
I REALLY like the last one that you had to cut in half - has a cool disney/cubist feel to it. Would look great the way you have it (back to back) or flanking an entrance. Well done! You have quite a few tikis in there!!!
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pjc5150
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From: Tampa, FL
| Posted: 2012-10-08 09:09 am Permalink
very cool Cy!
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