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Atomic Mess
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Joined: Apr 13, 2012
Posts: 242
From: Hack-Ah-Nee
|  Posted: 2013-02-12 11:37 am Permalink
Thanks Will, it's good to know that even experts have doubts! Nice tip on the charity shops, I'll check em out...
Hang10 and Cy- I've bought some nice bits of mahogany on ebay but I still can't walk down the street without stopping to check out every piece of wood I see!
Amate, all is about to be revealed ;]
mahalo
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cy
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Joined: Mar 10, 2011
Posts: 505
From: Gresham, Oregon
| Posted: 2013-02-12 6:29 pm Permalink
Primitive coolness AM!
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Will carve
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Joined: Apr 06, 2011
Posts: 363 | Posted: 2013-02-13 03:56 am Permalink
Wow,
that is well thought thru.
And a lot more complex than it seems at first.
My next project is a box with a lizard on it.
I may have to take some tips from you there.
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amate
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Joined: Oct 03, 2009
Posts: 698 | Posted: 2013-02-13 04:33 am Permalink
and I thought it was going to be a hookah! Very cool and very primal. You are the real deal.
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McTiki
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Joined: Aug 22, 2004
Posts: 1938
From: Sunny Florida
| Posted: 2013-02-13 06:33 am Permalink
Definately a style developing here. i like it!
Primal and accurate.
Well done!
Mahalo
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Watango productions
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Joined: Mar 20, 2008
Posts: 419
From: Melb,Australia.
| Posted: 2013-02-13 6:30 pm Permalink
Croc head looks great , nice primitive feel .
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pjc5150
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Joined: Jun 01, 2009
Posts: 1619
From: Tampa, FL
| Posted: 2013-02-14 08:22 am Permalink
that is really good bro...
very cool...
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Atomic Mess
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Joined: Apr 13, 2012
Posts: 242
From: Hack-Ah-Nee
| Posted: 2013-02-18 12:43 pm Permalink
hey thanks for the comments guys!
Watango, thanks for your feedback, I really rate your stuff.
Will - it was difficult to work the croc man out as I carved him, made me wonder if anyone here makes maquettes or clay versions before they carve, kind of like a sketch before a painting?
I know some artists/sculptors do that...personally I like to leave some stuff to chance and let it develop as I carve but this one really made me think I maybe should have planned it more before I started...
here's a new one, I took some progress shots but my darling computer has decided to wipe em out...
'Cannibal fork', made from Iroko which is really, really hard, nasty chippy and harsh to carve, my hands are like raw meat now...
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TheBigT
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Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 1155
From: Fabulous Houston
| Posted: 16 days ago; 8:02 pm Permalink
bump. NO updates?! Nice cannibal fork btw.
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Gwen
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Mar 20, 2013
Posts: 60
From: Northern California
| Posted: 15 days ago; 09:00 am Permalink
Atomic Mess, I am only just now seeing your work. I LOVE it! You have that Sixties Witco vibe nailed down COLD. I am inspired.
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MadDogMike
Grand Member (3 years) 
Joined: Mar 30, 2008
Posts: 6404
From: The Anvil of the Sun
| Posted: 15 days ago; 11:05 am Permalink
AM, I'm a little late to the party but I love that CrocMan. Bravo!
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Atomic Mess
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Joined: Apr 13, 2012
Posts: 242
From: Hack-Ah-Nee
| Posted: 15 days ago; 11:24 am Permalink
hey all, sorry for the lack of updates, it's been just over a year since I joined and I think I got a bit burned out...
I don't know how some of the prolific creators on here keep making cool stuff everyday...respect!
I'll be posting something soonish/when I get an idea and I'm going to try and do a compilation in the finished Tiki section including some stuff I haven't shown here before.
Thanks for the push Mike, Gwen and BigT!
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