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For the Love of Tiki
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Feb 19, 2013
Posts: 88
From: San Diego, CA
|  Posted: 2013-02-20 12:14 pm Permalink
Hello everyone,
I've been admiring all of the tiki creations here from the sidelines for a while now. Been getting inspired & checking out everyone's various techniques as to how to go about it - and then, couldn't resist any longer & had to jump on in. The result being, that I've actually been carving for about a year and a half now.
I'll begin by posting some pics of my first tikis - until I get caught up to the present.
This was my first go at tiki carving. The wood is cedar - a soft wood.
Here's Tiki #2
A little stain and they really come alive.
Inlaid abalone for the eyes.
And here's a group shot of my first three tikis. #3 is on the far right. They're all from cedar, about 4' tall and 10" in width. #2 was real challenging - but all were fun to do.
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pjc5150
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jun 01, 2009
Posts: 2085
From: Tampa, FL
| Posted: 2013-02-20 12:40 pm Permalink
very cool bro. nice firsties...
welcome to the party...
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RIOTURBAN
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Jul 03, 2012
Posts: 87
From: Germany
| Posted: 2013-02-20 1:29 pm Permalink
Welcome aboard!the family is getting bigger!!!
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For the Love of Tiki
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Feb 19, 2013
Posts: 88
From: San Diego, CA
| Posted: 2013-02-20 1:51 pm Permalink
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On 2013-02-20 12:40, pjc5150 wrote:
very cool bro. nice firsties...
welcome to the party...
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Thanks 
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For the Love of Tiki
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Feb 19, 2013
Posts: 88
From: San Diego, CA
| Posted: 2013-02-20 1:53 pm Permalink
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On 2013-02-20 13:29, RIOTURBAN wrote:
Welcome aboard!the family is getting bigger!!!
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Thanks, Rioturban. It has taken me a while to get signed up - but glad to finally be here.
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hang10tiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jul 18, 2010
Posts: 3161
From: Las Vegas
| Posted: 2013-02-20 4:07 pm Permalink
Great stuff
Keep going
More pics
Step by step pics too
Jon
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cy
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Mar 10, 2011
Posts: 743
From: Gresham, Oregon
| Posted: 2013-02-20 4:32 pm Permalink
Nice to see some new blood for the love of tiki, an impressive first 3.
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McTiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Aug 22, 2004
Posts: 1951
From: Sunny Florida
| Posted: 2013-02-20 6:03 pm Permalink
Very nice work! Thanks for jumping in.
Well done
Mahalo and welcome
McTiki
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amate
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Oct 03, 2009
Posts: 838 | Posted: 2013-02-21 05:42 am Permalink
Off to a great start. Keep it rollin'
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For the Love of Tiki
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Feb 19, 2013
Posts: 88
From: San Diego, CA
| Posted: 2013-02-21 08:29 am Permalink
Hey hang10tiki, cy, McTiki & amate…. Glad to meet everyone and thanks for the warm welcome.
I call this tiki - Mort Jagger. Inspiration comes from the famous Trader Mort's Tiki but I wanted to give him a Mick Jagger tongue - although survey sez it turned out more like Gene Simmons of KISS. I had these short leftover bamboo pieces from another project and added a King Kukulele style crown. BTW, the "SD" Native sign is for San Diego - and not- South Dakota. 
[ This Message was edited by: For the Love of Tiki 2013-02-21 08:51 ]
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For the Love of Tiki
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Feb 19, 2013
Posts: 88
From: San Diego, CA
| Posted: 2013-02-21 5:09 pm Permalink
I've always liked this tiki style - so thought, I'd give it a try.
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Trailerpark Tiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Mar 27, 2010
Posts: 343
From: Las Vegas
| Posted: 2013-02-21 7:14 pm Permalink
Welcome, great tikis. My first tiki sure didn't look that cool. But I guess I'm a little artistically challenged...
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For the Love of Tiki
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Feb 19, 2013
Posts: 88
From: San Diego, CA
| Posted: 2013-02-24 5:23 pm Permalink
I ran through all of the cedar wood that I had and then got a hold of some palm wood. This was my first palm wood tiki. It was a quickie. I really just wanted to cut into it and get a feeling as to what to expect from palm wood as compared to the cedar.
Here are Tikis #11 & 12.
Tiki #11 (Java Joe) is from a Mexican Fan Palm & Tiki #12 is from a Queen Palm.
I did a YouTube video on these if you'd like to check out the process:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSH7KDQcnMo
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For the Love of Tiki
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Feb 19, 2013
Posts: 88
From: San Diego, CA
| Posted: 2013-02-24 5:58 pm Permalink
Here's Tiki #13 - from a Queen Palm. Check out the video for start to finish process. I have a feeling you guys might really like the song "Church of the Tiki God.'
For the Love of Tiki #13
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuzvlvjIdZc
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For the Love of Tiki
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Feb 19, 2013
Posts: 88
From: San Diego, CA
| Posted: 2013-02-24 6:11 pm Permalink
Tiki #14
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICUepB-D6lA
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