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PostPosted: Sat Jun 13, 2009 9:32 am 
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:lol: Thanks guys!
I'm putting that last one down for a bit to figure out how to fix him because I completely screwed up the eyes. :x

So to reset my palette, I carved up this little guy up last night. It's from the same abezia wood and it looks just gorgeous once it's finished up. The grain is amazing on that wood.
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I'm off in a little while to go to my wife's family reunion. She's really looking forward to it, and since most of them are beer-guzzling bikers, I should have a good time too!

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PostPosted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 9:23 am 
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It's Monday morning, despite two days of bikers and beer, I'm not hungover at all. Maybe I'm not that old after all. :wink:
After several years of being denied, I finally got my wife to say I could buy a motorcycle. She took a couple of rides on the back of my friends bike and was completely convinced that I need one! Now all I need is a job so I can afford one.
Oh well, one thing at a time, right?

Anyway, I finished this one last night, I just need to make a real chord for it.
This one, as you can probably tell, was completely unplanned and sort of took some wierd turns. I'm still not sure how I feel about it yet.
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Thanks everyone. Now I'm off to take my two boys to their first baseball practice!

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PostPosted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 3:37 pm 
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 3:38 pm 
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:lol: Thanks Hi Fi! :lol:

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PostPosted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 9:10 pm 
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Just finished up a grumpy little moai.
I got really sunburned today watching the kids at baseball. They had fun though, catching grounders and just learning the game. I couldn't be prouder! :thumbsup:
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 9:13 pm 
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i like the bird coming out of the back of my head! reminds me of the papua new guinea carvings with a similar bird/head thing...

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PostPosted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 12:29 am 
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Your carvings are really nice.

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PostPosted: Thu Jun 18, 2009 4:46 pm 
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Thanks Space Boy. :fez:

Hopefully I haven't bitten off more than I can chew.
This is just a rough drawing and will most likely turn out much different.
It's a pretty big piece of wood.
Wish me luck!
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 18, 2009 5:08 pm 
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I love all the pictures Finky!

How big will this lizard be?

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PostPosted: Thu Jun 18, 2009 5:46 pm 
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Wahine Ina wrote:
I love all the pictures Finky!

How big will this lizard be?

Why, thank you sweetie!
It should be about 5" when it's done. I know by most peoples standards, 5" isn't very big at all. But for a pendant, that's pretty large.
I'm going to try and make the borders on it look like bamboo and I will add a little chord or something to the corners to make it look like it's tied together. With any luck, all of that negative space will be cut out and the lizard will look like it's holding on to the bamboo.
That's what I'm hoping for anyway! :lol:

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PostPosted: Sat Jun 20, 2009 5:53 pm 
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Quite a few hours into this guy. Still a lot to go though. :roll:
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i believe, technically, you are a madman :thumbsup: :fez:

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PostPosted: Sat Jun 20, 2009 5:59 pm 
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Mad Skillz :!: :thumbsup:

Great work!

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PostPosted: Sun Jun 21, 2009 1:58 pm 
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HOLY!!! :wowza:

Man that's schweet. :fez: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

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PostPosted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 5:09 pm 
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Thanks guys! :fez:

Here's where I am today. It's hard to see what I've done in these pics, but I removed all of the negative wood from the bottom, which was pretty substantial, and cleaned up a lot of details.
There is still a lot left to do, but I'm much closer now.

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Thanks for looking!!

Now I have to cook dinner and then it's off to my two boy's first baseball game! :wowza:

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PostPosted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 5:19 pm 
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 8:58 am 
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 5:58 pm 
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Here she is! After it dries over night I'll add a chord to it.
I tried a little color in the flowers. It's a bit light, but I didn't want use too much until I saw how it looked.

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Mahalo, on to the next!

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PostPosted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 1:44 am 
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That's the greatest little lizard!

Finky, thank you for posting your work.
I love seeing the step by steps too, you have such amazing talent.

One day I hope to maybe afford a little 'tiki wahine' necklace or something!
Your carvings make me so happy, thanks man!

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Excellent! I'm glad there's plenty of summer left for carving. I'm wet with anticipation too see what's next.

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PostPosted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 4:21 pm 
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Tiki Wahine, thank you! I'd be happy to make you anything you'd like. :D

Riptide, I'm very happy to make you wet. :wowza:

Still working on stuff for the Chef Shangri La shindig.
Here's some hand-painted resins I'll be selling on the cheap: (terrible, washed-out lighting)
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Here's a thin Marq pendent I just finished up. The color of the wood is amazing when seen close up. It's made from Ziricote wood and was a complete pain-in-the-ass to carve. The wood is very oily and hard, but beautiful.
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Mahalo!

I think maybe this whole thread should now go into the carving forum, no?
If the Moderators agree, feel free to move it over there. :fez:

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SO COOL! :wowza:

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PostPosted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 10:19 pm 
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Excellent work as usual!
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I think maybe this whole thread should now go into the carving forum, no?
If the Moderators agree, feel free to move it over there. :fez:

Perhaps it should go in a brand new thread called Look What I Made.
Just like the Look What I Found thread (which is one of my favs) this too will become a fav and we can keep them all in one spot. Whatcha think?

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PostPosted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 6:40 pm 
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Thanks Hi-Fi. Whatever you wish to do is fine. We can leave it here or move it to another forum if you'd like. Your call!

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