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PostPosted: Thu Jul 16, 2009 5:17 pm 
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That Zebra wood is so pretty. I like the simplicity of the piece. 8)

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ALOOOOOOOOOOHA!

I worked on some wall hagings today.
The first one is my newest resin mounted on a round piece of mahogany. It was sort of an afterthought of the day, but I was pleasently suprised at how cute it turned out.
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This is an older piece that I did. Some may remember it from Hukilau 3 or 4 years ago. This one is mounted on a gorgeous piece of mokey pod wood.
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This is the same piece, but painted to look like wood and mounted on a board covered with a piece of tropical print fabric.
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Now for the special pieces!
My 7 year old, Brendan, wanted to get in on the fun, so he drew up these pictures mounted in classy popsicle stick frames.
A hula girl with "real" fabric skirt, and a tiki by a palm tree.
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Then my 6 year old, Quinn, felt left out so he made a couple too.
The first is a 4-frame picture.
1) a pineapple
2) funny square guy discovers the pineapple
3) he picks it up over his head
4) he becomes sad because the pineapple broke in half :(
The second is the same funny square guy saying, "You are cute!"
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They made me promise to sell them at the Chef event, so come early to get yours! :wink:

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PostPosted: Sat Jul 18, 2009 6:48 pm 
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I should add a couple of things.

1) Monkey pod wood does not smell good at all when you carve it. It smells like a combination of an old barn and rotting meat.

2) Hot glue hurts! :roll:

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PostPosted: Tue Jul 21, 2009 2:31 pm 
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Just a couple of more from today.
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Mahalo!

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PostPosted: Sat Jul 25, 2009 12:11 pm 
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I'm all ready for the Chef Shangri La Anniversary!
Here are some pics of everything before I load it in the van.
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Mahalo everybody, I'll see you later tonight!
:fez: :thumbsup: :fez: :thumbsup:

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PostPosted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 2:06 pm 
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:shock: How did I miss that big ol' Moai at the Chef? He's way cool! Do you still have him or did he get sold before he ever got through the Shangri-La doors? :wowza:

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PostPosted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 2:36 pm 
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The Princess snagged him saturday night. Ya gotta be quick.

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PostPosted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 2:37 pm 
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bamboolodge wrote:
:shock: How did I miss that big ol' Moai @ the Chef? He's way cool! Do you still have him or did he get sold before he ever got through the Shangri-La doors? :wowza:

Sorry Dave, he was snatched up by Princess Pupule on Saturday evening.
However, I have a huge palm log in my house yet just waiting to be carved. Would you like to work something out?

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PostPosted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 3:01 pm 
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bamboolodge wrote:
:shock: How did I miss that big ol' Moai @ the Chef? He's way cool! Do you still have him or did he get sold before he ever got through the Shangri-La doors? :wowza:

Sorry Dave, he was snatched up by Princess Pupule on Saturday evening.
However, I have a huge palm log in my house yet just waiting to be carved. Would you like to work something out?


Why yes, yes I would. A big ol' Moai would be a nice addition at the Lodge someting for inside. How huge you talkin'? :mrgreen:

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PostPosted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 3:41 pm 
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Why yes, yes I would. A big ol' Moai would be a nice addition @ the Lodge someting for inside. How huge you talkin'? :mrgreen:

5' 4" with a 12" diameter, before carving of course. :fez:

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PostPosted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 4:21 pm 
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I still have a lot of stuff left over from the weekend. I just put a bunch of it up on the Coconut Economy website: http://www.fraternalorderofmoai.org/coconuteconomy/index.php?list/15

Please let me know if your interested in anything and I'll get it to you right away!

Super-Mahalos,

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 12:22 pm 
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One night in class, when I was bored and not paying attention, I did a couple of pen-doodles to pass the time.
For some reason I only drew half-faces.
Here is one of them:
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So, naturally, I carved him in bone in all of his half-glory.
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For some reason this piece of bone has a lot of different colors in it.
I haven't decided if I like it enough to make a mold with it yet.
Thanks for looking!

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 1:50 pm 
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Finkdaddy wrote:
So, naturally, I carved him in bone in all of his half-glory.
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I like him!

I know it is kind of hokey but the first thing that came to mind was those little charms from school where the girl would give the boy the other half of the heart.... only this is much cooler because it is a tiki instead of some little crappy tin heart shape.

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 11:17 pm 
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Chip and Andy wrote:
Finkdaddy wrote:
So, naturally, I carved him in bone in all of his half-glory.
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I like him!

I know it is kind of hokey but the first thing that came to mind was those little charms from school where the girl would give the boy the other half of the heart.... only this is much cooler because it is a tiki instead of some little crappy tin heart shape.



Ditto, your comment Chip makes me think how cool it would be to do the other half with a smile or 1/2 a smile as it is :pieface:


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PostPosted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 9:57 pm 
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He could be part of a logo.
The other half being the name of your business.
He could represent that logo as a pendant, like the golden arches represents fast food that kills.
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 7:40 am 
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That is a great idea. I never thought about carving my own logo!

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PostPosted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 9:10 am 
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I'm just now going through this thread. Finkdaddy, you are one amazingly talented dude! I love everything you've done. If only I had some money.....

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PostPosted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 10:03 am 
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JanetMermaid wrote:
I'm just now going through this thread. Finkdaddy, you are one amazingly talented dude! I love everything you've done. If only I had some money.....



Amen to that! I love Finky's work.

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PostPosted: Sat Aug 08, 2009 7:21 pm 
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Impressive and prolific.
Great work!

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