Post #106142 by 8FT Tiki on Tue, Aug 3, 2004 11:44 PM

Aloha TC. As per Hanfords recommendation following the locking of the carving post, I have started this thread to show some of the work I have been doing to enhance our home and give it a more tropical appearance. In order to consolidate my projects into one thread, here are a few links to some previous works:
http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=6515&forum=1&vpost=62644
http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=6525&forum=1&vpost=62733
http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=6984&forum=7&vpost=67685
http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=15566&forum=7&30
http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=15968&forum=7&78

I have done several projects this summer and will continually add them here as I get the photos in order. First up is my beginners attempt at carving a tiki from a really crappy log. I don't have a good source for logs yet so I took what I could get from a friend who had a tree downed by a storm. I believe it was a locust. The log is 42" and is riddled with woodworm holes and tunnels.
Although it was not rotting, it was challenging to deal with the wood dust and other insect damage, but I think it added character to the grain and I figured what the heck, I don't deserve a great log yet anyway since I'm a hack with a new set of Marples chisels and don't have an artists portfolio of work so....away I went.
And heres some photos of the project.

After I finished with the chisels I coated the wood with JASCO copper-brown wood preservative to kill any creepy crawlers which might still have been inside. Then I gave it a white primer coat and then a purple base coat followed by blue and black accent colors. Finally I used a pecan stain to age it and tone down the colors a bit.
Now if you are wondering why I painted it instead of just using stain, it's because as I said it was a crappy log and wasn't too pretty a grain anyway. Besides, we wanted more color in the yard and felt that so many tikis are left as natural wood tones or stained some shade of brown so we wanted something a bit different and went with a sort of Shag-ish color scheme. Until next time.....Thanks for looking. "8FT Tiki"

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