A Legitimate Counterfeit (Post Your Leroy Art Here!) - Tiki Carving

AA Aaron's Akua Member Rancho Santa Margarita, CA Joined: Jul 09, 2004 Posts: 1596	AA Aaron's Akua Posted posted on Fri, Dec 17, 2004 10:13 PM Polynesiac Jim, Yeah, my office is right across the street from this great park. I'm a regular there at lunch time. After I wolf down my lunch, I've got about 40 minutes left to whip out the Leroy, set up the workmate, and get down to business. Yes, I DO work in an office, and spend lots of time in front of the computer, so my lunchtime carving session makes for a very effective and satisfying mid-day brain colonic. Funny story... I brought my copy of the BOT to the park the other day. Pulled it out to resketch a few lines on the log, you know, like a reference picture. I realized I was about 10 minutes late from lunch, quickly packed up my tools & high-tailed it back to the office. That night I realized I had left my copy of the BOT sitting on the curb in the parking lot. Needless to say when I ran back there the next morning it was gone. So, I made a little sign with my cell number & stuck it in the grass where I had left the book. As it turns out, the lady that had found it saw the sign that night, called me & returned the book today. So, I have to say that this tiki must be endowed with good luck & good karma. That really put me in the Xmas spirit, which has been lacking up till now. Tikimecula, That Leroy carving is INCREDIBLE. More Leroys! More, More, More!!! I was thinking of using yours for a reference, 'cause I had lost my BOT & am working on the nose right now, which is a little tricky without a picture for reference. That is so cool. I remember thinking that the Easter Island Moai were just heads till I finally saw a picture where they excavated one & it actually had a full body buried in the earth below. Yours reminds me of that whole concept, because the body really fits with the head, as if Leroy had designed it that way. Excellent job, really! Benzart, My search for the original Leroy carving is still on. The case is cold, but I've got a hot lead, and I just might have something interesting to post soon... Thanks for the comps. It's really in the ugly stage right now, but I always get excited as the carving shapes up. Thanks all you guys for the interest & the inspiration. Cheers! A-A "Ah, good taste! What a dreadful thing! Taste is the enemy of creativeness." -Pablo Picasso [ Edited by: Aaron's Akua on 2004-12-17 22:15 ]

Polynesiac Jim,

Yeah, my office is right across the street from this great park. I'm a regular there at lunch time. After I wolf down my lunch, I've got about 40 minutes left to whip out the Leroy, set up the workmate, and get down to business. Yes, I DO work in an office, and spend lots of time in front of the computer, so my lunchtime carving session makes for a very effective and satisfying mid-day brain colonic.

Funny story... I brought my copy of the BOT to the park the other day. Pulled it out to resketch a few lines on the log, you know, like a reference picture. I realized I was about 10 minutes late from lunch, quickly packed up my tools & high-tailed it back to the office. That night I realized I had left my copy of the BOT sitting on the curb in the parking lot. Needless to say when I ran back there the next morning it was gone. So, I made a little sign with my cell number & stuck it in the grass where I had left the book. As it turns out, the lady that had found it saw the sign that night, called me & returned the book today. So, I have to say that this tiki must be endowed with good luck & good karma. That really put me in the Xmas spirit, which has been lacking up till now.

Tikimecula,

That Leroy carving is INCREDIBLE. More Leroys! More, More, More!!! I was thinking of using yours for a reference, 'cause I had lost my BOT & am working on the nose right now, which is a little tricky without a picture for reference. That is so cool. I remember thinking that the Easter Island Moai were just heads till I finally saw a picture where they excavated one & it actually had a full body buried in the earth below. Yours reminds me of that whole concept, because the body really fits with the head, as if Leroy had designed it that way. Excellent job, really!

Benzart,

My search for the original Leroy carving is still on. The case is cold, but I've got a hot lead, and I just might have something interesting to post soon... Thanks for the comps. It's really in the ugly stage right now, but I always get excited as the carving shapes up.

Thanks all you guys for the interest & the inspiration.

Cheers!

A-A

"Ah, good taste! What a dreadful thing! Taste is the enemy of creativeness."
-Pablo Picasso

[ Edited by: Aaron's Akua on 2004-12-17 22:15 ]

Post #131683 by Aaron's Akua on Fri, Dec 17, 2004 10:13 PM