Post #171516 by 8FT Tiki on Tue, Jul 12, 2005 8:38 PM

Well, we had hoped to make it to Exotica in Chicago but it wasn't possible this year so I got the chisels sharpened and went back outside to tackle a 5 foot Sycamore log that followed me home. I just kept at it for a few hours each day until it finally said "I'm done".
Hope you like the pics. Thanks for looking, 8FT

Started at the top.

Gave him a face.

I was outside so much that the neighbors thought I got fired from my job!

When I first started debarking this log my daughter said "Are you looking for the inner tiki"?

When I finished carving and sanding I wanted to paint it to look like the bottle.

I had a tough time finding the color I wanted but finally I did.

Close up of head.

Close up of bird man symbol on chest.

And here is the finished carving with his little brother, an actual bottle of Pisco Capel which measures 13 1/2" tall.

I liked working this kind of wood and am glad I have an even bigger one waiting its turn.

CHEERS!!!!!!

I once was lost.......

.....but now I'm found.

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