Official Introductions Thread. New Members, Post your introduction here... - General Tiki

B Beachnik Member Venice, Ca Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 42	B Beachnik Posted posted on Thu, Mar 2, 2006 11:46 PM Once again, mahalo for the welcome mat! The TC community is incredible...happy to be in the club. Here's a little background. Started carving as an apprentice/student under a Hungarian master carver about 10 years back. When I started carving, my 74 year old teacher was a real firecracker....verrrry HARDCORE! Just follow directions and you will be fine ....yea right! After smashing fingers and drawing blood I finally got it. My first projects were very eastern european style, Byzantine to be exact. My instructer insisted that I enter one of my pieces in a corny woodcarver show and competition. After spending bucks to be a Cali carvers guild member and local club member I was allowed to enter the competition. What a hassle! To top it off, I was a little pissed because my instructer entered my piece in the expert level. To make a long story short, I took second place...yeaaaa! I was on top of the woodcarver world...NOT! Traditional carving was getting old. Time for some Tiki/Hawaiiana! I had to cheat and sneak around the Hungarian while doing my style of woodcarving. 10 years went by and now I am ready for a tiki revival! I have carved 4 tikis, a story board and built my tiki bar...time for a mai tai or two! I will post pix when I figure out (read the directions) how to. Now I need a bandaid for my chisel cut finger....yikes! Beachnik

Once again, mahalo for the welcome mat! The TC community is incredible...happy to be in the club.

Here's a little background. Started carving as an apprentice/student under a Hungarian master carver about 10 years back. When I started carving, my 74 year old teacher was a real firecracker....verrrry HARDCORE! Just follow directions and you will be fine ....yea right! After smashing fingers and drawing blood I finally got it. My first projects were very eastern european style, Byzantine to be exact. My instructer insisted that I enter one of my pieces in a corny woodcarver show and competition. After spending bucks to be a Cali carvers guild member and local club member I was allowed to enter the competition. What a hassle! To top it off, I was a little pissed because my instructer entered my piece in the expert level. To make a long story short, I took second place...yeaaaa! I was on top of the woodcarver world...NOT!

Traditional carving was getting old. Time for some Tiki/Hawaiiana! I had to cheat and sneak around the Hungarian while doing my style of woodcarving.

10 years went by and now I am ready for a tiki revival! I have carved 4 tikis, a story board and built my tiki bar...time for a mai tai or two!

I will post pix when I figure out (read the directions) how to. Now I need a bandaid for my chisel cut finger....yikes!

Beachnik

Post #218580 by Beachnik on Thu, Mar 2, 2006 11:46 PM