Post #219325 by tikisobayli on Tue, Mar 7, 2006 7:17 AM

Thanks for the words of encouragement. We had a few people over on Sunday and the ones that knew what I was up to were interested in seeing what I came up with. They were all amazed at what someone can do with a bit of time and some desire. Anyway, as for the name I named it Nuku Hiva after one of the islands in the Marquesas. So one to the next one.

My next project is concerned with one of my favorite images that has popped up on Tiki Central. Some of you might remember the perfect image blending atomic and tiki themes that Virani posted awhile ago in the Tiki Finds thread. For those of you that do not, here is a copy of the image:

I have always loved this image. So for the next project, I am going to pay "tribute" to the image and attempt to create a grouping of three tikis that give off a similar spirit that is found in the original image. Here is the first picture of the layout and rough mouth cutout:

This one is just under 3' and again is poplar. This time I started with the rough mouth cutout and established a center line off of it so the rest of the guy will be centered on the mouth. Here is a picture of the initial body rough out cuts:

I do not have a side view picture yet, but this one to is a bit wonky. So, with this one I used that to my advantage. If looking at the tiki in profile, you see that starting from about 6" up from the bottom, the log begins to curve back. This really makes a difference and really helps with portraying the movement in the original image.