Post #225696 by Swanky on Sat, Apr 8, 2006 8:34 AM

On 2006-04-07 22:43, Lake Surfer wrote:
Hey Swanky...

I'm too lazy right now to look back at the old posts... but is this the tiki that you've been working on for a while?

http://f-stop.com/clients/Coon-Tiki/072.htm

The one that resembles the City of Refuge tiki?

If it is, did you get the tips from Danny on how to make it happen?

http://f-stop.com/clients/Coon-Tiki/080.htm

Looking forward to your future work... I think you have more carving talent than you realize :wink:

[ Edited by: Lake Surfer 2006-04-07 22:44 ]

Yes it is! And that Ku is the reason we all got together. I was working away and thought how nice it would be if BK or some other experienced carver lived down the street. I needed advice badly. So I imagined there were others in the same sort of boat.

I went over every problem spot in that tiki with Tiki Diablo and he really made it clear. The mouth still awaits, abut I am much more ready to get it all done than I was before. I really can express how much I learned. I liken it to getting a guitar and tryng to play and it all sounds bad and you put it away after a week. A few lessons and you might instead play the rest of your life. Hell, I was holding the chisel upside down!

I am ready for a summer of carving. And Ms Swanky did a much better job than I did. I'll get her on the mallet too.