Carving Seminar Benzart, Basement Kahuna Tiki Diablo - Tiki Carving

8T 8FT Tiki Tiki Socialite Kansas City, MO Joined: Nov 30, 2003 Posts: 1411	8T 8FT Tiki Posted posted on Mon, May 15, 2006 4:29 PM Well friends, here is the last bunch of Seminar photos I had. After returning from the wood lot I took a few shots from the upper deck at the lodge looking down upon the work getting started. Here BK begins to mark lines on the big group project log. Al selects a log and starts the chainsaw. This log was turned into the mascot "coon&tiki" which you have seen in previous posts. Awesome to watch this evolve. Al, I really was impressed by watching you create this wonderful carving!!! At this point, noboby but Al knew just what he was making. Most figured it was a bear. Here Al has a basic animal shape and BK and Diablo are diggin' into the group log while Jungle Jim and Tony look on. Here Tiki Diablo gets Tiki Lee's started on a very important part of the carving. On the right you see Benzart greeting Congatiki who has just arrived on his motorcycle. Here is one the few photos which captured the lovely Ms. Swanky. She is laughing at the antics of Kapu Kahiki along with Tikiskip and Doubravsky. The other guy is a local TC member and his TC name is a number which I forgot. Sorry. This group really got along well right from the start. I wonder if the "refreshments" had anything to do with that? Here Swanky has the floor as he welcomes everyone and has each attendee introduce themselves. Saturday morning: Everyone has selected their Benzart piece for the first class exercise. The hook knives are flyin' but very little blood flowed! Well, that is the last of the photos I had saved from the early moments of the Coontiki Seminar. Hope they bring back good memories for you if you were there and inspired you to attend the next one if you didn't make the innaugural event. Thanks for looking, 8FT Tiki

Well friends, here is the last bunch of Seminar photos I had.
After returning from the wood lot I took a few shots from the upper deck at the lodge looking down upon the work getting started.

Here BK begins to mark lines on the big group project log.

Al selects a log and starts the chainsaw. This log was turned into the mascot "coon&tiki" which you have seen in previous posts. Awesome to watch this evolve. Al, I really was impressed by watching you create this wonderful carving!!!

At this point, noboby but Al knew just what he was making.
Most figured it was a bear.

Here Al has a basic animal shape and BK and Diablo are diggin' into the group log while Jungle Jim and Tony look on.

Here Tiki Diablo gets Tiki Lee's started on a very important part of the carving. On the right you see Benzart greeting Congatiki who has just arrived on his motorcycle.

Here is one the few photos which captured the lovely Ms. Swanky. She is laughing at the antics of Kapu Kahiki along with Tikiskip and Doubravsky. The other guy is a local TC member and his TC name is a number which I forgot. Sorry.

This group really got along well right from the start. I wonder if the "refreshments" had anything to do with that?

Here Swanky has the floor as he welcomes everyone and has each attendee introduce themselves.

Saturday morning: Everyone has selected their Benzart piece for the first class exercise. The hook knives are flyin' but very little blood flowed!

Well, that is the last of the photos I had saved from the early moments of the Coontiki Seminar. Hope they bring back good memories for you if you were there and inspired you to attend the next one if you didn't make the innaugural event.
Thanks for looking, 8FT Tiki

Post #232117 by 8FT Tiki on Mon, May 15, 2006 4:29 PM