Post #238828 by Howland on Tue, Jun 20, 2006 7:43 PM

Been outta tha loop for a while, had to have a 'lower back procedure' in March because of wear and tear, playing like a 12 year old at 42 y/o, ttrying tricks I've seen in cartoons, etc.-actually had to do a search for my own thread, but I'm back in carving mode again and here's what I got for now-

Started a small (2 1/2' to 3') palm log carving. Wasn't a great log-roadside find-kinda stringy/fibery and was a mess to carve. Didn't document much of it for whatever reasons but I'll show you what I've got. Inspiration came from a Coco Joe's tiki I saw somewhere. Here 'tis.
You can see my trusty (so far) jumbo sized carving easel with 'come-along' attached for raising or lowering logs to desired carving height.

crooked legs-like a new-born fawn, trying to take it's first step

I don't know what happened to this pic but you can see I tried a dark stain on this with some 'chalking' to lighten the deeper recesses-'cept I didn't have any chalk so I tried some other stuff that vanished when I applied the sealer. So now it's just dark stained.

Here's a pic at night -he's standing on a 1' piece of palm log for some 'amplified altitudification' (makes it look taller) with a green light applied for some smooth exotica-tiki vibe>

Here's the CCJoe's tiki I'm talking about