Zaya's wood burnings, and a couple of new pictures. - Other Crafts

Z Zaya Tiki Socialite San Diego, CA Joined: Jun 06, 2006 Posts: 209	Z Zaya Posted posted on Thu, Jul 6, 2006 1:43 AM Wow, the first post on my own thread, and it's all the way from Down Under! Thanks Hewey! I haven't been to Australia yet, but it's on top of the list of places I must go. Fortunately my day job is in the travel industry, so I have the opportunity to travel quite often. Traveling is contagious, just like tiki! By the way, great idea about having Buzzy carve the tikis and me tatting them. I think we'd make a great team. Of course the tikis would turn out even better if I had that fancy wood burner like Benzart! Speaking of Benzart, did I ever tell you how brilliant you are? First of all, I feel honored that you took the time to check out this beginner's stuff, and even more excited about your words of encouragement. I could go on and on about your amazing work, and the fact that I read your thread over and over like it's the bible of tiki. As for this idea about me burning a tat on Buzzy's arm, I love it!!!! In fact I can already picture it in my mind right now. We're not talking about some little Moko pattern, but something more on the lines of a full sleeve! What do you think? I know he's man enough to handle it. In fact I bet he's on the Colwood website right now ordering that burner. Just the thought of me coming at him with that $7.00 burner that he has now is a great incentive! Thanks Ben! You'll definitely be the first to see it when it's done. :) As for Buzzy, you can let me know the Fed Ex tracking number on the burner so we'll know exactly when it's arriving! It's a good thing I'm taking the next couple of weeks off. It will give me plenty of time to design your sleeve! Honestly I have very little burner experience. In fact I only have one burner experience! One night Buzzy was carving, and I felt like testing out the burner so he found a scrap piece of bamboo and let me have at it. He made a couple of burn marks on the top of the piece to show me how it worked, and then I went down the bamboo from there. I realized that I was kind of getting a pattern going, and wound up free handing this.... At the time I hadn't studied any specific styles or patterns, and it was right after this that I bought my Moko Maori Tattoo book and started drawing. I'm looking forward to creating something other than just drawings, but for now I need to practice. Needless to say, I'm hooked! Buzzy's my inspiration, and I've learned so much from him. I pay attention to every detail of his work, and everything he has to say about creating it. Good night for now, Zaya

Wow, the first post on my own thread, and it's all the way from Down Under! Thanks Hewey! I haven't been to Australia yet, but it's on top of the list of places I must go. Fortunately my day job is in the travel industry, so I have the opportunity to travel quite often. Traveling is contagious, just like tiki! By the way, great idea about having Buzzy carve the tikis and me tatting them. I think we'd make a great team. Of course the tikis would turn out even better if I had that fancy wood burner like Benzart!

Speaking of Benzart, did I ever tell you how brilliant you are? First of all, I feel honored that you took the time to check out this beginner's stuff, and even more excited about your words of encouragement. I could go on and on about your amazing work, and the fact that I read your thread over and over like it's the bible of tiki. As for this idea about me burning a tat on Buzzy's arm, I love it!!!! In fact I can already picture it in my mind right now. We're not talking about some little Moko pattern, but something more on the lines of a full sleeve! What do you think? I know he's man enough to handle it. In fact I bet he's on the Colwood website right now ordering that burner. Just the thought of me coming at him with that $7.00 burner that he has now is a great incentive! Thanks Ben! You'll definitely be the first to see it when it's done. :)

As for Buzzy, you can let me know the Fed Ex tracking number on the burner so we'll know exactly when it's arriving! It's a good thing I'm taking the next couple of weeks off. It will give me plenty of time to design your sleeve!

Honestly I have very little burner experience. In fact I only have one burner experience! One night Buzzy was carving, and I felt like testing out the burner so he found a scrap piece of bamboo and let me have at it. He made a couple of burn marks on the top of the piece to show me how it worked, and then I went down the bamboo from there. I realized that I was kind of getting a pattern going, and wound up free handing this....

At the time I hadn't studied any specific styles or patterns, and it was right after this that I bought my Moko Maori Tattoo book and started drawing. I'm looking forward to creating something other than just drawings, but for now I need to practice. Needless to say, I'm hooked!

Buzzy's my inspiration, and I've learned so much from him. I pay attention to every detail of his work, and everything he has to say about creating it.

Good night for now,

Zaya

Post #241258 by Zaya on Thu, Jul 6, 2006 1:43 AM