Post #263587 by Bay Park Buzzy on Tue, Oct 31, 2006 1:20 AM

Here is the sign after I shipped it twenty minute express to the Grand Caymans:

Last week that tiki was in Margaritaville. This week, it's wherever the hell the Caymans are:

This party was for a company that was meeting here in SD for a convention next door. All the company big shots were to be there. I was thinking about all the money they were spending on this party, especially on my sign. I bet there is an employee at the company who deserves a raise, but will not get one until the next quarter after this one, because the company needed a stupid sign for the party that was too high to see anyway. I, as well as the SD economy will benefit though. Thanks for the TOT, stupid sign needing company, it's paying for that stadium across the street.

Here is the typical thatch that is indigenous to the Cayman regions. Notice how similar it is to more common types of thatch, such as: tropical thatch, mexican thatch,and pirate thatch. This type of thatch differs only in the way it is harvested. Look at the tree on the right. The thatch skirt down there is picked by hand, and then thrown on the roof for shade.

Don't forget that I carve too: That's how I got started with this all those few months ago.
I was fighting a new tool and a new type of wood(carving sucks when the grain actually matters) with the use of the hook knife and basswood this weekend. I took a log and practiced on technique with a log type that I am used to carving.

It doesn't look like anything but crap. However, I could "feel" it getting better and more correct as I played, oops! worked, around with it. Baby steps...

And a little on this too:


I'm just making it up as I go along...

I missed my new favorite show last night :(

Bawling Buzzy Out