Post #314271 by Benzart on Fri, Jun 22, 2007 7:08 AM

GMAN, Thanks. Conga may be a dog, but he'll be a dog wearing a Benzart Maori pendant around his neck!
I'm Sure that the little Maori guy was Really stoked to get of of the "Box of 80" too. Life in there is pretty miserable, dusty, forgotten and malformed, those guys are in great need. I guess I will have to plan to rescue one a month or something like that.

Aloha, Thanks and the Maori thanks you too. I wasn't going to mention the affair your ddancing cannibal is having with Claritas candle but I guess it's pretty difficult to conceal.

Thanks Ben, I'm Really Happy with Both Pieces!

Thanks Conga, I think your head is already swelled from all the comps you've been getting on you're works there. Plenny protection on the way!

Bullet, Thanks and Welcome, haven't seen you 'round here or awhile. The Rescue was pretty amazing in how it came out although I'm Sure he hated to leave his friends behind (NOT!). Some of the things in that box were "Flubbs" which I didn't have the skill or patience to fix or continue with at the time. I see them now in a different light and there are some nice diamonds there, Waiting to be polished and cleaned up. Yes, Aloha's dancing Cannibal has made a home here already and he fits in Perfect Thanks for stopping by!

Thanks KS, I appreciate the kind words. The Mini Maori will be happy to hear them.
"[Q] From W S McCollom: “I was looking at a UK magazine and ran across gobsmack. What can you tell me about this term?”

[A] It’s a fairly recent British slang term: the first recorded use is only in the eighties, though verbal use must surely go back further. The usual form is gobsmacked, though gobstruck is also found. It’s a combination of gob, mouth, and smacked. It means “utterly astonished, astounded”. It’s much stronger than just being surprised; it’s used for something that leaves you speechless, or otherwise stops you dead in your tracks. It suggests that something is as surprising as being suddenly hit in the face. It comes from northern dialect, most probably popularised through television programmes set in Liverpool, where it was common. It’s an obvious derivation of an existing term, since gob, originally from Scotland and the north of England, has been a dialect and slang term for the mouth for four hundred years (often in insulting phrases like “shut your gob!” to tell somebody to be quiet). It possibly goes back to the Scottish Gaelic word meaning a beak or a mouth, which has also bequeathed us the verb to gob, meaning to spit. Another form of the word is gab, from which we get gift of the gab."
So Thanks for that as I have been feeling a Lot of that recently with the art that is popping up on My Space. Thanks again

Thanks and Welcome Tama the Terrible. :) :) :)
QUOTE "Far out! Where have I been?? " from Tama. I don't know where you've been either but I Do know that you have been busy. I'm Sure one of these days you will post a pile of pictures that will knock us all off our feet and disrupt our hearts and boggle our brains. I Know you are working on some cool stuff. So I'll be patient but I won't be quiet. OK, I'll go to the Back of the class and sit in the corner, but OK, OK, I'll Shut UP!
Thanks TAMA HA!

Paipo Thanks. He's actually pretty big for a pendant. at 3 1/2" tall and 2" wide there is Way more room than I am used to with wood. The teeth and eyes as well as most of the moko were all done with my Trusty Hook Knife. The wood is "Chocolate" Maple and when you sand or grind it the dust is almost Black, explain that??
Yes, I'm Super Happy with my AS Cannibal and he Really loves being next to Claritas candle, and I think He Lites Her FIRE!

Thanks again Everyone, this is the Best way to start of the new Day! Happeee