Post #314313 by Babalu on Fri, Jun 22, 2007 11:45 AM

Your a riot Cammo!!

Welcome to the Chop T-Bird! Love to have ya....if you bring your bike, you will get a better parking spot for sure.

Getting logs to be able to pass out at the Chop may not be possible. As you must know by now, it takes some doing to land-um, but it is totally do-able. Call some tree removable people as this seems to be the best approach...the tree dudes have to pay to get rid of their cuttings as they can't dump them at the main dump. When you call them, offer to show up at the cutting site with beer, or money, or both...that will raise an eyebrow.

But even if you don't have a log...no worries man...there will be plenty to do. Many people carve smaller with knifes on smaller pcs. of wood. I have some knifes you can try out if'n you have a small hunk of any kind of wood and want to give that a go. Historically, many have come to the Chops to draw, paint, play with clay, anything goes!

At this Chop, I will have a huge 12' x 4' sturdy table set up in the shade for those that need table space...a big ass 20' car port tent with sides will set up in the drive for "dangerous" chain saw action...It's great fun to watch 4WD, Cysdalle, Ona, and Buzzy turn on the action. They make carving with a chain saw look as easy as blowing out birthday candles...you will learn mucho from these fellas. Dave and I will more than likely be playing with plaster for most of the day in the studio with people coming in and out watching the goings on. I am also planning to cut up some pvc armatures so that those who wish can play with some of this oil clay can do that as well. It is totally possible that many will start off in one medium and move to another just cause. We might even have someone playing in stone this go around. I will be PM-ing all those that are coming with directions sometime next week

Bottom line is we have all walks of life that show up to these Chop Chops, but we all have one thing in common...that is a love for art, and that art has a tropical breeze that blows around it.

Buzzy - Kiva the carving wonder dog is the coolest!! Do you think she can give my poohie some training in shop safety, and the proper way to hold a chisel?

I have plenty of room for the doggies to run and scream, but you may want to keep-um away from Joey here...you see that trailer in the back ground?...it use to have tires...Joey ate-um!