Post #318919 by Cammo on Mon, Jul 16, 2007 10:13 AM

Our Tiki Carving Village Special Guest this year is Richard Morgan Howell. He carves stuff like this –

And this –

He learned to carve in the South Seas, during his full time work as a fisheries expert. He’s lived everywhere, carved with natives in Tonga, Fiji, Hawaii, you name it. He came to Babalu's Lemon Grove Chop, and let Clysdalle use a real adze for the first time. We got along with him right away.

Because he’s also a fishing pro he also carves stuff like this –

he likes fish hooks ...

And can tell you anything you want to know about Polynesian game fish, tiki chopping techniques, strange rituals unseen for centuries, and the secret ways of the headhunting tribes of Papua New Guinea. I’m not making this up!

To top it all off, his name really is MR. HOWELL. Holy Cripes, his name is Mr. Howell! You can buy him a drink, he seems to like the stuff, and listen to his stories of danger and wood chips at the Tiki Carving Village every day. He'll be chopping a tiki there.

Richard's incredible website;

http://www.oceania-art.com

Laytah -