tok-tok, German tiki thing. News + pics on pg. 7+8 - Tiki Carving

T tok-tok Member North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Joined: Oct 17, 2007 Posts: 148	T tok-tok Posted posted on Mon, Nov 12, 2007 4:07 PM Aloha all ya, first of all thanks for all the support. @Benella: I discovered polynesian pop about 5 years ago but didn´t start carving at once. I was fascinated of that somehow sunken culture when I first read the Book of Tiki and started collecting other books and tiki-pics on the web. I looked around on ebay and got frustrated seeing always the same offers of statues and stuff. That was the time, when I decided to start doing that tiki-thing with my own two hands. Must be 2 or 3 years ago. @Polynesiac: Thank you for your kind words. I try to develope kind of an own style, but there is so much that inspires me. Really can´t say where personal starts. I often have to look up some poses or facial expressions to get a hint. But I don´t want to copy step by step. Latest tries where in burning, I guess that make the vintage look. And dark stain. So, here are some new photos of almost old tikis (okay mixed): Left to right: thuja, birch, basswood Come on, where is the booze? Show me the way to the next tikibar... Call him the pineapple-guy. He doesn´t stop laughing.. I always have to close the door to the living room at night, so that I can´t hear him. Quiff-Moai Are you looking at me? He should stand next to the laughing guy, perhaps I´ll sleep better then. Here is a little update on my surgery, hope you like the photo: That was taken nearly two weeks ago right before taking the stiches out. But it is all good now, I suppose. A friend of mine asked me some time ago, if I could do a wild boar for him. I said: Okay, but you should come along and bring a bigger chainsaw with you. This is a bit off-tiki-topic, but I have to finish it first before starting another project. He also brought along a big log of white fir a couple of months ago. So last saturday we finally started carving. Husqvarna-chainsaws work fine on softwood But stihl is not bad either. Me and one of my favorite toys A couple of hours later, it looked a bit like a mouse with a too short tail. But there is way to go. Hope you enjoy what you see. Till then, stay tuned. tok-tok

Aloha all ya,
first of all thanks for all the support.

@Benella: I discovered polynesian pop about 5 years ago but didn´t start carving at once. I was fascinated of that somehow sunken culture when I first read the Book of Tiki and started collecting other books and tiki-pics on the web. I looked around on ebay and got frustrated seeing always the same offers of statues and stuff. That was the time, when I decided to start doing that tiki-thing with my own two hands. Must be 2 or 3 years ago.

@Polynesiac: Thank you for your kind words. I try to develope kind of an own style, but there is so much that inspires me. Really can´t say where personal starts. I often have to look up some poses or facial expressions to get a hint. But I don´t want to copy step by step. Latest tries where in burning, I guess that make the vintage look. And dark stain.

So, here are some new photos of almost old tikis (okay mixed):

Left to right: thuja, birch, basswood

Come on, where is the booze? Show me the way to the next tikibar...

Call him the pineapple-guy.

He doesn´t stop laughing..

I always have to close the door to the living room at night, so that I can´t hear him.

Quiff-Moai

**Are you looking at me?
**

He should stand next to the laughing guy, perhaps I´ll sleep better then.

Here is a little update on my surgery, hope you like the photo:

That was taken nearly two weeks ago right before taking the stiches out.
But it is all good now, I suppose.

A friend of mine asked me some time ago, if I could do a wild boar for him. I said: Okay, but you should come along and bring a bigger chainsaw with you.
This is a bit off-tiki-topic, but I have to finish it first before starting another project.
He also brought along a big log of white fir a couple of months ago.

So last saturday we finally started carving.

Husqvarna-chainsaws work fine on softwood

But stihl is not bad either.

Me and one of my favorite toys

A couple of hours later, it looked a bit like a mouse with a too short tail.
But there is way to go.

Hope you enjoy what you see.
Till then, stay tuned.
tok-tok

Post #343526 by tok-tok on Mon, Nov 12, 2007 4:07 PM