Post #348544 by Bay Park Buzzy on Sun, Dec 9, 2007 12:07 PM

I had to shelve the Hawaiian guy I was sanding for a couple more weeks because it isn't dry enough to finish yet. I have to have all these finished by next Saturday for the big tikisale/party, so I moved on to another piece.

Sanded and stained this guy:

And I went back and restained this guy. I'm a little happier with the results now.

Now I just need to let them dry a little more and seal them

I'll start finishing the last one later this afternoon, on the live House of Buzz channel, of course.

On 2007-12-07 19:47, seeksurf wrote:
Nice Buzzy, you have a regular tiki petting zoo on your hands!

It helps to have them around to cure the lonely life I lead as a tiki carver. I like that petting zoo comparision...

On 2007-12-07 20:02, congatiki wrote:
You are a one man tiki factory Buzz...I like your two headed guy.
Doin' some nice work out there.

Thanks Conga! Always glad when you stop by for a little visit. Not only am I The San Diego Tiki Factory! I AM a living tiki factory! My production facilities never shut down. When I sleep I'm even making tikis in my subconscious mind...Nice work on your end too. I'm at times envious of people who can always carve without consideration of market factors. Keep it up, you're refreshing!

On 2007-12-07 23:19, closettiki wrote:
hey buzzy.....great stuff....its cool lurking on your live feed and watching you carve the progression from start to finish is true entertainment......
and seeing the finished tiki is somehow weirdly satisfying.....
just getting my tiki fix

The Dynamic processes of tiki carving! It's been fun having you guys along for ride. Thanks for keeping me company. (The dog is having a hard time figuring out who I' talking to all the time, :) )

On 2007-12-08 07:20, hiltiki wrote:
Buzzy, so true about the weather guys, we hardly got any rain out here also hahahaha, it's so stupid. Anyways, the new pieces are all coming along so nicely, we need a group shot from all 4 sides.

Less than an inch in three days and they will not shut up!

On 2007-12-08 15:04, AlohaStation wrote:
The totem is excellent! So when are you going to carve smething other than Palm? I'd love to see what you you could do with some wood that can take alot of detail!!

Thanks AlohaStation! I really like that totem guy too. There's just so much palm out here to carve, though... Right now, I'm really trying to build up my "stock" of cheaper for sale tikis so that I can take time to work on some more involved tikis that no one wants to buy. Right now I really do not have anything left, and I just can't catch up with bread and butter stock. As for better wood types, I had trouble with the last batch of ficus I got: It all split, cracked and fell apart. Didn't get one good piece out of my whole last load. There is also trouble due to second language acquistion problems occurring with tree care "professionals" around here. In theory, it sounds easy to describe a log type and size, and then receive that log type and size according to the request. In practice, it's a whole different story.

Buzzy Out!