New stuff added!! - Tiki Carving

MIT Mustang Island Tiki Member South Texas Joined: Feb 16, 2008 Posts: 24	MIT Mustang Island Tiki Posted posted on Sat, Mar 15, 2008 12:08 AM On 2008-03-11 13:55, AlohaStation wrote: Thanks for all the compliments. This guy was a lot of fun to carve. Finishing him was a struggle - or should I say sanding him. With the hard wood every little scratch shows!! The colors didn't come out as I envisioned, but still looks great. M.I.T. - thanks for the inquiry. Mahogany actually grows here in South Florida. A few months ago I scored a pile when a shopping center clear cut their parking lot!! Check it out, I have only used one piece so far!! This part of Texas the best I can do for a tree "on the hoof" is some pretty nice mesquite. It will dull a knife or chisels faster that you would think is possible in the known universe but it is well worth the effort. The wood is beautiful and holds great detail. Also, if the carving goes south you can always barbeque with it!!! If I am feeling especially masochistic I will start a mequite piece and let ya all see what it is like. For every day fun kinda carving I like a good chunk of basswood. I have my "very first tiki" I am wanting to post up once I pry the digital camera away from my wife. It isn't anything "holy tiki-erffic" like alot of the first rate pieces you and others have been putting up but it is a start. Just be gentle on me sensibilities is all I be askin of ya'all! Mustang Island Tiki [ Edited by: Mustang Island Tiki 2008-03-15 00:15 ]

On 2008-03-11 13:55, AlohaStation wrote:
Thanks for all the compliments. This guy was a lot of fun to carve. Finishing him was a struggle - or should I say sanding him. With the hard wood every little scratch shows!! The colors didn't come out as I envisioned, but still looks great.

M.I.T. - thanks for the inquiry. Mahogany actually grows here in South Florida. A few months ago I scored a pile when a shopping center clear cut their parking lot!! Check it out, I have only used one piece so far!!

This part of Texas the best I can do for a tree "on the hoof" is some pretty nice mesquite. It will dull a knife or chisels faster that you would think is possible in the known universe but it is well worth the effort. The wood is beautiful and holds great detail. Also, if the carving goes south you can always barbeque with it!!!

If I am feeling especially masochistic I will start a mequite piece and let ya all see what it is like. For every day fun kinda carving I like a good chunk of basswood.

I have my "very first tiki" I am wanting to post up once I pry the digital camera away from my wife. It isn't anything "holy tiki-erffic" like alot of the first rate pieces you and others have been putting up but it is a start. Just be gentle on me sensibilities is all I be askin of ya'all!

Mustang Island Tiki

[ Edited by: Mustang Island Tiki 2008-03-15 00:15 ]

Post #367049 by Mustang Island Tiki on Sat, Mar 15, 2008 12:08 AM