Post #367815 by Traderbob on Tue, Mar 18, 2008 5:22 PM

Aloha Tikiholics,

sorry for not posting for some time. My move took 3 months in total (shipping company lost my packing list...) and I've been busy with work and other activities most of the time.

However, I found some time to carve and made a little progress. I'm still looking for a place where I can carve bigger stuff and don't have to worry about the dirt and dust. Currently I carve in my kitchen and sand in my bathtub :wink:

Here's the stained pineapple tiki. The basswood soaked up the stain a bit too much than I hoped, which is not that good on the corners, but makes the deeper parts look like I had burned them:

The "bloody" tiki is finished as well. Cherry wood with dark stain:

Yesterday, I found some balsa wood, and since easter is around the corner, I love it, because you can get a result pretty fast.

I made this small moai and the skull of the leftovers (which is less than half the size of a lighter)

Here's my current work in progress, same cherry wood as the bloody tiki above, but still a lot to do:

I also made 2 picture frames from parts of a broken cheap shoe shelf and I'm working on a hanging lamp shade. I am going to post some photos soon.

Hopefully it's getting warmer here soon, so I can start carving some bigger stuff outside.

Mahalo for looking,

Bobo