Post #398106 by hodadhank on Fri, Aug 1, 2008 12:40 AM

Hey! Remember when he fought Godzilla?

anyhooo... Been getting ready for the biggest Tiki Shindig in the West... Tiki Oasis 8 being held right here in San Diegy. Yep.

Been keeping busy with a group of what I'm now calling "Lost Sailors", these Micro-Tangs are carved from 100% AUTHENTIC SHIPWRECK TEAK!

It seems the light schooner Vaya was making a hasty retreat from particularly inclement winter seas when a rouge wave dragged her across the rocks at the Bay Channel entrance. Sinking fast, and with water pouring in below deck the captain set course dead-a-ground coming to rest in a six or more feet of chilly water in Mariners Cove. After stripping what electronic equipment could be saved he abandoned the remaining wooden hulk to the elements...

... and a mysterious midnight salvage crew.

Local legend tells that some nights the figure of a fat man with a pointy beard can still be heard yelling eerily from shore "don't bother swimming back without those pulley's Murf!"

My workspace is Freaky Boutiki's counter top! Visible below are a couple Lost Sailors, other assorted half finished Mini Tangs, an Italian briar blank, some tricked-out beads for PokoloLolita's boars tusk jewelry, a couple Maori style scribbled boxes, abalone, clam, scallop and a half dozen Bamp Mut marriage fetishes that I had absolutely nothing to do with.

Hey dig it! My first apprentice! Caitlin! (don't let her size fool ya. This skinny little minnie wields a monster jackhammer for the city by day!)

[ Edited by: hodadhank 2008-08-06 18:09 ]