Post #400291 by TikiTres on Sun, Aug 10, 2008 3:27 PM

Thanks Benz! I thought there would be more of a reaction to the Bosko goodies, maybe they'll make more sense once people see them installed on the patio. It probably won't be for a few weeks, I'm not going to start that project in the current 100+ weather!

Well I've been staring at the tiki sconce in the garage for a while now and just did not like it as-is, so this weekend I did a little more carving on it. I put a coat of amber varnish on it afterwards, but it was too shiny so I hit it with matte lacquer. The finish is darker than I wanted, but I'm going to call this one done.

I also carved another fish, this one is from 2x cedar and is carved both sides:

The camera's fill flash came on and washed out the shadows, it's actually carved pretty deep. I'm going to let it "season" in the sun a bit before putting a finish on it. It'll probably get marble eyes too. I got Lowe's to order some redwood for me, it'll be here Wednesday. I'll carve another fish from that to see how it compares to the cedar.