Bowana's Other Crafts - Other Crafts

T T_birdman Member San Gabriel Valley-SoCal Joined: Jun 19, 2007 Posts: 271	T T_birdman Posted posted on Wed, Sep 17, 2008 1:53 PM Dave, I couldn't stay in lurker mode any longer without letting it be known what I thought, you are an INCREDIBLE dude! Babs is right, the human figure is very tough to sculpt, you inspired me a while back to buy some clay to experiment with but mine have a tendency to be smashed back into a lump afterwards! I have never regreted coming down to the first chop at Babs place when you guys did the mold-making demo / hot dog cart chop. I do regret however that I haven't been able to make more chops for whatever reason. Everyone in this San Diego click of artists has given me more inspiration in so many ways, and in such a short period of time that it has taken over a big part of my life! My god, I'm playing with palm logs, sticks I find on the ground, clay, wood from exotic places, rock and bone, paint, I even bought a fucking Kiln that I haven't had a chance to wire up yet! I need a bigger fucking garage thanks to you guys! Regardless of the financial burdon you all have placed on me, I have to send flowers to all the SD choppers that are responsible; Dave, you Cammo, and Babs display an amazing level of talent, teamwork, imagination, and congeniality that you 3 should form a joint venture of some sort! Buzzy, what can one say about the 1-man Tiki factory who so unselfishly provided me with my first truckload of logs, I won't forget man! 4WD Bill who opened up his place to all of us so many times and welcomed my son into the chopping world, gave me some of the best advice on getting started, you da man, Bill! The girls of chop, Mieko, Kate, cheeky, Zaya and Hilda, the steadfast rocks of the chops providing inspiration, motivation, and stability, and a whole lot of great food, the chops wouldn't function properly without them! Clysdale with his diverse styles and different outlook, I'm amazed at what you produce bro, makes me mad I got rid of my old surfboards too! Billy, you are turning into a chopping machine, seems this group has had a lasting affect on you too! Don't stop being you, you made me laugh many times bro, good medicine! Erik the Red, lurking in the shadows too, thanks for the good cigar brudda, next time I see you I have a Krush Classic I want to hand off to you, I think you'll like it! Can-Sam & Pops, great folks, I enjoy your company and appreciate the offer to ride down with you, hope you guys are there when I can make another chop! I don't know if I left anyone out, if I did, it's Alzhiemers setting in, but the last thing I want to do is alienate anyone or hurt anyones feelings. I just thought I would use up space on Daves thread to say thanks to a group of very talented folks who have drastically changed my life for the better since I became aquainted with you all. And that really goes out to ALL the talented folks here at TC whose art and Ideas I will copy in the future, (LOL) The Birdman of Arcadia (reverting back to lurker mode!)

Dave, I couldn't stay in lurker mode any longer without letting it be known what I thought, you are an INCREDIBLE dude! Babs is right, the human figure is very tough to sculpt, you inspired me a while back to buy some clay to experiment with but mine have a tendency to be smashed back into a lump afterwards! I have never regreted coming down to the first chop at Babs place when you guys did the mold-making demo / hot dog cart chop. I do regret however that I haven't been able to make more chops for whatever reason. Everyone in this San Diego click of artists has given me more inspiration in so many ways, and in such a short period of time that it has taken over a big part of my life! My god, I'm playing with palm logs, sticks I find on the ground, clay, wood from exotic places, rock and bone, paint, I even bought a fucking Kiln that I haven't had a chance to wire up yet! I need a bigger fucking garage thanks to you guys! Regardless of the financial burdon you all have placed on me, I have to send flowers to all the SD choppers that are responsible; Dave, you Cammo, and Babs display an amazing level of talent, teamwork, imagination, and congeniality that you 3 should form a joint venture of some sort! Buzzy, what can one say about the 1-man Tiki factory who so unselfishly provided me with my first truckload of logs, I won't forget man! 4WD Bill who opened up his place to all of us so many times and welcomed my son into the chopping world, gave me some of the best advice on getting started, you da man, Bill! The girls of chop, Mieko, Kate, cheeky, Zaya and Hilda, the steadfast rocks of the chops providing inspiration, motivation, and stability, and a whole lot of great food, the chops wouldn't function properly without them! Clysdale with his diverse styles and different outlook, I'm amazed at what you produce bro, makes me mad I got rid of my old surfboards too! Billy, you are turning into a chopping machine, seems this group has had a lasting affect on you too! Don't stop being you, you made me laugh many times bro, good medicine! Erik the Red, lurking in the shadows too, thanks for the good cigar brudda, next time I see you I have a Krush Classic I want to hand off to you, I think you'll like it! Can-Sam & Pops, great folks, I enjoy your company and appreciate the offer to ride down with you, hope you guys are there when I can make another chop!

I don't know if I left anyone out, if I did, it's Alzhiemers setting in, but the last thing I want to do is alienate anyone or hurt anyones feelings. I just thought I would use up space on Daves thread to say thanks to a group of very talented folks who have drastically changed my life for the better since I became aquainted with you all. And that really goes out to ALL the talented folks here at TC whose art and Ideas I will copy in the future, (LOL)

The Birdman of Arcadia
(reverting back to lurker mode!)

Post #408422 by T_birdman on Wed, Sep 17, 2008 1:53 PM