Post #433727 by Bay Park Buzzy on Wed, Feb 11, 2009 7:13 PM

Today's sunset:

I guess the stupid rain's coming back. :(

It took a little longer than I anticipated for the drum head to soak the other night. Therefore, I found myself stretching wet rawhide until about 2:30 am. Damn that was a long day! The results made it all worth it:


My whole house shakes when I play this thing because it is so LOUD! The soundwaves rattle stuff all over the house.

Project next for me is the 7' Maori guy. After hammering out the final details of it this morning, I made a scale reference diagram to lay out the piece. Usually I wouldn't do this step, but with the log lying down and being too heavy to move, I cannot get the proper perspective to make sure the proportions are correct.

Next step was to transfer that drawing to the log:


If it rains for the next three days like they predict, then I'll have to start on another smaller piece that I can bring inside. Nothing against the next piece that I have to do, but I'm really looking forward to working on this guy right away.
Maybe if we all yell real loud we can stop the rain. No Rain, No rain, No rain...!

On 2009-02-09 20:51, Murph wrote:

This one's a winner! :D

No actually, this is a Winner Tiki. That one I did is a Lono. :lol: :lol: :lol:

But on a more serious note:
I'm totally jealous of the owners of this piece because they have such a nice tiki now.

On 2009-02-09 21:12, big daddy wrote:
good luck with all your projects.

Thanks BD! I could use some help from you though. Could you put on a Country Joe MacDonald and the Fish CD and go outside and yell, "No rain, No Rain, No rain!" so it stops raining and I can get some work done. Thanks!

Speaking of rain, I'm so pissed off that I was a baby when Woodstock happened! I really feel like I missed out. I hope after this whole eighties revival thing gets done, hippies come back in style and there is another real Woodstock, not like that crappy 90's Woodstock sellout thing they did for the anniversary of it. Unfortunately, I think the flannel wearing big skater pants grunge look will come back first. Glad I still have my old flannels and my Smells like teen spirit cd maxi.

Tiki Carvers are a specialized type of tree surgeon. I actually consider myself to be a plastic tree surgeon. I can make face logs look better!
Buzzy M.D. F.A.C.S, Out!

[ Edited by: Bay Park Buzzy 2009-02-11 19:17 ]