Post #452623 by Lake Surfer on Fri, May 8, 2009 6:38 PM

Aloha Ben!

It was a good time, and a nice little change of pace.

I feel the groove these days and will continue just crusing along!

big daddy: thanks for swinging on by, and thanks for the compliment!

I hear you on the not being able to put your finger on this guy. He is sorta odd, and I think that's because I just sort of did whatever the log wanted with it. It was kind of a tough chunk of wood to work with... either too wet or too dry. The nature of Basswood. Not a whole lot of grain to work with either, something I'm not used to lately. With pine and ash (woods I frequently use) it is easier to get a reading on them. With Basswood it is sort of chaos sorting it all out. I wasn't sure what would come out of this log so I just sort of went with whatever, and I'm not sure how this one will do out of doors. He does have a bit of animation and character to him... a bit of a casual backwards lean. :)

teaKEY: thanks, man!

The backyard is getting there. There's 2 big tikis back there and I'll be creating some work to hang on the fence. I don't make much for myself these days, and the big part of what I do keep is in the basement tiki bar.

Big T: thanks!

It has come a long way from when I was staring at that log wondering what the heck I was going to do with it! :wink:
I haven't done a big Marquesan yet, so it was a good opportunity. The log sort of lent itself to that shape.