Buzzy's work: Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch'intrate - Tiki Carving

BPB Bay Park Buzzy Tiki Socialite West Bay Park, San Diego, CA Joined: Apr 07, 2006 Posts: 3066	BPB Bay Park Buzzy Posted posted on Thu, Aug 6, 2009 11:26 AM Yesterday's Sunset: On 2009-08-06 07:08, Cammo wrote: I don't think Buzzy will be posting for a while. He told me he's going into "Tasmanian Devil" mode until Oasis... I've been in Tasmanian Devil mode working on these damn Scrubs and Brady Idols. This weeks production run: This has turned into a whole new business for me this summer. I've found that when you offer a quality product at a reasonable price and provide wonderful customer service, you tend to move a lot of units. Tasmanian devil mode looks like me sitting at my computer writing the the following lines: "Yes I still have them available. They are $ each. My paypal is..." Then I Tas Devil into my truck and try not to go postal while waiting in the post office line a few days a week. Between the Scrubs and Brady production runs, I did some some finishing detail work on the little Pahu: I've been staring at the Martini kings drum for a few weeks now and yesterday I decided that the lettering needed to "pop" more. I went about deepening the background. It definitely gave it the pop it needed. It creates better shadows now One side of the drum: The other side: I have two letters to do today that I ran out of daylight on yesterday. After that, two rings of details to carve on the top and and bottom of the bell and I'm done.( That tiki in the background is Pat's, and it's his first commission. He had a little run in with the draw knife last week but got back up on the horse after he fell and is right back at it. Someday Pat will make a carving thread and show all the work he's done this summer.) I also did the initial work on the rim: from here I'll finish it by hand so it's done right. If the Martini Kings don't want this drum, I think I can still change the letters to say "Martin L. King", and try to sell it to an public school in the disadvantaged part of town. They're flush with federal funds, these days. In very special other news: It's Kiva's Birthday today! 15 years old, full of tumors and cancer, but she's still rolling on! We will celebrate by going to the Weinerschnitzel drive thru where I will order her her own $3- 2 chili dog/chili fries meal. Long live Kiva! Buzzy Out! [ Edited by: Bay Park Buzzy 2009-08-06 11:29 ]

Yesterday's Sunset:

On 2009-08-06 07:08, Cammo wrote:
I don't think Buzzy will be posting for a while. He told me he's going into "Tasmanian Devil" mode until Oasis...

I've been in Tasmanian Devil mode working on these damn Scrubs and Brady Idols. This weeks production run:

This has turned into a whole new business for me this summer. I've found that when you offer a quality product at a reasonable price and provide wonderful customer service, you tend to move a lot of units.
Tasmanian devil mode looks like me sitting at my computer writing the the following lines: "Yes I still have them available. They are $ each. My paypal is..." Then I Tas Devil into my truck and try not to go postal while waiting in the post office line a few days a week.

Between the Scrubs and Brady production runs, I did some some finishing detail work on the little Pahu:

I've been staring at the Martini kings drum for a few weeks now and yesterday I decided that the lettering needed to "pop" more. I went about deepening the background. It definitely gave it the pop it needed. It creates better shadows now
One side of the drum:

The other side:

I have two letters to do today that I ran out of daylight on yesterday. After that, two rings of details to carve on the top and and bottom of the bell and I'm done.( That tiki in the background is Pat's, and it's his first commission. He had a little run in with the draw knife last week but got back up on the horse after he fell and is right back at it. Someday Pat will make a carving thread and show all the work he's done this summer.)

I also did the initial work on the rim:

from here I'll finish it by hand so it's done right. If the Martini Kings don't want this drum, I think I can still change the letters to say "Martin L. King", and try to sell it to an public school in the disadvantaged part of town. They're flush with federal funds, these days.

In very special other news:

It's Kiva's Birthday today! 15 years old, full of tumors and cancer, but she's still rolling on!
We will celebrate by going to the Weinerschnitzel drive thru where I will order her her own $3- 2 chili dog/chili fries meal.
Long live Kiva!

Buzzy Out!

[ Edited by: Bay Park Buzzy 2009-08-06 11:29 ]

Post #475098 by Bay Park Buzzy on Thu, Aug 6, 2009 11:26 AM