Post #489683 by Kiki von Tiki on Thu, Oct 22, 2009 3:12 PM

"If he can teach Carol to carve that in a day, my hats off to him"

Sooooo, what are ya sayin, Ray?!?! haha! :lol:
Well, I do have a fine arts background including doing a bunch of wax carving and casting for jewelry (thanks, Jim for saying it's all me!), but I had never carved palm wood before that day. It's a whole different thing, for sure, but even the youngest kid there (he was maybe 7?) did a good job with great instruction from Jim and help from Mieko! I learned a whole new respect for carvers - it's really hard work! My arms were sore as hell after that day from all the pounding with the mallet. I even bought a little workbench so I could work on it more at home, but alas, never got around to it. Still, I'm dern proud of that tiki head and he sits on my patio even now.

Sign up in advance, or get on the list for the next one. It's well worth it! :) Class of 10 was a good size. You really don't want more than that or you would loose the one-on-one time.

It's a shame they did not credit that beautiful tiki in the article. Ray's work is beautiful, and there are just so many carvers each with their own unique style! It would be awesome to get a class from other amazing artists like Ray, too! Soccer Tiki, what happened to your plan for a class? Let's do it!

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[ Edited by: Kiki von Tiki 2009-10-22 15:41 ]