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 Sun, Jan 3, 2010 6:21 PM Last sunset of '09: Bye bye, crappy old year! First sunset of '10: Hello new year! Today's sunset: It's been a while since I updated here, so I hope I don't forget anything that came up since then First off, I finally got something on my website(after 3 years!) http://www.sandiegotikifactory.com It's still in rough draft form... Nothing's really new there that you all haven't seen here, except for this gallery of some of my tiki buddies: http://www.sandiegotikifactory.com/friends/index.html Medical update: I got those magic shots in my neck and shoulders a few weeks back, and have improved significantly since then. I have to go to the doctor on Tuesday, where I will hopefully be cleared to work again. Then I'll have to see if my wrist and elbow can handle my workload. At least I feel half the battle is over. Knock on wood. No pun intended. :) A little clay update: I had to refire the plaques a second time because the glaze had a few issues. They came out good enough. Here's one all done: They're about as thick as a small Sharpie: Here's how I rigged the hanging mechanism: Wood/Carving update: I had some stuff I was working on and never updated back around the time Kiva died. They were all about 95% finished when I had the car accident. There they sat after that, waiting for me to get em done for about three months. In the last week, I tested my current physical condition by sanding and staining them all. It was rough at first because my work day stamina was greatly reduced. Seems like they all took way more time than they should have. I had to take a lot of breaks, especially the first two days. Finally though, I got them all taken care of and I have to say, it's so nice seeing some nice new almost finished pieces laying around. Here's the group of them waiting to be sealed now: The tikis: I think I carved the one in the middle about two years ago. And the new drums: I'll start doing the sealing tomorrow. I'm going to end this post here and do a correspondence post in a little bit. Until then, Have a Happy New Year! Buzzy Out!

Last sunset of '09:

Bye bye, crappy old year!

First sunset of '10:

Hello new year!

Today's sunset:

It's been a while since I updated here, so I hope I don't forget anything that came up since then

First off, I finally got something on my website(after 3 years!)
http://www.sandiegotikifactory.com
It's still in rough draft form...

Nothing's really new there that you all haven't seen here, except for this gallery of some of my tiki buddies:
http://www.sandiegotikifactory.com/friends/index.html

Medical update:
I got those magic shots in my neck and shoulders a few weeks back, and have improved significantly since then. I have to go to the doctor on Tuesday, where I will hopefully be cleared to work again. Then I'll have to see if my wrist and elbow can handle my workload. At least I feel half the battle is over. Knock on wood. No pun intended. :)

A little clay update:

I had to refire the plaques a second time because the glaze had a few issues. They came out good enough. Here's one all done:

They're about as thick as a small Sharpie:

Here's how I rigged the hanging mechanism:

Wood/Carving update:
I had some stuff I was working on and never updated back around the time Kiva died. They were all about 95% finished when I had the car accident. There they sat after that, waiting for me to get em done for about three months. In the last week, I tested my current physical condition by sanding and staining them all. It was rough at first because my work day stamina was greatly reduced. Seems like they all took way more time than they should have. I had to take a lot of breaks, especially the first two days. Finally though, I got them all taken care of and I have to say, it's so nice seeing some nice new almost finished pieces laying around.

Here's the group of them waiting to be sealed now:

The tikis:

I think I carved the one in the middle about two years ago.

And the new drums:

I'll start doing the sealing tomorrow.

I'm going to end this post here and do a correspondence post in a little bit.

Until then, Have a Happy New Year!
Buzzy Out!

Post #502124 by Bay Park Buzzy on Sun, Jan 3, 2010 6:21 PM