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 Wed, Jul 7, 2010 10:03 PM Today's sunset: No sun. Very low sixties all day today. And a 5.4 earthquake... It's still paradise to me! My back was so bad today that I could barely walk, but I set my goal to get all the way through on the drum: The happiest moment of all is when I see that daylight shining through it. Hooray! After this step, it's all easy going until it's done: That's a 42" tunnel. they're hard to make out, but there are a bunch of blood spots on the inside of it. My knuckles got a little cut up digging around down there. I'm hoping with the tunnel done, the back of the legs do not split while they are drying. Cross your fingers for me! I still need to round out the fronts of those legs too: If it don't work, I can easily make them into separated and tapered legs with spaces between them. I was just hoping to keep them attached because I think it looks neater that way. If I do end up splitting them up, then half the work I did today making the bottom end of the tunnel will have been for nothing. I got the outside cleaned up a little bit too: Hopefully we'll get some sun because now I need it to dry pronto! On 2010-07-06 10:58, pennjones wrote: Buzzy, you are the man! I have spent the last week or so going through all 237 pages of your work. You are truly a master carver! Holy Crap! that's a real undertaking you did there. I'll take the "Master Carver" title with anb asterisk- The asterick will denote that I am the "tiki version" of that tag. Officially, I think that you have to give 20 years to your trade to be a true Master. I looked that up because I thought the title of Master Carver was being applied to tiki carvers around here a little too frequently and liberally. When I'm a true Master Carver, I'm going to start carving cigar store Indians and chainsaw bears up in the mountains, in a town that time forgot. On 2010-07-06 21:14, RevBambooBen wrote:* a big waterfall in the back would be awesome! Speaking of chainsaw bears in the mountains: Nice work! I was up there this weekend and was quite impressed. You rock! Only a bit more than 15 years, and I will be a Master Carver! Until then, enjoy my tiki work. Buzzy Out! [ Edited by: Bay Park Buzzy 2010-07-08 01:35 ]

Today's sunset:

No sun. Very low sixties all day today. And a 5.4 earthquake...

It's still paradise to me!
My back was so bad today that I could barely walk, but I set my goal to get all the way through on the drum:

The happiest moment of all is when I see that daylight shining through it. Hooray! After this step, it's all easy going until it's done:

That's a 42" tunnel. they're hard to make out, but there are a bunch of blood spots on the inside of it. My knuckles got a little cut up digging around down there.

I'm hoping with the tunnel done, the back of the legs do not split while they are drying. Cross your fingers for me! I still need to round out the fronts of those legs too:

If it don't work, I can easily make them into separated and tapered legs with spaces between them. I was just hoping to keep them attached because I think it looks neater that way. If I do end up splitting them up, then half the work I did today making the bottom end of the tunnel will have been for nothing.

I got the outside cleaned up a little bit too:

Hopefully we'll get some sun because now I need it to dry pronto!

On 2010-07-06 10:58, pennjones wrote:
Buzzy, you are the man! I have spent the last week or so going through all 237 pages of your work. You are truly a master carver!

Holy Crap! that's a real undertaking you did there. I'll take the "Master Carver*" title with anb asterisk- The asterick will denote that I am the "tiki version" of that tag. Officially, I think that you have to give 20 years to your trade to be a true Master. I looked that up because I thought the title of Master Carver was being applied to tiki carvers around here a little too frequently and liberally. When I'm a true Master Carver, I'm going to start carving cigar store Indians and chainsaw bears up in the mountains, in a town that time forgot.

On 2010-07-06 21:14, RevBambooBen wrote:
a big waterfall in the back would be awesome!

Speaking of chainsaw bears in the mountains: Nice work! I was up there this weekend and was quite impressed. You rock!

Only a bit more than 15 years, and I will be a Master Carver!
Until then, enjoy my tiki work.
Buzzy Out!

[ Edited by: Bay Park Buzzy 2010-07-08 01:35 ]

Post #541243 by Bay Park Buzzy on Wed, Jul 7, 2010 10:03 PM