Post #614208 by Polynesiac on Wed, Nov 16, 2011 10:32 AM

Howdy!
It’s been a while since my last post and thought I would throw up a few images of some of the tikis I’ve done since 2009!

We’ll start way back at my donation for Mariepalooza, I carved this one from a 4x4 redwood scrap:

Backside:

The tiki was based on the tiki from the awesome flier Doug Horne put together for the event. Anybody know who got it?

Next we’ll head over to a mask that I donated to another fund raiser:

The mask you may have seen before, I carved it a while ago basing it on the face of the tiki that graces the grounds of the Hanalei hotel in San Diego. I thought it needed a frame and I think it looks much better.

Next up, we have two Hawaiian based tikis. I’m not sure if I ever shared this one, but I carved it a while ago for my neighbor. He wanted to keep it without stain, so it would turn that cool light grey color as it weathered outdoors.

The second Hawaiian style tiki I’ve shared before, but not in it’s finished state:

I’m honored that this one was added to the collection of two well-known tikicentralites.

This is a sign I made for the Gilligans Island art show a ways back:

I’m (very) slowly moving into the direction of carving more signs, rather than the big palm tikis. I’m not sure what happened to this piece.

I still make lights on occasion, and this is the most recent style that I’ve been working on:

I call this one my “Beachcomber” lamps.

I had the pleasure and honor of carving and casting the official event pendant for the incredible Rincon Room’s Adventure in Paradise party:

This was a really fun and challenging pendant for me to do. It was the first time that I casted pendants with negative space (the opening between the arms). I think it came out looking pretty swanky. Each one is hand painted and has twine around the base. I think I only made 50 of these.

These next couple of shots are of the most recent things I’ve completed. The first is a tangaroa style table lamp.

He’s carved from a 4x4 redwood scrap with a redwood scrap base. As he is the fisherman’s god, I carved fish on the side of the base (can’t see that in the pictures), and put some fishing netting in his hands (with little cork floats!) as though he was about to enter the water to catch dinner. I also thought it would be neat to add a “glass” fishing float to the net and make it light up! Here’s a closup of the lighted fishing float:

The lighted fishing float is on a separate circuit from the main lamp and has a battery powered LED in it that can be turned on and off from a switch in the back.

The last photo is a work in progress photo of my new carving space:

My wife and I bought our first house about a year ago and we are finally just settling in. Boxes are finally gone and the garage is getting a proper tiki makeover, as is our guest bedroom and yard (which is currently all concrete that will be removed very soon!). It’s slow going, but it will be done eventually.

Mahalo for peeking in and be on the lookout for this years tiki holiday ornaments right after thanksgiving!