Post #664071 by 4WDtiki on Mon, Jan 14, 2013 9:07 PM

Thanks for all your great compliments, from way back in November! I thought I carved since then, but maybe not...
Anyway, here's one I finished today, first tiki for 2013!

Driftwood, 32" tall.

A little story with this one. Last week, I had the great idea to try carving driftwood, because there is literally tons of it here. I brought my chainsaw to work, and on the way home, stopped at the beach. First beach (Kealia) had nothing suitable that was easily reached, so I drove on down to Wailua.
From the highway, I could see a mass of driftwood on the south side of the Wailua river mouth, so I pulled off there.
There was quite a few whole tree trunks, 30-50 feet. I cut a few sections out of a couple, and hauled them back to my truck.
On the way to the truck, I see a couple sign markers, and go take a look. Turns out, it's the site of Kauai's version of the City of Refuge! Cool! The trees didn't grow there, but they washed up there. Added mana for these pieces, I feel.