War of the Carvers - General Tiki

B Benzart Member Port Saint Lucie, Florida Joined: Jan 09, 2004 Posts: 10397	B Benzart Posted posted on Fri, Jan 9, 2004 10:03 AM Well, I'm brand new here,, Just moved to the Treasure coast(Waynes World?) from Ft. Lauderdale FL, and I find this "Battle" to be interesting. I used to make a living carving in Deerfield Beach Fl about 10 years ago and carved a Lot of Tikis. Actually I learned to carve doing Ugly tikis and as I got better, my Tikis became more realistic and less cartooney. I had seen Waynes work many years ago and was impressed with his consistancy and his marketing(everywhere you look there was "May Tiki"). I never really copied anyones style and was always looking for REAL, Ancient carvings to get ideas from. I also carved a lot of Pelicans , dolphins and indians. Anyway, there was always a large market in south Florida for Tropical carvings and Coombs filled a hugh amount of those orders. I no longer carve so will not be getting into any local "Wars" here. A sample of my work: Thanks, Benzart

Well, I'm brand new here,, Just moved to the Treasure coast(Waynes World?) from Ft. Lauderdale FL, and I find this "Battle" to be interesting.
I used to make a living carving in Deerfield Beach Fl about 10 years ago and carved a Lot of Tikis. Actually I learned to carve doing Ugly tikis and as I got better, my Tikis became more realistic and less cartooney. I had seen Waynes work many years ago and was impressed with his consistancy and his marketing(everywhere you look there was "May Tiki"). I never really copied anyones style and was always looking for REAL, Ancient carvings to get ideas from.
I also carved a lot of Pelicans , dolphins and indians.
Anyway, there was always a large market in south Florida for Tropical carvings and Coombs filled a hugh amount of those orders.
I no longer carve so will not be getting into any local "Wars" here.
A sample of my work:
Thanks,
Benzart

Post #68501 by Benzart on Fri, Jan 9, 2004 10:03 AM