Post #689890 by Bay Park Buzzy on Mon, Aug 12, 2013 1:54 PM

Sunset:

I sponsored a Bodysurfing team this year at the World Bodysurfing Championship in Oceanside this weekend. Wishing Team San Diego Tiki Factory good luck this year, since I have to work this weekend and will be missing all the fun. Go Team Tiki!

I've been taking a lot of time off lately, but I still managed to knock out a few pieces here and there. Here's the last month or so update:

I felt like carving something one day last month, so I did a split log Rarotongan guy


I traded it to Rory for a Tshirt...

Avoiding any waste, I made some scrap wood Moais, and tried yet another two tone staining method

Then a Don's International Tiki Marketplace show came up again so I went into production mode for a few days

Finished new products vending mock up

I finally finished and assembled some Mod inspired pieces with stands that had been sitting around for over a year

Then I carved split log PNG inspired wall hanger

A special order came in for some more Moais in sizes I didn't have in stock , so I knocked those out and a squeezed in a new large Maori hei tiki design while I was in the shop

Then I bought some more wood and started making some more stuff:

I took the rough drafts of the new Hei Tiki design and tried some stain tests and made some abalone inlays for the eyes

Larger inlays are about the size of 50 cent pieces

Then I made a few more pieces out in the shop:

I have one piece of wood left, so I'll draw those up today and do a marathon sanding/staining/finishing session to end out the week. Then, the annual madness of Oasis ensues...

In other House of Buzz happenings: I got my house back to myself a few weeks ago. I haven't started back to carving in the living room yet, but I have moved some of my work process into the comfort of my living room. The only furniture I have in there now is my drum set, a chair, and a my new tv. I was going to buy a crappy used couch and a little tv with my Don's proceeds last month, but I did better than I hoped so I blew it all on a nicer tv. Screw the couch, I'll get one of those after Oasis! In the meantime, I'm making my friends sit on patio furniture and camping chairs when they come over.

So now I sit in front of the tv, draw all this crap out, and go finish it up in the shop.

I wish I had a tv in the shop...

So now what's more important: couch or shop tv?

We'll see after Oasis...

Buzzy Out!

[ Edited by: Bay Park Buzzy 2013-08-12 14:06 ]