Post #711310 by Bay Park Buzzy on Sun, Mar 16, 2014 1:29 PM

Sunset:

I just saw my thread passed 1,000,000 views. Thanks for looking all these years!

I'm a little overdue for a update, and for that I apologize. Here's a quick run through of what's been up

Did a run of soaps:

Then I did a massive resin casting run, hoping to make enough to last until at least August. A few highlights of some finished pieces:

Some new Maori Hei Tiki test pieces


Final versions pre abalone inlays

I recast some CocoJoes pendants and made a chess set with wooden board:

Back in the shop with a new small 7" Marq face design and mini shield/paddle

Missed the good old days where I was carving in comfort all the time so I got a new carving carpet for the living room:

I upgraded the tv, stereo, speakers, and furniture in the carving room as well

Heaven! This new set up rules!

First two tikis carved in front of the tv:

Next was a maori:

And another Maori:

The group:

Finishing process:

Then Don's Tiki marketplace vending came up again, I was real low on stock, so I went to it for a few days:

In the middle of all that, I got a new buddy to hang out with:

Still no name for her. Her temporary name is Little Dog.

Custom sign:

After the Don's show, I still had the old mess in the shop to deal with, and a bunch of stock pieces to replace. Usually I'd wait a while and do something different, but there was already a mess there. So, back to more mess and stock pieces:

I also got sidetracked one afternoon and made a mug shelf out of the Moai design:


I went all New Yankee Workshop on it and made mortise and tennon joints on it. I've only had the table router set up for 3 years without using it...

And that catches me up to present day...A couple quick custom requests to fill right away and then it's back to indoor carving for a few days.

C-ya again soon!
Buzzy Out!