Post #756041 by Keylo on Tue, Dec 15, 2015 9:54 AM

Season Greetings to all the TC tribe. I have been AWOL from TC for sometime, because I have had little time to carve. But a few months back I got a call to carve a tiki out of a palm that had been dead around 4 months or so. Stuck a chisel in it and the chisel came back dry. I guess I didn’t stick it in far enough because the wood close to the surface was dry but as I carved deeper it was apparent the wood was still wet. I figured I would go ahead and ruff out the tiki and then come back sometime later to finish the detail and colorize the cry baby. Its been close to 2 months and the tiki is still weeping and leaking sap. Was wondering if any of the Tiki Gurus on TC might have a pinion or advice on this subject.

To my Tiki Tribal Elders who are offended by Big Teeth Florida tikis, ….forgive me I was not able to persuade the paying public otherwise, but you might be happy to hear at least the teeth will not be painted white.