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Buzzy's work: Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch'intrate
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Bay Park Buzzy
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This one was stained with an oil based Red Mahogany and covered with two layers of poly |
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Bay Park Buzzy
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05/01/2006
Two coats of clear for this one. The yellow tint will turn tan in a couple of days. |
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Bay Park Buzzy
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I used a water based rosewood stain for this one and covered it with two layers of poly |
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Bay Park Buzzy
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For the base I used a dark walnut stain. The figure was done with an amber poly stain. |
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GMAN
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Buzzy, Those carvings look great man! The staining really accentuates your work. I like the guy with the arm bands. Too kool! Yeah mang, I watched a lot of Thai boxing when I was in Thailand, but when it comes down to it, I'm a striker. I like to stand and do my thing, that's where I am the most comfortable. I've been on the ground, and the ground and pound is also available if things go that way - but I would rather stand. One order of elbows....to go! -Gman |
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Bay Park Buzzy
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05/03/2006
I just finished this one about an hour ago: |
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Bay Park Buzzy
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05/03/2006
Finished this one now too: |
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Bay Park Buzzy
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05/03/2006
sanding line before and after |
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The Sperm Whale
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05/03/2006
Those Tiki's look great all together. You can really crank those guys out. I must admit they look good standing by themselves but when i see a bunch of Tiki's all together I really get excited!! Are you vending at Oasis this year?? Are you planning on selling any of them? If you are let me know I might be interested. Anyway thanks for sharing - I can't wait to see what you will be doing next. |
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Bay Park Buzzy
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Dear Mr (or Ms/Miss/Mrs) Sperm Whale [ Edited by: Bay Park Buzzy 2006-05-02 22:55 ] [ Edited by: Bay Park Buzzy 2006-05-02 23:01 ] [ Edited by: Bay Park Buzzy 2006-05-03 00:46 ] |
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05/03/2006
Again, (Still?) Great Stuff! Your work is very inspiring, really. |
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Bay Park Buzzy
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05/03/2006
Dear The Sperm Whale(I feel uncomfortable calling you spermy before we are formally introduced) |
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Bay Park Buzzy
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05/04/2006
Any other computer do it yourselfers know the answer to this: |
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Kapu Kahiki
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05/04/2006
Not 100% sure, but I think you want to get some server space and have godaddy point to that space. This is the method that most of my friends use.... Great work, by the way! You are gonna be a rich man... |
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05/04/2006
Hey Buzzy-- if you need any site help, shoot me an e-mail. Just registering a URL doesn't give you webspace, you may need to get some decent hosting. I personally use Dreamhost for all of my sites. I used a coupon code COBRA that gave me 50 bucks off. I pay about 119 a year for all the hosting and it has one click installs on wordpress blogs, forums, etc. - I use godaddy for all my urls and all you do is point them to the host you use, and make sure you have those urls listed at your host, and it all syncs up. Anyway, didn't mean to get all nerdy-- great work! I know I'd be interested in buying some of tikis! |
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Bay Park Buzzy
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Tiki adventure #16:
[ Edited by: Bay Park Buzzy 2006-05-16 08:51 ] |
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Bay Park Buzzy
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Tiki #17: So far on my journey as a tiki carver, I have embraced the roles of a beginner, a discoverer, an optimist, a joker, a learner, a loser, a planner, a recoverer, a copier, a victor, a fighter, a martial artist, a drafter, and a combacker . For tiki #17, I embraced the role of a scientist for the first time. This Tiki’s purpose was to test a certain type of log I’d seen a few times. This log exhibited a characteristic that might indicate that the log would not be a suitable one to use. I would use scientific method to test and prove my log type hypothesis at this time. I did not want to waste a bunch of time on it because it was just a test. There was a tiki design that I had in my tiki sources album that I originally picked out a long time before. It was on the first page I ever printed out from this site. I was going to do it much earlier in my development, but never had a suitable log to do it on. At this time, I needed a design I could do quickly. I always liked the look of the original, and figured this one could be done quickly to test my hypothesis. There was never any attempt to change this one from the original source and basically looks the same. I cannot remember who did it. It is made from a Mexican fan palm, 2’ tall-8” in diameter. Here it is drawn out
[ Edited by: Bay Park Buzzy 2006-05-04 01:53 ] [ Edited by: Bay Park Buzzy 2006-05-04 01:55 ] |
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Bay Park Buzzy
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Tiki #18 Here it is drawn out. It is leaning against a brick in this picture, but it will freely stand on its own without support.
[ Edited by: Bay Park Buzzy 2006-05-16 10:29 ] |
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Bay Park Buzzy
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Tiki #19 Here it is just prior to becoming an artifact:
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Bay Park Buzzy
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Tiki #20: The other side of the log here it is drawn out. I remember thinking that the just the drawing looked good on the log. I had to continue on to see if my carving would ruin the careful planning
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Bay Park Buzzy
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05/04/2006
Most of the time my wireless signal is sketchy. the first thing that happens is that shutterfly doesn't work when I have a weak signal or it is too slow and I get crazy mad. It worked tonight so I added as many pictures as I could. I will go back and give the usual long drawn out play by play for these tikis as time permits. I just didn't want you guys thinking I was getting lazy or run out of stories already. Also... |
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Bay Park Buzzy
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05/05/2006
Xaya: See you soon, Love Buzzy |
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05/05/2006
Man Buzzy, you aren't slowin' down for Nutthin are you. Just keep pumping out these crazy, cool tikis, maybe some of them will fall my way. |
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Bay Park Buzzy
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Benzart: Funny thing is, I feel the same about you and your stuff. People like you really inspire and push me. thanks always, Buzzy |
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Bay Park Buzzy
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Bay Park Buzzy
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05/08/2006
Here are a couple images from Tiki Oasis 6 today: |
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05/08/2006
Buzzy where is the picture of your tikis at Tiki Oasis? [ Edited by: hiltiki 2006-05-07 20:01 ] |
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Bay Park Buzzy
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05/08/2006
I sold all of them before I could get my camera out. Actually,I cannot find one of three memory discs that I had with me. As I write these very words now, my girlfriend is emailing one she took yesterday, and I'll post it right after I send this.I have a big pile of junk to sort through right now and i'll post my pictures of my ghetto booth when I find them. To hold you over, here is the promotional picture I used for my business cards and "advertising." This was everything that I took the show on Saturday: [ Edited by: Bay Park Buzzy 2006-05-08 00:59 ] |
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05/08/2006
Holy cow Buzzy...those are some incredible tikis...and a lot of 'em too. The guys from Malibu |
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Bay Park Buzzy
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Malibu man was Zach Zachary . His son carved the largest one. I sold 9, traded one for a ton of glassware, and gave two away. I had a man from Las Vegas want to buy the most expensive one I had there, but I didn't have the means to process a credit card. I talked to Ona later in the day and he said I should have asked someone else if I could use their pos card terminal. Damn! If I only thought of that an hour sooner. It was a $625 mistake. Oh well! I only did this whole thing as a learning experience, and too bad that was a costly lesson to learn. Anyway, it may have a happy ending because he wants me to ship it to Hawaii, to his other house. I asked why he would want to do that with so many Hawaiian carvers there(I assume)and he told me he doesn't like the Hawaiian style and that is what they make there(go figure.) I can only hope he follows through and contacts me later. I'll post my booth pictures when the signal improves and I can get to shutterfly. I've been trying for an hour now...stupid free weak wireless signal... [ Edited by: Bay Park Buzzy 2006-05-08 01:01 ] |
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Bay Park Buzzy
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The pictures my girlfriend took were accidently taken at max resolution. they take forever to download. In the interest of saving your valuable time, I took these off the computer screen at low res with my usual camera, that is why they look funny When you walked into the indoor pavilion through the front door, I was the only tiki guy on the right side. This is your line of sight as you approach my booth from the front door: |
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Aaron's Akua
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05/09/2006
Buzzy, real nice showing at Oasis. It was good to meet you & put a face with the name. You've been producing tikis fast & furious, and I can only imagine what you will be displaying by next year's Oasis. Keep up the good work! A-A |
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My booth at Oasis was right across from painter Adam Kilss' booth. He had some real quality oils and the frames were really neat too. When he was setting up his booth, I checked out how he made his bamboo frames. I was expecting a New Yankee Workshop in scope project, but was surprised to see how easy and logically intuitive the construction process of it was. On Monday, I really wanted to start carving right away, but I lost my mallet somewhere over the weekend. So, instead, I made two frames for a couple of paintings I did a while ago. I noticed how much alcohol consumption, bar accessories, and tiki themed merchandise were all entwined with one another at the show; this is my attempt to create something different than I have been doing to date, but is well within the parameters of the ever broadening realm of the tiki universe This is an oil on canvas of a neon light restaurant sign in my neighborhood. I made the frames with some giant bamboo that I got from the tree service, based on the ones that Adam Kliss made for his paintings. |
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05/10/2006
Buzzy, that's a Nice herd of tiki you have there. Hope you sell/sold them all. What an experience!. |
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GMAN
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05/10/2006
Hughes all the way! -Gman |
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Bay Park Buzzy
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05/10/2006
Gracias a Paul y Miguel de Rancho por el bamboo. |
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05/11/2006
Lets go, lets go, lets go go go! :) :) :drink: |
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Bay Park Buzzy
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05/11/2006
A few more random tikis from vendors at Tiki Oasis: |
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05/11/2006
I just wanted to say I enjoy your posts also because they are so visual. |
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Bay Park Buzzy
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05/11/2006
Dear S. [ Edited by: Bay Park Buzzy 2006-05-11 15:00 ] [ Edited by: Bay Park Buzzy 2006-05-11 15:18 ] |
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Bay Park Buzzy
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05/12/2006
S. and C. |
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05/12/2006
Buzzy this looks verrrry interesting....looking forward to seeing more. |
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Bay Park Buzzy
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05/12/2006
Hiltiki: Image Missing: http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b6db33b3127cce895e31d4ac3d00000016100Acs2LJqzbsWNA |
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Bay Park Buzzy
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05/12/2006
I was going to make a three foot log holder for carving based on the big ones that Aarons Akua and Benzart discussed in AA's thread "working with big logs." After I cut it to size, I notice a neat wood pattern under the skin. [ Edited by: Bay Park Buzzy 2006-05-12 17:03 ] |
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05/13/2006
That's a very beutiful log - I love that grain... yeah that should be a keeper and find some other log for the stand. The chairs/seats are really a cool idea too. Nice work! |
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05/13/2006
Buzzy, that is a real nice view you have looking out into the ocean. Did you built the work space yourself, I think it looks great with the view in the background. Anyways, I like being here because it is interesting and I like your artwork. |
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Bay Park Buzzy
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05/13/2006
Another current project: |
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05/14/2006
S. |
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