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Basement Kahuna -New Maori Bone Pendant 3/04
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Queen Kamehameha
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Wed, Jul 12, 2006 12:30 AM
beautiful BK, beautiful! AMy |
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Bay Park Buzzy
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Wed, Jul 12, 2006 12:58 AM
Crazy Good! |
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Paipo
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Wed, Jul 12, 2006 1:35 AM
That's some pretty fine carving, almost like a Maori netsuke...what are the dimensons of the tooth? |
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Basement Kahuna
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Wed, Jul 12, 2006 5:21 PM
It's a small piece, around two inches. Tight space to interpret, but it morphed out well. Thanks, all for the props...always nice to hear...keeps the thinking cap on! |
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Basement Kahuna
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Sun, Jul 30, 2006 10:11 PM
Just finished number 2 aloha pole...pics tomorrow.. tired...300 miles today after a Swanky Luau in Knoxville...Stopped off at Chickamagua and walked around...that is a heavy, heavy place. 34,000 men cut down in the prime of their life right there.. |
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Mon, Jul 31, 2006 11:04 AM
bk, vontiki's walrus bone is amazing! incredible design and carving. bravo! |
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Basement Kahuna
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Sat, Aug 19, 2006 10:59 PM
I just got this fab new studio! Found a great place in an all woodshop collective right outside of Athens! Fair rent and lotsa breathing room...(and a mini fridge, too!). Ample storage, plenty of extra bench space for my books and projects...woohoo! Been waiting for something like this.. Oops...busted with the liquid crack in the fridge...have to keep my big, lumbering self awake...and my favorite c.d.! |
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Paipo
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Sun, Aug 20, 2006 1:36 AM
Nice looking space BK, does that mean we'll see some progress pics of that Fijian club shortly? |
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Sun, Aug 20, 2006 5:52 AM
Congrats on the new shop space. Looks nice and clean. Thanx also for getting your old pix back up--since I've joined TC I've evolved (my tastes, not my carving skills) from the typical Ku figure that EVERYbody is familiar with to some of the more obscure sides of 'tiki art' like your weapons. Gonna have to whittle me up an Aktara or 2 someday, thanx for the inspiration. Going to have to pick up some of those books soon also-thanx. |
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Sun, Aug 20, 2006 7:45 AM
BK, What a GREAT Find for a workspace, I'm really Jealous> Al you need is some wood chips on the floor and I can see those Chisels Smokin' now. Can't wait to see the stuff that comes outta here! Damn, I might have to come visit one day. |
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Sun, Aug 20, 2006 8:43 AM
Lookin like a Sweet place to get in the zone. |
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Basement Kahuna
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Sun, Aug 20, 2006 1:06 PM
Yep...should lend itself to prolificity. Here's just a few of the chunks on the burner... |
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Basement Kahuna
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Mon, Aug 21, 2006 8:24 PM
BTW any time anybody wants to visit just e-mail me..I'm down to two names for the shop (my old one was called the Volcano) Either "Pacific East" or "Un-American Idols" :). |
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Mon, Aug 21, 2006 9:16 PM
I was wondering what happened to your "North Aukland panel" that we saw many weeks ago...and there it |
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Tue, Aug 22, 2006 7:28 AM
Looks like there is enough to get you started in that pil;e. Where you hiding the Big pile?? |
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Fri, Aug 25, 2006 6:55 AM
BK, what kind of wood do you use to carve the flat pieces you have there in that last picture, on the left side? |
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Basement Kahuna
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Tue, Aug 29, 2006 12:18 AM
Hi, Hil..One of those boards is 3-inch thick old growth poplar (with the cream to ebony color striations) and the other is 2 inch basswood. I'm lucky enough to have a mill in Carolina that cuts them for me in the specific thicknesses for relief carving. |
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Basement Kahuna
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Tue, Aug 29, 2006 10:10 PM
Here are two recent pieces of mine...I've been very busy lately getting comissions, Hukilau-destined pieces, and residential installs finished, so not much time to post...The first is a Fijian club known as a Gu-Gu. The club is so named because it's shaped is patterned after the Gu-Gu fish, a sacred fish in Fiji. The stylized image of the fish as seen on the ricasso of the club is the common element on every example of this club. Many of these clubs were bound by elements of the spiritual or sacred. When a club was used in battle it became the new dwelling place of the mana of every warrior whose life it took. The second piece is a stylized Maori warrior in a war canoe...this piece was a commission concept for our own Traveling Jones here on TC! It has a fully carved prow just like it's 40-foot cousins. It is 3 1/2 inches long. Making that tiny abalone Patu fit was difficult! |
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Wed, Aug 30, 2006 6:36 AM
Wow! Really beautiful work! |
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Benzart
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Wed, Aug 30, 2006 7:16 AM
Love that Boat. Letz go Fishin', we don't need hooks with that club, we can just hit'em in the head all day long. Nobody does clubs like BK. Good Stuff Man! |
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Wed, Aug 30, 2006 9:47 PM
Nice chops Dave. :) More work, less post! 5 weeks left! I just filled my 10th box today of stuff headed for Hukilau... :o How's the new studio space treating you? |
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Basement Kahuna
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Wed, Aug 30, 2006 9:58 PM
It's great...like a beach shack in central Georgia! I have a club I'm finishing and some stuff to get done for a residential job and then last two week prior I'm knocking out a couple of Hukilau things. So far I will have available: Two 8-foot Cali/Marq Aloha tikis, An Akatara, a Taiaha, a Gu Gu, some beachcomber lamps and fishtraps, and a Sali. I'm also working on those 2 Maori house panels for the event. Hopefully they'll be done. A 7 and 8-footer. 10 boxes in an 8x8...that's a crowded shop! Good T.I.P.S.Y. factor.. |
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Thu, Aug 31, 2006 5:00 PM
I agree with that. Terrific job. Can you post a few more pictures of it? Close ups of the detail. JP |
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TravelingJones
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Thu, Aug 31, 2006 7:09 PM
kia ora BK, waka taua ka pai! Beautiful work BK, more than I could ever dream! The details on the canoe are incredible and I look forward to seeing in person. Just looking at the snaps brah, you nailed it...well done!!! Flip-flOp-fLipPp... |
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Basement Kahuna
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Thu, Aug 31, 2006 8:42 PM
Will do...just finishung a Cula-Cula for Kingstiedye as well...I'll snap them together.. |
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8FT Tiki
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Thu, Aug 31, 2006 9:02 PM
Congrats on finding a great work shop space Dave! You desrve it although somehow I think it is too organized for you! HAHA Looking forward to seeing the gold coming out of that mine. Enjoy! 8FT |
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Thu, Aug 31, 2006 9:06 PM
woohoo!! |
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Paipo
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Fri, Sep 1, 2006 2:32 AM
I can't get enough of your clubs either, I still look at the pics of that U'u often - I think it's probably my favourite piece I've seen here. Looking forward to seeing the one you're doing for kingstiedye. |
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Fri, Sep 1, 2006 11:51 AM
Great work on those pieces, very, very cool. |
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Basement Kahuna
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Mon, Sep 4, 2006 3:17 AM
Here's a BK custom Tiki Bar I just made for a residential install...6 feet long, curved..Japanese Bamboo (grown in Jawja!)and some of my Rarotongan masks... [img] |
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harro
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Mon, Sep 4, 2006 5:11 AM
LOVE the curved bar! brilliant finish on it (as usual) - that will be one lucky household that takes ownership of that beauty. |
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Tue, Sep 5, 2006 6:55 AM
Nice Bar BK! I like the masks - what's the wood in those? What's the other side look like? gap |
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tiki5-0
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Tue, Sep 5, 2006 8:36 AM
that's a pretty cool lookin' bar you made! i really like the masks on the front of it. great job....as all of your work is!! |
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Basement Kahuna
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Sun, Sep 10, 2006 10:03 PM
Here's a sneak peek at my sooon-to-come website! A few edits need to be done (The Sven Kirsten quote should credit: "Sven Kirsten, The Book Of Tiki)and my heading reset in my logo font, but that's it! Enjoy.. http://s172197447.onlinehome.us/basementkahuna/index.html |
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Sun, Sep 10, 2006 10:26 PM
Dude!! Scew the website. We need the rest (4) of the 6 tikis!!!! ASAP!!! For the desert!! Arrrr!!!!!!!!! p.s. I think my site is better!!! Arrrr!!!!! See you at Puke-e-lau!!! ( then I can poke you for real!!) |
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Basement Kahuna
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Sun, Sep 10, 2006 10:32 PM
2 more out tomorrow...and two more on box day downtown (tuesday!)...for QK's kingdom!(Or Queendom..) |
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Mon, Sep 11, 2006 5:34 AM
Your website look´s great,and your work is like 100 tons of inspiration!! Those surfboard-looking shields are supercool. |
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Paipo
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Mon, Sep 11, 2006 1:54 PM
Website looks great BK, you should have some of your Maori panels on there too. I'm going to have to get one of your clubs one day... |
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congatiki
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Mon, Sep 11, 2006 3:38 PM
great website design BK....gonna be in touch soon to get on your "commish" list for |
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JohnnyP
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Mon, Sep 11, 2006 5:29 PM
Your website is going to be in my favorites! |
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RevBambooBen
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Mon, Sep 11, 2006 9:47 PM
your website will be in my favorites too. XOXOXOXO !!!! |
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VonTiki
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Mon, Sep 11, 2006 10:01 PM
Nice site dude!!! Just got mine up too. It's better!( just kidding) vontiki.com |
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Queen Kamehameha
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Tue, Sep 12, 2006 5:27 PM
Dave , Great site, very Clean and well done. And don't listen to Ben, your site is better. By the way he had heat stroke last week, so I told him all 6 were there... lol Thanks again Amy |
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Basement Kahuna
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Tue, Sep 12, 2006 10:28 PM
Thanks, all...that isn't the finished site (still some tweaking) but a good sneak preview..Aloha! Maori house panel in progress...Cula Cula recently completed...will post some pics of the cula soon. Panel...well, maybe just a smidgeon. But not too much.. :wink: |
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Wed, Sep 13, 2006 7:24 AM
Hey BK, Congrats on the nice web site. I'm sure this willhelp bring more of your great stuff to More peeps. Nice work! |
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Basement Kahuna
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Thu, Sep 14, 2006 8:19 PM
Guess what just washed up for KTD! Here's a newly completed Cula Cula for our own Kingstiedye...shown both sides. The patina on this club turned out wonderfully....this club would pass for an original (BEWARE..I always sign my clubs now on the butt end so they can't be passed off as real, although KTD is keeping this one there are a lot of my clubs getting out there now!). |
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Basement Kahuna
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Thu, Sep 14, 2006 8:30 PM
Want to gain a lot of respect for Arawa carvers? Try doing an Arawa carving! Here's the Maori house panel as it begins. Every time I do something like this whaikaro it teaches and reinforces my respect for the likes of this man..He is Pineamine Taiapa, one of the greatest Arawa carvers that ever lived. His body of work was incredible. He was also fluent in Maori and English language, knew his ancestor chain 10,000 persons back, and held three degrees. A rennaisance man. |
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Thu, Sep 14, 2006 8:35 PM
that Cula Cula, as you call it, is a real club? Looks just like that with the rope look carving and the top like that? One day, hope to have some of your stuff. Probably would play with it all the time. |
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