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Thu, Nov 15, 2007 6:21 AM
That much wood! |
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benella
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Thu, Nov 15, 2007 10:28 AM
Yeah Seeksurf go on on different woods, I'll watch carefully ! Thanks Robin, I'll show you the pix as soon as possible :) Thanks Tikidreams, I'll go bigger when I'll have my toolz :lol: Ben. [ Edited by: benella 2007-11-15 10:36 ] |
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Thu, Nov 15, 2007 11:30 AM
Time for a big log Benjamin. Let's see the big chippies! Nice log pile! |
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benella
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Fri, Nov 16, 2007 7:33 AM
Thanks G$, I hope being chipping big logs very soon :wink: Ben |
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Fri, Nov 16, 2007 4:15 PM
Very cool pieces Benjamin, can't wait to see when you get into those bigger ones! |
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Sun, Nov 18, 2007 5:10 AM
I'd like to see you attack a bigger log as well. You do so well on the smaller tikis I'm sure you would do very well on something larger with more room to work on. |
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benella
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Wed, Nov 21, 2007 11:05 AM
Aloha, I've finished this little fellow, at least. Waiting for a mouth: With mouth and teeth : now he can bite !
With chisel texture around the eyes: And now, all sanded, waiting for stain: Staining tomorrow, I think this boy needs some rest :D Mahalo, Benjamin. |
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Wed, Nov 21, 2007 2:58 PM
Very Nice Ben, great little touches going on. |
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Wed, Nov 21, 2007 5:55 PM
Tres cool monsieur Benella, a quand les grand format??? |
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Robin
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Wed, Nov 21, 2007 9:38 PM
Hi Ben...love the detail over the eyes and around the outlines...very nice touch. Yay! |
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benella
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Wed, Nov 21, 2007 11:54 PM
Hi there and thanks for tiki #8 ! Thanks to tikifreak1 and J.P for the kind words and encouragement in bigger logs. Mahalo, Ben |
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Thu, Nov 22, 2007 8:58 AM
Hi Ben, cool new stuff - hope to seen soon some new picture |
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Thu, Nov 22, 2007 4:01 PM
Ben, you are Really going Above and Beyond the way with your Tiki Detail. Your refined skills are Showing, Keep it up. |
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benella
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Thu, Nov 22, 2007 11:41 PM
Thanks Akuae, I've seen your mail : coool ! Thanks Ben : I had a lot of fun on this one especially with the details. The details gave me lust to lots of more for the next tiki : a bigger one :wink: Mahalo, Ben. |
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Fri, Nov 23, 2007 8:49 AM
Smooth Ben!! Very nice! love the details, you can be toolless,but you are not talenless at all :) ! |
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benella
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Fri, Nov 23, 2007 8:58 AM
Thanks Clarita. I was just staining him ! Something a bit red ... :) Ben. |
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Bowana
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Fri, Nov 23, 2007 6:49 PM
Really nice symmetry, my twin bro! You are also a Tiki Carving Robot! |
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benella
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Sat, Nov 24, 2007 10:34 AM
Thanks Bowana and yeah, I'm a Tiki carving Robot but it was top secret... That's why there's no pix of me ... :D Ben |
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Bowana
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Mon, Nov 26, 2007 9:08 PM
Ladies and gentlemen, the very first picture of Benella on TC! |
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benella
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Fri, Nov 30, 2007 8:17 AM
Hi all, Bowana : :lol: I haven't forgotten tiki since the next piece (that turned a bit awfully !): Another little piece (sorry) but a bigger piece will be hard to carve only with the C-jack :) Mahalo, Ben. |
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Fri, Nov 30, 2007 3:05 PM
Great start Ben, Love that style. |
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benella
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Sat, Dec 1, 2007 12:55 AM
Thanks seek, there is still a lot of work to do with him, but I'm happy with the way he turned. Thanks Ben |
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Robin
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Sat, Dec 1, 2007 7:56 AM
Hi Ben. Love the beginning of this one. You fit the eyes and cheeks perfectly on that piece of wood and they already look pretty lively. Glad you've left some wood for a strong nose....my first nose practically disappeared! |
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benella
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Sat, Dec 1, 2007 8:03 AM
Hi Robin and thanks. Indeed, the nose is always a difficult part to do. Until now every single tiki I did had almost no real nose ! For this one, I left a bit of wood but as you'll see later on the pix, the nose is very far from perfect ... Lesson learned for the next one :wink: Mahalo, Ben. |
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Sat, Dec 1, 2007 8:17 AM
Nice work Ben! |
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benella
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Sun, Dec 2, 2007 2:06 AM
Thanks tikidreams, how does it go with your "pierced/non-tatooed" tiki ? :wink: Ben. |
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benella
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Mon, Dec 3, 2007 10:29 AM
Aloha, Here are a few updated pix of the little fellow: Did I already sayd I love Marqs ? :D Mahalo, Benjamin. |
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Mon, Dec 3, 2007 12:41 PM
Ya, got a cannibal going on there NICE! |
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benella
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Mon, Dec 3, 2007 12:48 PM
Thanks for the kind words Seek, it means a lot for me. Ben. |
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Mon, Dec 3, 2007 12:53 PM
Hi Benjamin. Will it be for hang-up when finished? I can see, that there is no flat bottom side.
I didn´t recognize that till now. What is a Marq? :P Very nice. But I told you to go bigger. And then tell us about the results. Thanks for sharing. |
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benella
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Tue, Dec 4, 2007 12:57 AM
Thanks Tok Tok. By looking at the pix it is true that the lines are not "viewable" but yes, he's really got a part of a marquesan in his mouth ! :) Ben. |
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Tue, Dec 4, 2007 1:31 AM
Hi, Benjamin tok-tok |
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Tue, Dec 4, 2007 7:42 AM
Looks great - but you ran out of wood. If you'd stop burning all the wood in the streets and throwing it at police you might have something to carve! I understand the problem of running out of space - most of my tikis are created as I carve and I often run out of space for what I want. Great job. |
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benella
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Tue, Dec 4, 2007 9:33 AM
Thanks Tok Tok, I understood the joke, my friend :wink: But by looking at the pix, I understood the lines were not very clear too. Thanks Aloha Station, yes, I ran out of this wood I got from a piece of a branch of a much bigger log of Thuja. The inspiration came slowly and ...... and I ran out of space :) Lesson learned. Ben. |
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benella
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Wed, Dec 19, 2007 7:54 AM
Aloha, Here are a few pix of the Marqeater. The hardest work was to carve the marq because it is quite small. Mahalo, Ben |
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Wed, Dec 19, 2007 12:21 PM
I really like the fact that you ran out of room. |
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Robin
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Wed, Dec 19, 2007 3:41 PM
Hi Ben, Nice to see your work again. This little guy looks clean and nice. Love the design work over the nose, and a fine nose it is! I think Heath's right on about the 'running out of wood.' Whose to say where the tiki starts and stops. Makes for an interesting problem to solve, or resolve. Happy Holidays! R. |
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Wed, Dec 19, 2007 5:09 PM
Them look great! THEM or him (the one on top)just has |
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Thu, Dec 27, 2007 2:20 AM
Hi Ben, nice new "little one " have a great day AKUAE |
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benella
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Thu, Jan 3, 2008 10:54 AM
Aloha, So many thanks to Heath, Robin, Seeksurf and Akuae. And happy new year 2008 ! I'm back from holidays where I could finally carve a bigger tiki (yyyyiiiiiiipppppeeeeeeeee ! ). Here are some pix of what Santa brought to me: Chisels, gouges (everything Pfeil :) ) and an electric sander :) :) :) : With these new super tools I brought with me during my holidays, I found the time to carve a little piece:
I learned that feet are very useful to avoid the tiki to roll when you take a picture :lol: Better pix (by the sun) to come. Mahalo, Benjamin. |
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Thu, Jan 3, 2008 11:31 AM
Yea Ha, dang that's like The Eiffel Tower compared to the other The wood looks old and hard as a rock? Birch wood from your pile out back right? Nice score on the tools the look nice. I though G was the copyright holder of the foot shot, but i |
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Thu, Jan 3, 2008 11:58 AM
Way to go boss! Now you are gonna be on fire! :D Yes, the feetz and very important to photography. Just be careful...I'm surprised you attempted such a difficult and dangerous foot shot for your first attempt. However, the padded slippers would likely have protected you from any catastrophic tiki photo accident. 2X style points. -G |
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benella
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Fri, Jan 4, 2008 12:54 AM
Aloha, Thanks Seeksurf, I love the comparison between the older tikis and the eiffel tower, thanks. Hey G-, thanks. I didn't noticed it but these pix are a kind of tribute to you and your super amazing works, my friend. Mahalo, Benjamin. |
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Fri, Jan 4, 2008 9:27 AM
Yeah!! Ben's got new tools! Your going to be unstoppable now. Nice slippers! |
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Fri, Jan 4, 2008 3:03 PM
Aloha benella, been watching your thread for some time and thought I had left a comment about your carvings earlier, but looks like I didn't... Santa just got me the same Bosch grinder, and so far I really like it. Most of the tikis I've done so far are too small to benefit from it, but on the last one I finished, it helped me a lot in the end. Have you tried to attach a vaccum cleaner, I haven't but I was wondering if it makes it usable in places where dust matters to others ? Greetings from Munique, Allemagne Bobo |
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Sat, Jan 5, 2008 12:57 AM
Aloha, Babalu: Thanks my friend. Indeed, I'm particularly happy with my new chisels and obsessed with tikis and wood since i got my new toolz. TraderBob: Thanks for the kind words. Mahalo, Benjamin. |
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Sat, Jan 5, 2008 8:43 AM
Wow Ben! Look at those new Chisels and Check out the carving, are the tools magic or have you really been learning a Lot just waiting for the right tools to come along. Excellent work my friend and I'm Looking for Lots more. |
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Sat, Jan 5, 2008 10:17 AM
Hi Ben, thanks for the comment. Indeed, I've been waiting so long for those toolz and it feels so good to have them now. I've planed a lot of things with the big logs I have... pix will follow :wink: Mahalo, Ben. |