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Bowana's Other Crafts
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Geez. Just when you think you're getting to know someone, you find out all this amazing stuff. BFA from Long Beach? Knives? Imagineering? My head is still reeling from all the stuff I found out about Buzzy at the last Chop... Fabulous bio, Dave. |
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Bowana
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Tue, Sep 18, 2007 8:26 PM
Oh, I thought you guys already knew my deep dark secret. Yes, it is possible to be a full time sculptor and actually make a decent living at it! I've been doing it steadily since 1992. Zaya: Thanks for the compliments (about the sculpting, not my hair, which incidentally has never been red. The color in that photo is messed up. I blame Buzzy). Cammo: No! No pictures of Buzzy with a 'do on my thread! Benz: Are you willing to relocate to Fallbrook (the Avocado capital of the world), CA? Kate: Yeah, I guess we've all got our little surprises. Now, more Tikis and less about my hair, dammit! |
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Bay Park Buzzy
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Tue, Sep 18, 2007 8:49 PM
Dav, How about if we talk about tikis with hair... ...and how those were an early inspiration for your work? Buzzy Out! |
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Babalu
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Tue, Sep 18, 2007 8:58 PM
Geeez, I'd kill for that hair do of yours there Bowana...hell, I'd kill to have any one of those tiki dos too. I never have bad hair days, just no hair days. |
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Bowana
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Tue, Sep 18, 2007 10:22 PM
This was bound to happen next, so I figured I'd get it over with now by doing it myself. I feel so GROG. |
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Tue, Sep 18, 2007 11:33 PM
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Tue, Sep 18, 2007 11:34 PM
Stylin' Dave! The redhead is not dead! |
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Bay Park Buzzy
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Mon, Oct 1, 2007 2:47 PM
Dav: I enjoyed the recent update to your website I see your new marketing plan includes the "Tiki Guy" bad boy image makeover. I think you may have downgraded your professional status and reputation with this choice. Tiki "Master Carvers" are a dime a dozen these days, and you kind of went from "leader of the pack" status to just "another one of the herd" with your recent transformation. Bottom line: You're just not fat and drunk enough to pull off the Tiki Guy look, and you carve just a little too well to have to place emphasis on the tiki side of Dav. I think you should get a picture of yourself wearing a tuxedo for your next picture because in your new photo, you look like a tiki carving robot set on kill mode. You could be the James Bond looking carver instead-then your outward appearance would better align with your skills. You'll always be TikiDav to me, and when I picture you in my mind, I will always see the old picture. |
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Clarita
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Mon, Oct 1, 2007 3:44 PM
I like this one better, with a like glam in it, smoking!! :D |
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Bowana
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Mon, Oct 1, 2007 9:46 PM
Ah nuts! There's that jacked-up picture of me again. Well, at least Clarita likes it. (gracias amiga) Okay then Buzzy, I see the logic in what you have to say, but don't you think the new picture has an aura of mystery to it? Just who is that behind those dark glasses? Is he going to kill me with that chisel he's brandishing? Why does it look I'm looking at him through the peek-hole in my front door? It's already very 007. (except sans tuxedo) |
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Bowana
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Sat, Oct 6, 2007 8:39 PM
Here's the one I started at The Pacific Islander's Festival. Yep, coming along slowly as usual. It's 17 1/2" of cracked eucalyptus. I'm using this pendant I made a while back as my reference and seeing if I can make the carving similar. Ah, nuts! Would ya look at that? Stupid wood. Nothing a little Elmer's won't take care of. That's it on the carving on you for today, lil' fella!
[ Edited by: Bowana 2007-10-06 20:44 ] |
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benella
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Sun, Oct 7, 2007 1:47 AM
very good start, Bowana. Good luck with the cracks :wink: Ben |
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Sun, Oct 7, 2007 5:44 AM
Finely executed application of the Elmer's! Nice work so far. |
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Babalu
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Sun, Oct 7, 2007 6:39 AM
That's one cool idea for a clamp there Sir B...this fella is coming along nicely. You should take a shot of that pendant next to a dime sometime so everyone can see how small that bad boy is. I hear island jungle drums rumbling in the background when I look at you work! |
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Sun, Oct 7, 2007 10:00 AM
Bowana - sweet looking carve coming along! I was wondering what everyone else did when stuff broke like that. :) I need to get a clamp like that one! |
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Clarita
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Mon, Oct 8, 2007 7:06 AM
yea stupid wood! why you do that to sir Bowana? uh!! what where you thinking?a stumble is not a fall mr B,is already looking very good! |
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Clarita
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Thu, Nov 22, 2007 8:11 AM
So, Where is he?!! an update, something...Come on!! |
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Benzart
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Thu, Nov 22, 2007 8:41 AM
Excellent piece Bowana, Too bad it's Eucalyptus that checks so badly and is so Hard but is So Beautiful/ Love the traditional details and you'll Never notice the Superglue! |
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benella
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Thu, Nov 22, 2007 10:46 AM
Where you hiding ? With the tikicoppers ? |
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Bowana
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Thu, Nov 22, 2007 9:33 PM
Thanks for stopping by Ben, Surfintiki, Babalu, BigT, Clarita, and Benz! Yeah, I've been having too much fun playing around on somebody else's thread at the expense of my own. I've made some (but not much) progress on Little Pumpkin. I went a somewhat different direction on the headdress part than I did on the pendant, giving it a more vertebra look. It's been challenging busting those holes through without more breakage. I drilled through first, then carved them to shape. Smile, Lil' Punkin'! |
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Thu, Nov 22, 2007 10:02 PM
Just beautiful. |
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benella
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Fri, Nov 23, 2007 8:18 AM
Very good, Bowi :wink: Ben. |
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Clarita
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Fri, Nov 23, 2007 8:55 AM
Oh this is the famous Dave Bowi? :) Tons of personality in this lil' guy! |
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Bowana
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Fri, Nov 23, 2007 8:08 PM
Merci, gracias, and thanks, Benj, Clarita, and key thief Hiltiki! Somebody please take PhotoShop away from me.
[ Edited by: bowana 2007-11-24 08:28 ] |
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benella
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Sat, Nov 24, 2007 10:31 AM
I thought Bowi was a good abbreviation or contraction for Bowana ... sorry :lol: |
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Basement Kahuna
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Sat, Nov 24, 2007 12:59 PM
You do good work, man! |
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Clarita
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Sun, Nov 25, 2007 6:58 PM
Tiki Candle Maker [ Edited by: Clarita 2007-11-26 07:57 ] |
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Bowana
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Mon, Nov 26, 2007 8:41 AM
Benella: That's okay. You could have called me a lot worse than that! BK: Thanks! I like your work too. Clarita: Ah, nuts! |
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Bowana
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Mon, Jan 28, 2008 10:15 PM
I found a bit of time here and there to do a some work on Lil' Pumpkin. Mostly on the eyelashes/braids.
Thanks for looking. :) |
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Mon, Jan 28, 2008 10:17 PM
we should try resin casting that. heh. |
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Mon, Jan 28, 2008 10:48 PM
Freaking Amazing.. |
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Benzart
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Tue, Jan 29, 2008 5:17 AM
Really Excellent job on this lono Bowana, Really Awesome! |
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Babalu
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Tue, Jan 29, 2008 6:46 AM
Amazing Dave! It's been great fun watching this little feller come together. Your plethora of skill sets are mind numbing sir. Keep on chipping Captain! |
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Tue, Jan 29, 2008 8:56 AM
REally good Bowana, this headress is absolutely amazing. Benjamin. |
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Tue, Jan 29, 2008 10:10 AM
amazing work in this thread!! just read through from top to bottom... loved every piece you've carved - all share the same perfection! great work, keep it up!! cheers, |
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Tue, Jan 29, 2008 12:16 PM
I don't even know what to say about that piece... it's frickin' nuts. 'Amazing' doesn't even do the trick. |
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Tue, Jan 29, 2008 7:05 PM
Sweet Beens that guy is tight. Nice work! |
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Clarita
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Wed, Jan 30, 2008 7:16 AM
Wow! spectacular! and in eucalyptus!!! |
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Bowana
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Thu, Jan 31, 2008 9:29 PM
Thanks for visiting, guys (y chica)! Perry: Yeah, the mold would be just slighty more complicated! |
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Fri, Feb 1, 2008 2:47 PM
Fantastic, there is a whole lot going on in a small space and you nailed it. Extraordinary talent. |
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Fri, Feb 1, 2008 4:11 PM
You've worked long and hard on this one Dav, and the results are nothing short of spectacular. Since you are just about done, I figured it's long about time I'd start mine: I found a quicker way to do the layout this time. It's way more accurate than drafting it to scale by hand: Off to work! |
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Fri, Feb 1, 2008 5:44 PM
:lol: - Buzzy you are nutz! Beautiful work Dave! Thanks for sharing him with us. You've put a lot of love into him and it shows. I love it! -G |
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Fri, Feb 1, 2008 6:33 PM
Aloha Bowana!!! That Lono is really nice my friend. congrats on a very kool carving,Aloha, Mooney |
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Sat, Feb 2, 2008 12:54 PM
Anybody who comes to the Tonga Hut art show on February23 can see his work in person. SPAM! :) |
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Babalu
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Sat, Feb 2, 2008 9:03 PM
Darn Sir B, I am going to be on the road while your doing the Tonga show. I would have loved to drive up there with you. Everybody, go support Dave at the Tonga Hut on Feb 23rd!! Buzzy, Nice design...your method seems much better than the grid pattern thing I was fooling with :) |
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Tue, Feb 5, 2008 9:51 PM
Thanks, Johnny, GMAN and Mooney! Come and carve with us if you're ever out west! GROG: Bowana appreciate SPAM. Mmmm.....SPAM..... Sorry you can't make it to the Tonga Hut , Babalu. Would be cool to hang with ya!
No problem! I hope this helps. Let me know how your new rip-off, I mean layout method works. That's a good idea. I want to try that too. Saaaay, that's a nice bottle of Elmer's you got there. I have one of those. Hmmm.....is that one mine? |
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Wed, Feb 6, 2008 12:25 AM
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Fri, Feb 8, 2008 7:22 AM
I Love seeing that Hooki knife sitting there ready to Pounce. Looks like you are doing Excellent stuff with it. |
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