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HEEEEYYYY Everyone!!!! I've been trolling around this site for about a year now and finally decided to join. Very inspirational site!!!! I've been carving for a little less than a year now, via Gulf Breeze FL (Charlie Knights place of business) Up until recently I'm back in Wisconsin (YUCK)And carving right now is all that reminds me of the beach.

Kia ora TikiBrian, welcome aboard! There is a 'New Members' thread in General Tiki somewhere but seeing as youre a carver I guess we can forgive you - once you start adding to this thread with piccies of your TIKIs.. :D

Show us, show us, show us...

Welcome, We need tiki porn.

Show us your goods!!!
There's plenty of good up your area, so get carvin'! It'll help you deal with where you are, and you can put tikis all over your town for people to gawk at!

HOLY COW!!! You guys sure are quick to respond here!! I LOVE IT!!! Okay then here are a few pics of some of my work. Granted, some of it may be a little "commercialized" compared to some of the carvings of others here, but this is what appeals to me. The first couple are my first cavings or early work.

Wow, you have some fine looking chops going on.
I like the lizard tiki and the bird is cool.
Ow the fish at the end Nice!

What type of wood have you been using?

Man, you HAVE been busy! :o

I like the lizard one too. Nice use of colour.

*(didnt we used to have a 'Mr Pelican' around here..??) :wink:

Cool Stuff tikibrian and I love the Pelican and Dolphin too! Thanks for posting the pix and Welcome to Tiki Central. Now try to post some Progress shots so we can see how you create this excellent stuff!

Hey man, your TIKI's are wicked...:D Im lovin the colours on them, they have some fine toothy grins on them matey...my hats off to ya bud, keep on carvin...
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Thanks everyone!!! I have had a lot of good carvers in my area to help me out with inspiration. If you are ever in the Pensacola/Gulf Breeze area in Florida check out Palm Tikis (Charlie Knights shop) or Tiki Isle, which is owned by Don Hollifield and he has about 7-8 different carvers bring in their work and would sell for them for a very small commission.(This is where I have sold a lot of my work). Both are located on Hwy 98 about 1 mile apart from each other.

I was wondering how long it was going to take before someone from these shops posted. My brother lives across Hwy. 98 from these 2 shops. I thought they were the same owner. Its quite strange that theres no Tiki anywhere in that area till you see these 2 shops. I was up there around New Years and the weather sucked so there wasn't many tikis outside. The ones I did see appeared to be Mai-Tiki knock-offs so I didn't pay much attention. The two places looked interesting I just didn't have time or a sober state of mind to stop in. After Hukilau I will be up there for a few days and will definately be stopping by. Keep carving in WI there are few really good carvers in your neck of the woods. "The Beach" is state of mind not a location!

PS. My sister has an Eagle that one of the guys did before they had a shop. They were carving in an empty parking lot. I was glad to see the upgrade.

Love the Tiki with the lizard!!! Great to see your posting and tiki's. The weather has to be better temp. wise then South Florida. No rain, 100% mass humidity, 91.5 degrees and dripping hot. Keep us updated.