2010 Elsass Tiki Carving by AKUAE Spring update....

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A AKUAE Member Alsace - France Joined: May 11, 2007 Posts: 129	A AKUAE Posted posted on Thu, Jun 19, 2008 8:52 AM Ahola, big thanks for your replys, Seeksurf, Benella, JohnnyP, Virani - bonjour Paris :) your Tiki-Mug collection is ROCK n'Roll Benzart, thanks for you kindly words - if one time you would like to visit Europe - the door is open :) and the black forest with great Tiki logs is very near :D bon week end - we have to put the wedding AKU in a package this evening - tomorrow morning departure to Sion in Switzerland bye Akuae
A AKUAE Member Alsace - France Joined: May 11, 2007 Posts: 129	A AKUAE Posted posted on Mon, Jul 14, 2008 2:35 PM Aloha, here some news from Alsace, last weekend i met HAKAI at the 2008 Hangar - great moment with a great Tiki at a very great place in the Alpes in Switzerland - what a fantastic moment, many great cars and motorbikes, Rockabilly, sweet Pinups :) and than you can hear the chainsaw of Haikai :) George says : What else :) here some pics of new Akuae Work some Avocado Aku's - thanks Kai for the idee very smoth to carve also some new Tiki Knifes are finished now it's a little Aku Army :) and here the new bigger Tiki, i called him HEADHUNTER a about 60 cm basswood piece i worked on it this week end and i hope to finishe him very soon, can't wait to see him finished, can't wait ...... some update pics will following soon great night to you bye Akuae
B benella Member Meudon, France Joined: Sep 27, 2006 Posts: 1423	B benella Posted posted on Tue, Jul 15, 2008 9:35 AM Bonjour mon ami ! WOW so much new work ! This head hunter will be a super nice guy for sure... take care of him and pay attention to your head :lol: Benjamin.
T TheBigT Tiki Socialite Fabulous Houston Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 1798	T TheBigT Posted posted on Tue, Jul 15, 2008 1:23 PM The headhunter is looking great! It also looks like it could be a tiki playing the drums if you decide not to do a headhunter. :wink:
B Benzart Member Port Saint Lucie, Florida Joined: Jan 09, 2004 Posts: 10397	B Benzart Posted posted on Tue, Jul 15, 2008 5:26 PM VERY Coopl stuffAkuae, you are really carving some Sweet pieces. Nice and Clean looking, your personalized style is really developing nicely!.
S seeksurf Member Buckley, WA Joined: Sep 27, 2007 Posts: 2144	S seeksurf Posted posted on Tue, Jul 15, 2008 7:10 PM Yes, HEADHUNTER is coming along NICE! The little guys are cool also.
J JohnnyP Tiki Socialite Attica, MI Joined: Nov 23, 2005 Posts: 1695	J JohnnyP Posted posted on Fri, Jul 25, 2008 6:01 PM On 2008-07-14 14:35, AKUAE wrote: some update pics will following soon Any update?
TD Tiki Duddy Member Manitoba, Canada Joined: Jun 04, 2006 Posts: 760	TD Tiki Duddy Posted posted on Fri, Jul 25, 2008 6:12 PM Stuff looks Great! i like the lil guys definatly! really cool!
A AKUAE Member Alsace - France Joined: May 11, 2007 Posts: 129	A AKUAE Posted posted on Sun, Jul 27, 2008 5:49 AM Aloha hope all is OK for you Ben, merci Benzart thanks i try to find my own style but looking of the work of all you guys a little bit copying is great inspiration thanks BigT a drummer like SLIM JIM PHANTOM of the Stray Cats with a Tiki head why not :) a very good idee for a next project thanks seeksurf big waves to you :) thanks JhonnyP and Tiki Duddy hope you will enjoy some update pics of the Headhunter........ after a great carving session this morning "Heady" will become some new lines. perhaps this afternoon some other carves with a big cool Mai Tai ....... Dream....... Mahalo Akuae
S seeksurf Member Buckley, WA Joined: Sep 27, 2007 Posts: 2144	S seeksurf Posted posted on Tue, Jul 29, 2008 9:35 PM Wow very cool! Nice work he is really coming out now. The head is great i was wondering what it was going to be.
A AKUAE Member Alsace - France Joined: May 11, 2007 Posts: 129	A AKUAE Posted posted on Tue, Aug 5, 2008 7:04 AM Aloha, thanks Seeksurf for the moment the wood is perfect i hope the head will not crack off :( great summer holidays for all of you - some new updates will following soon greets Akuae
A AKUAE Member Alsace - France Joined: May 11, 2007 Posts: 129	A AKUAE Posted posted on Fri, Sep 19, 2008 1:42 PM Aloha here some new Alsace-Tiki-Shots after great summer holidays, much of Mai Tais and some great carving sessions i will send you some new pics........ Sorry Benella, my Headhunter is not finished :) for the moment new MOAI little SHIFTHEADY and GUINESS bye AKUAE
B benella Member Meudon, France Joined: Sep 27, 2006 Posts: 1423	B benella Posted posted on Sat, Sep 20, 2008 5:59 AM YOOHOO, a lot of nice new stuff here my friend ! What kind of wood did you use ? The moai is perfect with a perfect grain, how will you finish it ? Mahalo, Benjamin.
S surfintiki Member S. Chatham, MA Joined: Sep 30, 2004 Posts: 1576	S surfintiki Posted posted on Sat, Sep 20, 2008 8:10 AM Whoah! You are cranking them out! I really like the Maoi, what kinda wood is that?
S seeksurf Member Buckley, WA Joined: Sep 27, 2007 Posts: 2144	S seeksurf Posted posted on Thu, Sep 25, 2008 8:19 AM Nice! You have your plate full my friend. Keep us updated.
A AKUAE Member Alsace - France Joined: May 11, 2007 Posts: 129	A AKUAE Posted posted on Fri, Sep 26, 2008 4:50 AM Hello Guys, thanks Ben, the MOAI is out of ACACIA, really crazy colors and nice for carving a little bit hard but OK i will finishe him after some more sanding sessions with a smooth colorless stain i hope the grain will shining thanks surfin ACACIA wood normaly used by a good friend of mine for his BBQ :) He had tonnes of great wood at home - i will not be workless for the next months thanks Seek some updates will following soon - i have to finish my HEADHUNTER and GUINESS :) cheers and nice week end AKUAE
A AKUAE Member Alsace - France Joined: May 11, 2007 Posts: 129	A AKUAE Posted posted on Mon, Jun 1, 2009 2:08 PM Aloha, after some TIKI FREE months the carving virus is back in me Great weather here in France so i have spend some hours in the backyard for carving The HEADHUNTER is now finished - hope you enjoy and some other projects will following soon. see ya AKUAE
F finkdaddy Member Wisconsin Joined: May 11, 2004 Posts: 2061	F finkdaddy Posted posted on Mon, Jun 1, 2009 2:18 PM Very well executed. Nice!
T tikisbytyler Tiki Socialite Neptune Beach, Florida Joined: Sep 16, 2008 Posts: 190	T tikisbytyler Posted posted on Mon, Jun 1, 2009 2:21 PM "Executed" HAHA! Very cool!
H hiltiki Tiki Socialite Hollywood, calif. Joined: Jun 10, 2004 Posts: 4256	H hiltiki Posted posted on Mon, Jun 1, 2009 3:51 PM Love it.
B Benzart Member Port Saint Lucie, Florida Joined: Jan 09, 2004 Posts: 10397	B Benzart Posted posted on Mon, Jun 1, 2009 7:13 PM AKUAE, Nice to see you back posting your works Love the texture of your Head Hunter guy. Do you have more works in the works?
S seeksurf Member Buckley, WA Joined: Sep 27, 2007 Posts: 2144	S seeksurf Posted posted on Mon, Jun 1, 2009 9:43 PM Great job! I really like the eyes & mouth stitch going on.
L laojia Tiki Socialite Metz Lorraine France Joined: Feb 04, 2009 Posts: 952	L laojia Posted posted on Tue, Jun 2, 2009 4:42 AM Elsäss is back ! Perhaps this detail means that the HEADHUNTER has remained too long at the bar... :wink: Also good work on the head! J.
B benella Member Meudon, France Joined: Sep 27, 2006 Posts: 1423	B benella Posted posted on Tue, Jun 2, 2009 6:07 AM Can't believe ou eyes! Excellent !
A AKUAE Member Alsace - France Joined: May 11, 2007 Posts: 129	A AKUAE Posted posted on Tue, Jun 9, 2009 1:58 PM thank you all for your messages thats a pleisure to show my work Yes BENZART some new projects and pixs will following soon i will get married at the 11 July so before this important date a lot of things we have to organize....... not a lot of time for carving but, but the summer holidays will be hopefully a great moment for carving The Alsace crew with Vincent a Seb also working on some great TIKI Stuff so i hope they will also put on TC her pixs bonne soiree greets AKUAE
B BUFFBAD Member Boca Raton, FLA Joined: Aug 11, 2007 Posts: 54	B BUFFBAD Posted posted on Tue, Jun 9, 2009 10:47 PM AWESOME CARVE !! AKUAE I really like the headhunter look and stitching. MORE !!!!! BUFFBAD
A AKUAE Member Alsace - France Joined: May 11, 2007 Posts: 129	A AKUAE Posted posted on Thu, Jul 16, 2009 4:48 AM Hey Guys, sorry but for the moment nothing new I'm now a happy husband and hopefully next weeks i will have some time to carve new stuff this year the HANGAR ROCKIN in Switzerland was a great moment with my friends to say goodbye at my life before the wedding.... Beer, Cocktails great Hot Rods and CITRUS TIKI CARVING some pixs see ya AKUAE
BD big daddy Member houston Joined: Oct 02, 2008 Posts: 325	BD big daddy Posted posted on Thu, Jul 16, 2009 9:08 AM damn! how did i miss your thread? some beautiful work there my friend. someone did some nice work on that vw. while i prefer the karmann ghia that beetle sure looks sweet. next week when you're an unhappy husband start carving again! bd
A AKUAE Member Alsace - France Joined: May 11, 2007 Posts: 129	A AKUAE Posted posted on Fri, Jul 17, 2009 8:12 AM Hi Big Daddy, thanks the beetle is mine and yes, some hours of work are on it but it's a cool little riding machine. Yes i promise you i will restart my carving works very soon can't wait to end some other tikis Aloha Akuae
A AKUAE Member Alsace - France Joined: May 11, 2007 Posts: 129	A AKUAE Posted posted on Thu, Dec 3, 2009 8:54 AM ciao Tiki World, some weeks aeh, months passed and yes some new projects restarted and the pics will following soon here some pics of a great Woodcarver in the Italien Alpes There are absolute perfect carvers in these mountain villages i bought some wood there, very smoth and perfekt for carving so the winterevenings will be filled with hopefully new projects i wish you a great evening AKUAE
C congatiki Member wisconsin northwoods Joined: Jun 01, 2004 Posts: 2541	C congatiki Posted posted on Thu, Dec 3, 2009 9:56 AM Holy Cow....you got any more pics of "alps" carvings....would love to see more!
A AKUAE Member Alsace - France Joined: May 11, 2007 Posts: 129	A AKUAE Posted posted on Thu, Dec 3, 2009 10:28 AM Hi Conga, here some more pics of the devil and some other crazy ones, the guys there, in the alpes named HERRGOTTSSCHNITZER that seems " Carvers of God " normaly they do only carvings like Jesus, Jesus at the cross, Biblepersons and persons frome the mountains, Hunters, Famers and so on But one of them are very crazy and his house is full of devils, monsters ......no TIKIS but unfortunatly closed
A AKUAE Member Alsace - France Joined: May 11, 2007 Posts: 129	A AKUAE Posted posted on Thu, Dec 3, 2009 10:38 AM so here some updates pics....... i do some MOAI KNIFES and a new hawai Tiki this time so some others will following soon ... i hope and also bigger projects have to be done have a nice evening bye AKUAE
A AKUAE Member Alsace - France Joined: May 11, 2007 Posts: 129	A AKUAE Posted posted on Thu, Dec 3, 2009 2:07 PM
S surfintiki Member S. Chatham, MA Joined: Sep 30, 2004 Posts: 1576	S surfintiki Posted posted on Thu, Dec 3, 2009 6:17 PM Looking great!! Keep 'er coming!
A Aweulekuula Member Joined: Feb 11, 2009 Posts: 94	A Aweulekuula Posted posted on Sat, Dec 5, 2009 7:34 AM Those Moai knives are "da bomb"! Aloha! Marcus
B Benzart Member Port Saint Lucie, Florida Joined: Jan 09, 2004 Posts: 10397	B Benzart Posted posted on Sat, Dec 5, 2009 1:04 PM Excellent stuff AKUAE, your handles are really nice. What kind of wood is that you got? That carver is Really into Devilish stuff hey, Must have been very inspirational to see that Awesome detail and high degree of perfection
B benella Member Meudon, France Joined: Sep 27, 2006 Posts: 1423	B benella Posted posted on Sun, Dec 6, 2009 12:47 AM Excellent cool new stuff Akuae. The devil on top of page seems alive ! Benjamin.
A AKUAE Member Alsace - France Joined: May 11, 2007 Posts: 129	A AKUAE Posted posted on Tue, Jan 5, 2010 7:17 AM Happy new Year to all artists here on TC here some update pics - hope you enjoy Surfintikin,Aweulekuula,Ben thanks for your visit Benzart : the wood i use now is a special wood from the Alpes in Italie, grows only over 1400 m high in the mountains and smells very, very sweet - its named "Zirbelkiefer" a sort of pine since i have this wood at home we have this smell in all the rooms :) mahalo AKUAE
D drasticwagon Member DFW , Texas Joined: Dec 27, 2008 Posts: 263	D drasticwagon Posted posted on Tue, Jan 5, 2010 4:22 PM Love em
B Benzart Member Port Saint Lucie, Florida Joined: Jan 09, 2004 Posts: 10397	B Benzart Posted posted on Wed, Jan 6, 2010 11:57 AM Hey watch out, you're gonna be a Moai Expert before you know it!
L laojia Tiki Socialite Metz Lorraine France Joined: Feb 04, 2009 Posts: 952	L laojia Posted posted on Fri, Jan 8, 2010 7:59 AM Nice Moai serie Alex! On 2009-12-03 14:07, AKUAE wrote: And how become this one ? J.
A AKUAE Member Alsace - France Joined: May 11, 2007 Posts: 129	A AKUAE Posted posted on Fri, Jan 8, 2010 8:04 AM still in progress Jerome not very cool to find some carving time ......... to much snow in Alsace see ya
S seeksurf Member Buckley, WA Joined: Sep 27, 2007 Posts: 2144	S seeksurf Posted posted on Sat, Jan 9, 2010 9:41 PM Love the tiki handles and the cool places you go!
A AKUAE Member Alsace - France Joined: May 11, 2007 Posts: 129	A AKUAE Posted posted on Wed, Jan 20, 2010 3:52 AM Ciao, thanks Seek for your visit here some update pics of the new one - for Jerome some sanding sessions will following soon hope you enjoy see ya Akuae
B benella Member Meudon, France Joined: Sep 27, 2006 Posts: 1423	B benella Posted posted on Wed, Jan 20, 2010 11:29 AM Of course we enjoy ! Great carve. Sand it smooth, smooth, smooth and show us the masterpiece. Mahalo, B.
B Benzart Member Port Saint Lucie, Florida Joined: Jan 09, 2004 Posts: 10397	B Benzart Posted posted on Wed, Jan 20, 2010 7:19 PM He's looking like he will become a Well respected member of the Tiki Community, Love the deep detail, AND Look at all his brothers hiding behind him there!! COOOL!
L laojia Tiki Socialite Metz Lorraine France Joined: Feb 04, 2009 Posts: 952	L laojia Posted posted on Sun, Jan 24, 2010 1:34 AM Hey! Hey! Hier kommt Alex... :wink: YES! Sooo cool! Thank's for update and continues to share your progress on this guy! J.

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