AlienTIKI Traditional, Midcentury Polypop and a couple marqs

Many mahalos to all the supporters, patrons, cohorts and critics...

I stained this Tiki carved of earpod. He's a little more than 2 feet tall and needs another coat after the rain lets up.



ARRRRRRAAAhhhh holidays in the stain, damn it.

Mahalo for looking.

Sweeeeeeet! Love the toes on that Marq!

so so cool keep up the awesome work

Wonderful work on the Marquesan! He looks vintage!

I really like the scowl on the Lono also.

Great stuff with great detail!

Sweet stuff Alien, the Marque is Definitely Looker and has really Cute toes, but the Lono has the Face that is Out of this World, and super expressive. There is
So
Much
Personality there and he is really trying hard to tell you he wants NO More Squash, Yuccch, Eglch. Don't give him any more of that stuff whatever you just gave him. :P

Very nice--I like the dark stain on the marq.

I love the things you've done with the realistic toes and the cubist legs, that's a very nice creation. The stain definitely makes it.
Bravo,

Benjamin.

surfintiki thanks, them toes just kinda popped out there.

tiki beat by marcus thorn, Mahalos for the kind words.

Lake Surfer, Mahalo man vintage is what I wanted so I guess it worked. Your marqs always look killer so it means a lot coming from you. Thanks for the compliments.

Benzart, Feeding the Tiki's is strictly kapu they only require sacrifice of flesh and blood. Thanks for the props.

Howland Thanks I like the dark stain too. BasementKahuna posted a recipe for dark stain I been meaning to try.

benella- The dark stain helps to hide the worm holes :wink:

More to come soon. Mahalo for looking.

Great carve! love that dark color you came up with NICE!

Some stuff I do when I'm not lurking.




All in progress too many projects.

Mahalos for looking.

Wow.

On your way to killing it with these guys also.

Loving the palm Marquesan! A nice flat piece with plenty of thickness to get some killer depth out of.
Classic stylings with the eyes on the top of the head too. Nice work!

You've got the Kona Style down to an art for sure and it shows in the second piece. Tight, tight tight!

The third piece is a nice way to mix it all up. Classic Poly Pop stylings! Looks like a vintage piece off of a Southern California apartment building!

All wonderful work to be proud of! Very inspiring!

Love your wood selections for each piece also... well thought out!!!

[ Edited by: Lake Surfer 2010-10-11 22:33 ]

Realy nice KU!

Mahalos seeksurf and lakesurfer I appreciate the kind words.
Here's another marq from last year.

Progress shot

With Jackobean stain.

Wow!

Size Envy

Well that and the designs, lines, finish quality, form, color but, mostly size.

The panels are killer.

Excellent.

Thank you for sharing.

Great carvings going on here!!!

just awsome marqs you got there. friggin beautiful..........nice and clean designs....everything you do looks just perfect.....

[ Edited by: Creative Chimp 2010-10-13 12:53 ]

Alien, you should "Not Lurk" more often, it produces some Excellent works..

Mahalos for all the compliments. It means alot to me and some times helps me get motivated. I kick myself for not photographing more work.

Thanks again for looking and I'll post some more real soon.

Wow dude those pieces are simply amazingly wonderful.
The wait was very long but the reult is very coool.

B.

Looking incredible. Love the hole thing and the stain works will.
Looks like its old.

On 2010-10-12 11:30, AlienTiki wrote:

MINE!!!

Did a little work on this guy.

Hey it's progress.

Wow, that's beautiful! How tall is it?

It's 38inches or 96.52cm.

Mahalo

Great Marqs!
What kind of wood is this flat one?

Hey, its EXCELLENT Progress!

Very nice!

Love the detailed work!

Very beautiful wood... what is that?

J.

Mahalos Benzart, 4WDtiki and LaoJia,

The wood is African Mahogany and is a real pleasure to work after carving that stone like Monkey Pod (albizia saman) and burled Mango. I bought the wood and I usualy prefer free Maui grown material but there is something to be said for kiln dried wood.

Mahalos for looking I'll post some more shots after it's finished.
Now back to the sanding, Yay.:roll: sanding.

[ Edited by: AlienTiki 2011-04-04 12:22 ]

On 2011-04-04 12:21, AlienTiki wrote:
I usually prefer free Maui grown material

So what's good carvin wood that grows local? Palms?

I never would have guessed that monkeypod is real hard. I only see the bowls and stuff in the thrift stores, and they're smooth and light, I figured it would carve like butter!