Watango Productions . tiki's by Campbell

Nice Nice! he is coming to life. Good looking carving started here.

Looking forward to seeing to next progress snaps.
Really dig the textured tikis you do. Great teeth!

Watango, What an Aweasome lookin Lono your slayin there!!! Great Job! can't wait to see the headress my friend, Aloha, Mooney

"Pagan Pleasures" - an exhibition of Polynesian Pop inspired artworks
and carvings

• Derek Yaniger - Originals and prints

• Shag - select sold out Tiki prints

• Doug Horne - prints

• Bokso - Tikis

• Australian carver Campbell Griffiths aka Watango - Tikis

• Opening Wednesday 28 October from 7pm at:
  Outr� Gallery
  249 Elizabeth St, Melbourne, VIC 3000, AUSTRALIA
  http://www.outregallery.com

Opening:

• Meet Holden Westland - creator of Tiki Farm - out from Los Angeles -
  meeting and greeting, signing copies of "Tiki Mugs - Cult Artifacts of
  Polynesian Pop " book

• Meet Australian carver Watango

• Everyone encouraged to wear Hawaiian shirts - 10% off all mugs for
  those wearing Hawaiian shirts on the night

• Classic Exotica tunes playing

• DVD screening - vintage Hawaiian Vacation home movies

http://www.outregallery.com/browse.aspx?Category=215

Nice one you got going there Watango. I dig the texture too.

very sweet lono!!! luvin the texture! will be bad ass all dun up!! caint wait! cheerz!

nice work there mate

i have one of watangos carving in the home office right beside me

love the mans work
keep it up

Mate!
Love your work man. U inspire me to start my own.where can i buy some chisels like yours? Cheers bro.

Lovin' these.

Watango, how was your show?

Summertime Down Under!

Howdy tc'ers,haven,t posted anything for awhile so i'd thought post some finished shots of the lono peice that i was working on.


Here he is burnt and ready for sand'n.

Got to luv those mouse sanders.

And some shots after some western jarrah stain




Sorry about the sideways pic's as Im using my freinds mac and being the computer
spaz that I am could'nt work out how to rotate them!Cheers Watango.

Lake Surfer,show at outre went great and the piece I carved sold which was kool,but unfortunately
decided to split a few months later so I'll have to come up with a replacement which is kool.
I'll posts some pic's of this piece soon pre and post split.Im currently off the chisels due to a run in with
a car on my pushie in which I came out the worst with a broken hand complete with pins(AWESOME)!
Cheers Watango

Yer killin me, here ya go. :wink:

I can see why that split!
I had one do the same thing., so I slathered on the wood glue, and wrapped a couple rachet straps around it for a day or two.

And what's a pushie???

4WD tiki-The lono guy in the last posts wasn't the guy that split and the cracks
that can be seen in the photos settled fine thankfully.Cheers Watango

Ps-pushy being aussie slang for pushbike or bicycle:)

Here you go.

Looks like you still have it. Good to see ya back carving it up.

Yeah, What he said, Definitely,, Tough about the hand and the splitz tho. What you got in the works?

GROG like.

Sorry about the broken hand. Get better quickly. GROG want to see more great carvings.

Awesome artistry. I'm impressed and inspired. I want to learn to carve. Where does one begin???

Howdy guys,thanks for the comps and I'll be back with some more carvings
soon as my hand gets better.Cheers Watango

,,Howdy Guys,longtime no post,hope y'all well.
got some shots of the peice i did to replace the guy that split.

Sorry guys,caveman not nohow to work computer.cheers Watango

It's about time you're back.:P Nice work as always.

Caveman DOES know how to carve tikis and that's the most
important thing around here. Nice work, I have a sore neck from
twisting around to see 'em, but I love the carvings.

On 2011-05-24 02:37, Watango productions wrote:
Sorry guys,caveman not nohow to work computer.cheers Watango

There's another caveman around here?! Beautiful work.

It is so cool to see the different styles people use when they carve. I think the texture of your tikis looks awesome, not to mention the carving too. Is there a special technique to get that look?

Swizzle-Thanks man,be back soon with more.
finally got my new carv'n space happen'n.
Conga-thanks for the comps,and I'm work'n
on the computer skills.
Bigt-thanks again.but wa all know there's
only one caveman round these parts!
Hiltiki-Cheers for flip'n him upright.
Grand poobah-Glad you dig him,to get the texture
is simple,don't sand and use a 4/20 pfeil.
Cheers Watango.

[ Edited by: Watango productions 2011-06-20 13:19 ]

Hey TC's,checkout my profile on careless navigator.com .I'm pretty stoked how it came
out,be back with pic's of me latest peice soon.Cheers Watango

I love the vintage touch you gave to your latest creations. But also the older tikis.

Cool play of colors.

Love this one, even if I have to crick my neck to look at it.

[ Edited by: tok-tok 2011-07-07 05:21 ]

Beautiful work! I love your carvings..

Thanks for all the comps guys, here's a progress shot of my latest
piece; dont know where it's going just wing'n it!

Thought you guys might like a look at a lucky tiki find ,
1940's display case i found in a local oppy

Cheers Watango.

Howdy Guys,friend came over and gave me a crash course on how to drive this puppy
so hopefully there'll be no more crane'n ya necks to look at me pic's.Here's some progress shots
of the peice I'm work'n on.It's European ash and carves a treat.

Cheers Watango.

HOLY MOLY that is looking great!! Cant wait to see it complete :)

I really like your carving style and finishing technique. Very vintage/classic looking but you definitely make it your own. Keep posting the tikis!!!! They're awesome!!!

^ ditto on both of the above comments ^

excellent work my friend!

Beacbumz
NIxxon
POLYNESIAC

Thamks heaps for then encouragement,went thru a real low patch.Stopped
carv'n totally!got some sweet new logs and are inspired.

tik tok-I dig the my past peices as well but it's tuff to not progress in
your style.

cheers Watango.

pji 5150-sorry mate,thanks for digg'n my stuff.Cheers Watango

Nice work mate

Hewey-thanks mate,bill pay'n work and the cold nights
have slowed things up but hope to get stuck in this w/end.Cheers Watango

Finally finished this guy!
Burn't and sanded.

One coat of Western Jarrah stain

Then another sand and a coat of teak.

Cheers Watango.

I don't know what Western Jarrah stain is. But it looks great! :)

BigT-Western jarrah is a type of Aussie hardwood and thanks for the comp.Cheers

Howdy Tcer's,Here's some shots of a tiki I carved for friend she wanted it based on a tongan
souvenier and plain,was alot faster to carve than my usual stuff and a heap of fun to boot.
pre stain and burn't and sanded.

1 coat of vintage teak.

MORE sand'n then 1 more coat of teak with a dash of a darker stain

Came out pretty kool and went to a happy home.Cheers Watango

Love the tortise shell look of this one. The effect is probably still there in the finished product, just hard to see in the pic because of the gloss.

Came out pretty kool and went to a happy home.Cheers Watango

It does have a great vintage look to it. Well done.

You have some awesome pieces wantango...I really like that wood and the finish you get out of it...wish I could get me some of that here in Fl :)

Thanks guys.

Had a friend pop over yesterday for some carv'n tips and we chopped this guy out in just under
6hrs,he's fan palm but a different species to Socal and was quite soft and stringy in places,should look
pretty kool in the yard.

Today it's back to something a bit more time consuming,
traditional hawaiian ku head out of ash.

Cheers Watango

nice! I like 'em!