Coastal Creations - Finished Work

My brother asked me to make him a tiki and this is what i came up with. This is the little guy that started my love for making "tiki's". I ended up giving it to him.

I liked the way it came out and immediately started on another one. This one i actually sold to a buddy of mine. My first sale. ha.

****Warning, this could be considered tiki nudity...... :)

I dubbed him "Petrified Woody"

Those are the only two that i have finished to date, but i have four more in various stages of completion. They are both made from Mesquite wood that i salvaged from peoples curbs. I still can't understand why people just throw wood away. Grrr. Both were made using grinders.

Thanks for taking a look. Cheers.

These are very nice. I like both designs. If you haven't already how about starting a carving thread showing your work step by step. Look on the home page just above other crafts. I've never watched a tiki formed that was done by grinding
and I'd like too. Keep it up your have your own style and it's terrific, Wendy-danlovestikis

Thanks Wendy, I don't really have any idea what i'm doing, but i'm having a good time doing it. hehe. Anyhow, i started a carving thread, but the only one i have in there is a hand carved piece of mesquite. I'm working on my first palm hand carving and it's taking me forever so i might give the grinder a shot on the next one. The grinder scares the crap out of me sometimes. :)

On 2011-08-23 15:49, Coastal Creations wrote:
but i'm having a good time doing it.

Sounds to me like you know exactly what your doing.

I love your carvings shown here so far - organic delights! Keep having fun while creating and the rest will fall into place...looking forward to future posts from you.

Nice technique. Hope you are thoroughly enjoying the creative process.