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TheBigT
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11/30/2011
Thanks! :wink: Was pretty easy. I went to Hobby Lobby and got some different colors of acrylic paint. And a fairly stiff brush. It helped to have a brush with the bristles not so dense. I bought one where the hairs were finely packed/dense, but the brush with the sparser amount of hairs worked better....eh, you'll figure it out! :lol: :lol: |
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TheBigT
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12/31/2011
Last tiki of 2011. Just put the clear coat on it today. This is a piece of spalted wood I picked up on the side of the road after hurricane Ike. It wasn't spalted when i got it, but it is now after sitting in my back yard for three years. If anything seems to be my trademark, apparently it's carving mostly rotted wood. Happy New Year everyone! Close up of some of the grain. |
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Captain Jack
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01/01/2012
Looks great - Nice work! Have a great 2012! |
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pjc5150
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01/01/2012
Wow, that is a really beautiful piece of wood! |
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4WDtiki
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01/01/2012
Nice carve, great style! |
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hang10tiki
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01/02/2012
Sweet |
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NIxxon
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01/02/2012
Great way to finish off the year, look great! Def like the way the wood "turned out" after a few years of marinating :) |
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TheBigT
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01/02/2012
Captain Jack, thanks a bunch - good luck with the flexcuts! You're gonna love those. |
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amate
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01/05/2012
I love that nose. I can't figure out how you always get your angles so precise. |
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TheBigT
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01/05/2012
Thanks allen. I don't know about precise, but there it is. You don't know how i fretted over it! :lol: It was supposed to be a larger nose but i messed it up. I forget what happened, but I had to shrink it down. And i adjusted the nose bridge a couple of times. Finally the nostrils weren't deep enough so i added some black paint for depth. Methinks I just found the reason for conga's shadow test! |
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TheBigT
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02/20/2012
Hey all, not a lot going on here. But I am working on another little kneeling tiki like the last one. Think I'll let him rest for a while now and start another.
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TheBigT
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03/11/2012
Got a couple of new dudes started. These are made from a couple of Sweetgum logs. |
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cy
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03/11/2012
Nice new work Big T-Really like the aged look of the sweetgum logs. |
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Bay Park Buzzy
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03/11/2012
Nice floor! (Good start on them tikis too...) |
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amate
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03/12/2012
Glad to see you out in the shop Big T. It's spring and time to carve! |
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TheBigT
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03/12/2012
Thanks! They should look old, been sitting under my carport for 3 or 4 years now! :lol:
Thanks Buzz. Shoulda figured you would like that floor. :wink:
Yep, was rainy here this weekend so had the garage door down to keep out the rain and mosquitoes. |
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TheBigT
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03/25/2012
Started a 3rd tiki this month. Finished getting him roughed out this weekend. |
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McTiki
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03/25/2012
Boom! 3 nice roughouts. I love the marq! I love all marqs! Mahalo McTiki |
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Benzart
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03/26/2012
Nice piece of wood and excellent carving, Man,, I've been away too long, when I come back and see all you kidz grown up and carving like pros then I realize how much I have missed. |
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TheBigT
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03/26/2012
Thanks McTiki! May have to do a fourth and a fifth before finishing any of these. I had a whole pile of those sweetgum logs and they are going to be unusable pretty soon. Loved the flowers on your latest piece! You nailed the "classic" vibe.
Benz! Wow! Thanks for stoppin by. Great to see you around and appreciate the kind words. Hope to see some new stuff from you soon! |
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pjc5150
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03/26/2012
yeah man, those roughies are lookin' good already... |
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amate
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03/26/2012
Love that marq!!! That is going to be beautiful. Looks like plenty of timber waiting in the wings as well. |
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AlohaStation
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03/26/2012
The spalting is almost overwhelming the carving - almost! Looks great keep carving. |
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Watango productions
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03/26/2012
Cant wait to see more pic's of these guys,the natural colouration looks fantastic! |
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TheBigT
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05/29/2012
Finally finished something... I was going like gang busters this year until late March. Then we took a 10-day vacation to Puerto Rico! That pretty much wrecked my carving groove. But one can't complain about 10 days of this kind of stuff: Don't know what kind of wood this is. Was a very white wood, heavily spalted now after sitting around my yard for 4 years! Wanted to see the grain so finished it in Tung oil. With a little Minwax wood hardener thrown in. Close up of some of the grain pattern: |
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anchorfish
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05/29/2012
Very cool.. I love wild grain patterns in the wood. Your carving shows it off nicely. What did you fill the lower patterns with? Paint or colored resin? |
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TheBigT
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05/29/2012
Thanks for asking. I used acrylic for both the eyes and the designs on the bottom. The eyes are dry-brushed on. The bottom designs were cut out with a flexcut carving/whittling knife then painted in (very tediously..). |
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pjc5150
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05/29/2012
x2 on the grain... like the little base flower too... |
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hang10tiki
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05/30/2012
Sweet |
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Cljha
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05/30/2012
Nice carving and nice use of rotted wood, it's definitely gives your carving a special finish. Congratulations |
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amate
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05/31/2012
Man you've got a trove of beautifully spalted wood down there! Everything is lookin really nice. |
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Atomic Mess
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05/31/2012
ditto about the grain, I think the way you leave some nice flat plains in your carves really shows that off. cool. ps like the subtle painted areas too... [ Edited by: Atomic Mess 2012-05-31 11:02 ] |
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TheBigT
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07/05/2012
amate, cljha, atomic, hang10, PJ: many thanks for the comments! Finished up one of the sweetgum pieces. It came out darker than i anticipated - even after testing in a small spot. This is one of the well spalted logs that everyone was raving about... oh well. I need to experiment with brushing stain on as opposed to wiping it on with a cloth. I used the brush this time and I think that put much more stain on the wood. And I caught two newly formed beetles emerging out of their holes right when I was about to put the stain on. Unfortunately I didn't get a photo. Little ba$$tards. [ Edited by: TheBigT 2012-07-05 09:42 ] |
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cy
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07/05/2012
Really nice Big T, the painted highlights set it off! |
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congatiki
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07/05/2012
Wow...what a great looking tiki. I love this one a whole |
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pjc5150
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07/05/2012
really neat little details on this one... and he stained up nice. well done! |
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TheBigT
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07/05/2012
cy: thanks, it really did make the whole thing pop. conga: much appreciated. glad u like. funny, i wanted red eyes like some i saw here on TC that look really awesome. but they looked terrible on mine. Then i painted over with a light brown. Result: orangey! jeff: thanks - i used your favorite: golden peecan. Plus one coat of amber shellac diluted 50%. |
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hang10tiki
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07/06/2012
Wow |
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Captain Jack
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07/06/2012
Nice!!!! I see stars! |
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amate
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07/06/2012
It was a shame to lose the spalting but he turned out great anyway. If you had not mentioned that this was the spalted log you showed earlier, folks would still be saying "What a great carve". And those orange eyes turned out great. Bad luck losing the spalting but the eyes turned out nice. |
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Atomic Mess
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07/12/2012
me too, love those eyes... |
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TheBigT
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07/21/2012
Thanks h10!
Thanks. Don't know if he's a mystic or what, but felt like I wanted to do something different this time.
Thanks Allen. Yep, shame on the spalting. At least I have two more of these spalted logs coming along.
Thanks AM! Well, this is my 2nd attempt for this post. My PC flaked out the 1st time around. So, I got started on the Marq again. And was sorta getting in the groove... Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/4378/500afa48.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=eda4fd73c6e7246be30a06072fb81a9f Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/4378/500afac8.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=6420fc7b475d3e5798b7fc1d7f8c5bbf When this happened. Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/4378/500afee1.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=ab0982df6703ea73d9de45d9273054e5 That was my backyard a week ago today. Swamped the shop pretty good. Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/4378/500affb0.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=04934177545b04ca9358b27709eac681 It's all drained out now. Left a hell of a mess though. |
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Will carve
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07/21/2012
Wow, |
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cy
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07/22/2012
My heart sank when I saw your situation Big T and am hoping for a quick recovery. [ Edited by: cy 2012-07-21 18:48 ] |
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AlohaStation
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07/22/2012
Mother nature can be a bitch. Good luck with your recovery. |
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VampiressRN
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07/22/2012
Oh my gosh...hope you have a speedy recovery from the flooding. Mother Nature can indeed be cruel. Sending good vibes your way and hope you are back to carving soon. |
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amate
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07/22/2012
Last year we couldn't buy a drop of rain! Texas weather: "drought interrupted by occasional flooding". We only got about 3 inches here. Speedy recovery my friend! [ Edited by: amate 2012-07-22 10:17 ] |
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Professor G
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07/22/2012
Wow. I grew up down the road from Houston in Victoria and I've had to do the clean-up when the home becomes a temporary swamp; best wishes for a speedy recovery and a quick return to your beautiful carving. Greg |