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the "florida moai"... in cypress.. :)

quickie piece that's a gift for the host of a party I'm attenting later...

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Anything new?

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yes. new stuff...

some masks, in various stages, commissioned by a very cool & successful guy with a very, very nice house.

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oh yeah, and I epoxied this guy's nose back on & am going back after him as well...

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back in play...

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he's gettin' some maori-inspired tattoos...

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rhinoplasty...

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It will be cool...

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thank you Jerome... :)

working on this guy now...

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Florida Moai... 5 feet, cypress...

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cy posted on Sat, Sep 28, 2013 9:35 AM

Great work on the nose job, can't even tell, and the red inner grain looks killer. I think you should name him cy. (As in cypress)

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yep, I am callin' that nose fixed!

and now the tatts are underway,,,,

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ok, good so far...

I'm likin' this guy...

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4 masks, raw cypress - no stain... sanded & poly'ed...

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4 masks, raw cypress - no stain... sanded & poly'ed...

[ Edited by: pjc5150 2013-09-30 16:14 ]

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amate posted on Tue, Oct 1, 2013 3:31 AM

That moai is going to be cool. Are you using the dremel tool to carve the tats? If so, show us the bit you are using.

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making some beer-tap pulls for a buddy's pub today...

and starting some more fish...

[ Edited by: pjc5150 2013-10-01 13:57 ]

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some beer tap pulls I made...

one southern mahogany, one driftwood, one cedar....

the driftwood is gorgeous and carves real nice...

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Sweet.
Nice to try something different, Hu?

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yeah, it is... but at the same time. I kinda realized on this job that I need to buy an engraving kit or something...

small dremel-cut letters just looks like shit....

anyway, lessons learned, pages turned.... back to the grind...

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NIxxon posted on Tue, Oct 8, 2013 2:18 PM

Dooooode!! Love all the new stuff. Branching out is working well eh?? Lookin good Jeff

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thanks Nixxy... hope the back is all healed up bro...

so yeah, moving' forward with the face tats cedar "maori moai"...

Dude this 1 is epic

Jon

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thanks brother...

well, the cedar maori moai has a new friend,

and he's a HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' LOVE!!!!

[ Edited by: pjc5150 2013-10-10 15:48 ]

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more fish...

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Man, do you live on Red Bull? You never stop and it's always something cool and different...Awesome work...Loving the maori moai...Keep 'em coming!!

Aloha!

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Lol... nah, just mountain dew!

ok, the fish are in motion...

the snook...

and the red....

[ Edited by: pjc5150 2013-10-11 14:44 ]

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ok, this guy's big photo shoot is thursday, so I'm bustin' ass tryin' to get him done...
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ok, I need to clean up a few more tool marks & epoxy a piece back on, and obviously I'm gonna stain him too, but other than that, I'm callin' this guy done....

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cy posted on Wed, Oct 16, 2013 11:59 AM

That one is great Jeff!

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That kicks ass. Nice job.

Do you sand as you go along or is that all chisel work and no sanding?

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surf soul....

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amate posted on Wed, Oct 16, 2013 5:34 PM

Great carves!! Are you still using the Golden Pecan stain? Good lookin' tikis!

Sweet lineup

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Wow. Killer work.

Those.... are some badass tikis! You've obviously set a course for master carver status. Very impressive.
:tiki: :drink:

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hey thanks guys...

Lots of work to get done this weekend...

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a hunka hunka burnin' love....

the elvis moai...

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log porn...

big, fresh cypress logs,,,, some of those base pieces were like 3 ft in diameter...

WOW.
What did ya get ?

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Oh, I just got 2 8 footers with ten inch tops... nothing huge,

but when I build tiki village, I wanna carve some huge ones, and these logs get me inspired... :)

Elvis- sweet
Log porn- Hubba Hubba
:)

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:o

but when I build tiki village, I wanna carve some
huge ones, and these logs get me inspired... :)

Funny , most people just get splinters.

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ok, if any of you turds are on facebook and instagram & we're not friends there yet, then you should be ashamed of yourself... lol...

https://www.facebook.com/jeff.chouinard.7

http://instagram.com/surfsoultiki

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ok, let's git r done...

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new stain...

and a little chiselin' on some nice, wet cypress...

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