Tiki Central / Tiki Carving
Here are a few of my recently carved tikis
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Tuga's Tikis
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I came across this site while searching for ideas and insperation for my tikis. Wow, there are some really talented people here. Here are a few of my latest tikis. Aloha
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Will carve
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08/30/2015
Plenty inspiration here. |
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08/31/2015
Nice Tuga! |
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Tuga's Tikis
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09/02/2015
Thanks guys! I'm doing a location carve tomorrow, I will post some pictures as i go. |
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09/02/2015
Love 'em! |
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Tuga's Tikis
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09/02/2015
Day one of the location carve went well. Made good progress. This has been a difficult tiki for me because of the shape of the log (still in the ground). It's leaned back and has a abnormal curve to it. Should have it done tomorrow and will post more pictures from the finished piece. TugaTikis.com [ Edited by: Tuga's Tikis 2015-09-02 13:40 ] |
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09/02/2015
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Tuga's Tikis
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09/02/2015
Thanks Hiltiki! That was kicking my butt! I have to get used to the uploads |
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Tuga's Tikis
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09/03/2015
Here is a quick Moai head that I did last night for a friend, thought I'd share. |
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09/03/2015
You carves are awesome! Are you generally using pine or? Might be interested in getting a larger one carved for the Kio Wai Lounge. Or maybe a couple lessons...been wanting to get into a carving myself. |
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Tuga's Tikis
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09/03/2015
PM sent |
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Tuga's Tikis
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09/03/2015
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09/08/2015
Nice carves, Tuga. Love to see some more of your work. |
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Tuga's Tikis
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09/08/2015
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Tuga's Tikis
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09/11/2015
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Tuga's Tikis
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09/18/2015
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Tuga's Tikis
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09/18/2015
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09/18/2015
Very nice stuff! That triple headed threeki is lookin great:) |
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Tuga's Tikis
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09/21/2015
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Tuga's Tikis
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09/26/2015
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Tuga's Tikis
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09/26/2015
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Tuga's Tikis
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09/28/2015
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09/28/2015
Pricing is the toughest part of trying to sell your carvings. If you have a finished tiki its easier to establish a price (you know how much work went into it) - trying to establish pricing on commissions is much more difficult. I say stick tour guns and demand what you expect - After all, you probably have more than 40 hours into it. Would you work a full-time job for $700/week? Most of my carving works out to be less than $10/hour! and people think I'm expensive!! |
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Tuga's Tikis
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09/28/2015
Thanks. Your right it's hard to figure out at times, but you also made a very good point about the job. |
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09/29/2015
I think you're pretty close on the pricing. What I've read here, many folks use the $100/foot method. Use that as a base and vary it up or down based on complexity/time spent/etc. You've only got 10 hours in that? Good grief, that'd take me weeks! Nice job... Cheers! |
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Tuga's Tikis
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10/06/2015
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10/09/2015
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10/10/2015
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10/14/2015
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10/15/2015
haha, love the name! |
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Jeff Bannow
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10/30/2015
My wife and I are the new owners of Baby Kon and Freaky Threeki. Great pieces! We will make sure to give them a good home. |
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Watango productions
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10/30/2015
Some nice carv'ns ya got goin there Jeff. What kinda wood are ya using? |
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Watango productions
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10/30/2015
Ooops! Nice work Tuga |
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Tuga's Tikis
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11/20/2015
Haven't carved much this past month. I was busy collecting logs for winter so that I can stay productive. I also went to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan deer hunting. While there I did carve this tiki face on a dead pine. It's in the middle of nowhere and is sure to stir up questions once someone happens upon it. I'll be busy carving again next week and will post as I go. Aloha my friends. |
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Tuga's Tikis
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12/16/2015
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12/17/2015
Killer |
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For the Love of Tiki
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12/17/2015
Good looking Tiki. |
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Tuga's Tikis
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12/17/2015
Thanks guys that means a lot to me! |
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Tuga's Tikis
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01/07/2016
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01/07/2016
I love that guy! Man is he awesome. |
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01/09/2016
love the turtle guy, especially how you handled the feet. The last guy looks cool too. I like how you handled the top. I am assuming that is rope? How did you do that and make it stay? [ Edited by: Grand Poobah 2016-01-09 04:09 ] |
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Tuga's Tikis
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01/09/2016
Thanks Poobah, On the last guy I cut the rope into 1 1/2" pieces (it's the same rope you see around the neck and head). Then hot glued (black glue) each piece on. Once the glue cooled I untwisted the three strand twist giving it the look you see. Very simple to do. Give it a shot! |
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Tuga's Tikis
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01/09/2016
Here's a picture of the last guy from the rear. You can see where I attached the rope with black hot glue. I named this guy "Kupa Loa" meaning strictly forbidden. Aloha. |
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Tuga's Tikis
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01/17/2016
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01/25/2016
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01/25/2016
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02/01/2016
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