Tiki Central / Tiki Carving
For the Love of Tiki
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08/13/2013
Cool tikis and music! |
GP
Grand Poobah
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08/19/2013
i like the stain contrasts |
FTLOT
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08/22/2013
Tiki Oasis 13 / Sunday, August 18, 2013 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZpSrULOPiY Had the pleasure of meeting Cy of Carvings from Frog Island Tikis. There are some photos of his work on display at Tiki Oasis 13 in this slide show - as well as a lot of other sights that we took in. |
FTLOT
For the Love of Tiki
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08/28/2013
Have you ever carved a tiki and had the nagging thought it looked like something else? Something you couldn't quite put your finger on at the time? I call this one the DeBusey Tiki. I've always liked Gary Busey - especially in Big Wednesday & the bad guy in Drop Zone…. but I think subconsciously I must have had Gary Busey playing Buddy Holly in mind when I carved this one. What do you think - see a resemblance? |
C
cy
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08/28/2013
Great Balls of Fire ftlot, DeBusey is Debomb! |
FTLOT
For the Love of Tiki
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09/18/2013
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TBBMT
tiki beat by marcus thorn
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09/28/2013
keep up the good work |
FTLOT
For the Love of Tiki
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12/20/2013
I've been side tracked for a bit, but heres the latest Tiki! |
FTLOT
For the Love of Tiki
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12/23/2013
New YouTube video - check it out: |
FTLOT
For the Love of Tiki
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02/13/2014
Here's the current work in progress. |
FTLOT
For the Love of Tiki
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02/15/2014
[ Edited by: For the Love of Tiki 2015-09-09 17:00 ] |
FTLOT
For the Love of Tiki
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08/23/2014
My latest YouTube video of Tiki Oasis 2014. Check it out… |
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hiltiki
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08/24/2014
Thank you, nice music and video. |
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cy
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08/24/2014
You captured Oasis nicely Allen, thanks for including me! Like the music also. |
FTLOT
For the Love of Tiki
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08/25/2015
Tiki Oasis 2015 - my latest YouTube video / slideshow. Check it out… |
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Tuga's Tikis
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09/02/2015
Great video! looks like it was a lot of fun! |
C
cy
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09/02/2015
Another nice slideshow FTLOT! |
FTLOT
For the Love of Tiki
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09/09/2015
I finally got back to carving - just a little for now... but its feeling good to get back at it. |
FTLOT
For the Love of Tiki
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09/26/2015
Tiki #26 |
FTLOT
For the Love of Tiki
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11/07/2015
Heres the latest #27. |
FTLOT
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12/01/2015
Here’s the current work in progress. Almost ready for stain. This was carved from a Mexican fan palm. I carved a little deeper than usual and was surprised to find how much harder the wood was. My first experiences with this type of wood wasn’t that great… it was fibrous - sort of like carving shredded wheat. I then got a couple of good pieces and it was like carving a bar of soap. After that, I knew what you guys had been talkin about - this, being a preferred wood to carve and being way better than the queen palms (from which I had carved a fair amount of tikis early on). |
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AlohaStation
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12/01/2015
I live in a different climate and as a result our Palms are much more moist. I do not let logs "cure" anymore. Where I live, if you leave a log to dry, all it will do for sure is rot. Dive in - carve it fresh - and let it dry after you have carved. Carving the moist palm with chisels is a pleasure. Let them dry and they become "like shreaded wheat". |
FTLOT
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12/01/2015
Yeah, I’ve carved them when wet, but from my experience - it isn’t ideal. Based upon what you’re saying, I can understand climate being a big factor. Where I’m at, I’m finding the palm logs dry out pretty good - probably because of the heat and there being little moisture in the air. I’ve enjoyed reading all of the different posts about how everyone approaches this subject - but I imagine a person’s locale might be the most important consideration as to what information might best apply. |
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12/01/2015
Looks good For the Love, the lettering is very cool, what tools do you use? |
FTLOT
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12/01/2015
[ Edited by: For the Love of Tiki 2015-12-01 15:46 ] |
FTLOT
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12/15/2015
The Kama Kai Tiki- completed. |
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Keylo
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02/05/2016
Kama Kai looking good and such a great job of lettering and control with a die grinder! |
FTLOT
For the Love of Tiki
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06/18/2016
Heres the current work in progress... |
C
cy
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06/19/2016
Nice style on this one FTLOT! |
FTLOT
For the Love of Tiki
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08/22/2016
Here’s a slideshow presentation of our adventures at the Tiki Oasis 16. |
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RIOTURBAN
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08/26/2016
Nice work! |