mrtikibar's humble attempts

This is the only one that I spent alot of time on. It came from a pretty large hunk of alder. Dramatic lighting sure helps.

Does this guy remind anyone of a particular infamous politician from the late 60's early 70's. Not much carving was done as this piece of driftwood already had a chin and nose.

This presto log sized tiki has a worm infestation. After I carved him I found a small pile of saw dust streaking down from a tiny hole in his right eye socket. I wonder if the stain I recently applied will kill him?

These all have distinct personalitis. The first one looks like he's ready to come to life.

[ Edited by: kctiki on 2003-10-23 17:35 ]

Yeah, that lighting effect is great!
Hope you can save the cute little guy at the bottom. Maybe you can train the worms to help you make tiki flutes!

That's Spiro Agnew.
What do I win?

Spiro! You nailed it. You win a Mai Tai at the Alibi or mrtikibar's basement lair plus one free tax consultation.

Great stuff MrTikibar. I keep meaning to drag some driftwood home for carving. Hell, theres piles of it two blocks from my front door. Maybe I can come up with a Nixon for your Agnew.

HAHA! Where's Kissinger?

Not laughing at you Mrtikibar, or your work. Just the reference to Nixon.
I'll take you up on the winnings.............next summer.

Neato...Keep on chiseling!

Wierd you should bring up Spiro Agnew, I just carved a small tiki necklace for a "Spiro" who ordered one for me, he even wanted his name carved in it.. how bizaar. Driftwood, a lot of the carvers started off there, Lakesurfer and I did, I guess thats only two.

Hey, driftwood sounds alot better than wood from the dump. Keep carving.

whatch you talkin' about willus? I gets my wood from the dump too!

Are you guys serious? Do you really find palm trunks at the dump? That's cool. I'm always dragging crap home from the dump, but we don't have palm here. Anything good and carvable ends up in someone woodstove around here.

I was at the dump this last week about 3 times. As I was unloading some foliage on one trip I saw some nice foot wide palm trunks that looked dried out. 2 pieces about 7 ft. I figured I had to make one more trip and since the place wasn't real busy that day I'd grab it on the next round. Came back it was gone. Doooh. I think the tractor just pushed it away.
:music: Anotheronebitesthedust :music:

[ Edited by: jungletrader on 2003-10-25 10:51 ]