Hang10Tiki stuff

Well, I pulled out an old friend today, haven’t touched it since we moved into the new place. Time to get going.

Recently, somebody asked me if carving is easy, I said yes, you just have to take away what’s not supposed to be there, lol

Slowly, but surely

Funny when ya put a couple more hours in, but ya can’t tell by looking at the pics

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I can tell because all your pencil marks are gone! This is going be special.

Good eye Wendy

Very cool. Staining next?

Face detail Then Sanding, sanding, sanding

Get to work then!

Roger that Wendy

Carving done:

Dark stain next. 👍🏼

I really laughed when I saw the last photo. How perfect, two successes together. One a treasure hunt and one an artistic treasure. Reminds me of a Gecko bowl we once owned, wood is even better.

Time to think up your next project.

lol

U had the best gecko collection ever

Next

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Cypress knees are woody, conical protrusions that grow from the roots of cypress trees. They are found in the southeastern United States, especially in swamps.

Found 1

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How about a gnome thinker?

Well, that's fun. Is he an elf? Right now he has puppy dog ears. I love his hat going up the root.

Hi W

“The Thinker Gnome”

Ah, arms and hands. I didn't guess that at all. He is looking good and also worried.

He should be worried, he stuck in a Cypress knee

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Ah, he has cute ears! I like the depth of this carving.

W- With those ears, he can hear you !!!

Carving part done ✅

I’ll be painting this one (hopefully, I don’t ruin it and turn it into firewood) 🤷🏼‍♂️

So up next is the boiled linseed oil base

Nutha Blantons cork display for Chris in SD Just missing the B

Sent

Oil on

Wait

Blantons GOLD

In a bar

Free with play

It’s on

9 drinks later

Got the cork

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Couple low carb beers

Did I mention da wife won

Big

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Must mean 3 layers of oil???

He's worried still but also cute. Well done.

Triple post

That’s a first

Fixed it

Hi Wendy

Paint next

(finished another Reacher book today) 👍🏼

Hay man, that Elf is pretty good.

I think you're getting the hang of this.

Will

Aloha Will. 👍🏼🙏🏽

What Take a break Have a drink Ok

Wait More free Blantons gold Ok

Crap

Got the same gold cork

S

Wow that wife and win are keepers! Time to travel to Hawaii. that's a fun display to see. You guy is looking so good. What's next?

Hi Wendy. Lil j said hello. No trips planned, yet. Nothing in the works yet, time to look at my wood stock and come up with something.

Found this while golf ball hunting!

No idea what kind of wood it is.

A friend of mine refers to that as “tree wood”

Stripped the bark off, sanded the long end. The root is not a hard and the rest, so it may break off but let’s see what we can do 🤷🏼‍♂️

Looks like a sea horse

Something didn’t look right with my last walking stick, not enough shadow on the sides of the face, quick fix, “GO DEEPER” I swear I heard Will yelling

So:

Then a lil linseed oil

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You have a vivid imagination.

Lol

Eagle time

Vet visit, so tired

Goodwill yesterday

Goodwill today

Another cork today

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You are into Manely books. I've read all the Lee Child books and I like those about snipers. Nick Petrie books are really good but need to be read in order. Same with Barry Eisler about a hit man. These are even better than Childs books. Tom Cruise should not have played Reacher but the guy in the streaming series is doing a good job and looks the part.

I like the eagle. I like all your projects a lot.

Wendy

U are right about the new reacher and the lil Tom C lol

Thanks for the advice on the books

Well the seahorse is out

It broke

Not sure what to do with it

OH OH!

I'm trying to figure out how to proceed on my latest painting. I almost destroyed it with a second outrigger. We both will have to figure it out and get back to work.

W- Your paintings are amazing

Finished the eagle carving today

Oil on

Ready to paint

Wife called me in

Breakfast ready

Mmmmmm

Pups to the vet, check up, all good

2 hour walk

Cocktail time

Blantons x 2

Dinner

How was it? At Grocery Outlet I bought 30 jars of sardines in olive oil. I like them a lot and the shelf life is at the end of 2025.