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B Benzart Member Port Saint Lucie, Florida Joined: Jan 09, 2004 Posts: 10397	B Benzart Posted posted on Fri, Sep 15, 2006 5:20 PM Definitely not rubbery!
C congatiki Member wisconsin northwoods Joined: Jun 01, 2004 Posts: 2541	C congatiki Posted posted on Fri, Sep 15, 2006 6:31 PM it looks so great you fooled me into thinking you were fooling me...if it's not rubbery it must be hard huh?
B Benzart Member Port Saint Lucie, Florida Joined: Jan 09, 2004 Posts: 10397	B Benzart Posted posted on Fri, Sep 15, 2006 6:37 PM It is Not real soft at all
P pdrake Tiki Socialite las vegas Joined: Jan 13, 2006 Posts: 1771	P pdrake Posted posted on Fri, Sep 15, 2006 6:55 PM it's a gummi bear!
B Benzart Member Port Saint Lucie, Florida Joined: Jan 09, 2004 Posts: 10397	B Benzart Posted posted on Fri, Sep 15, 2006 7:10 PM Check out this new store http://www.woodworkerssource.net/tempe_slideshow/
P pdrake Tiki Socialite las vegas Joined: Jan 13, 2006 Posts: 1771	P pdrake Posted posted on Fri, Sep 15, 2006 7:15 PM i've been to the one in tucson. my dad gets a lot of his stuff from there. it's pretty impressive.
H hewey Tiki Socialite Sydney, Australia Joined: Sep 14, 2004 Posts: 4283	H hewey Posted posted on Fri, Sep 15, 2006 10:28 PM Whats the bear made of? Its nice
B Bete Member Joined: Jan 01, 2006 Posts: 490	B Bete Posted posted on Sat, Sep 16, 2006 9:52 PM Ben, that bear piece is just awesome, it's so detailed and perfect looking. Is that stone? If so, what kind?
T Tamapoutini Member Aotearoa (New Zealand) Joined: Aug 30, 2006 Posts: 1530	T Tamapoutini Posted posted on Sun, Sep 17, 2006 1:50 AM Not a JADE piece is it Benz???? TTT
B Benzart Member Port Saint Lucie, Florida Joined: Jan 09, 2004 Posts: 10397	B Benzart Posted posted on Sun, Sep 17, 2006 10:54 AM Hi Guys, sorry to drag this piece out so long with everyone wondering what the material is. Is is Jewelers Green carving wax.. When finished and backlit, it Does look like Jade. Just having fun with you guys.
G GROG Grand Member (1 year) Tujunga Joined: Jun 21, 2006 Posts: 7572	G GROG Posted posted on Sun, Sep 17, 2006 12:22 PM GROG still thinks it looks like a self-portrait.
TD Tiki Duddy Member Manitoba, Canada Joined: Jun 04, 2006 Posts: 760	TD Tiki Duddy Posted posted on Sun, Sep 17, 2006 2:58 PM BENZ MAN! that looks awsome. the color puts so much detail into it. really like that piece. amazing stuff
T tikigap Tiki Socialite St Augustine, Florida Joined: Jan 19, 2006 Posts: 841	T tikigap Posted posted on Sun, Sep 17, 2006 3:51 PM Hi Ben, Are you going to make a cast of that bear?
C congatiki Member wisconsin northwoods Joined: Jun 01, 2004 Posts: 2541	C congatiki Posted posted on Sun, Sep 17, 2006 5:49 PM don't know anything about carvers wax but it sure doesn't look easy...great paws...but why should that surprise me....
B Benzart Member Port Saint Lucie, Florida Joined: Jan 09, 2004 Posts: 10397	B Benzart Posted posted on Sun, Sep 17, 2006 6:41 PM TikiGap, Had not planned to cast this one. It would be a very advanced cast in silver, too heavy for gold or bronze. I think it will be a tricky cast in whatever they do it in. Do you know any metal smiths? are you interested in it?
H hewey Tiki Socialite Sydney, Australia Joined: Sep 14, 2004 Posts: 4283	H hewey Posted posted on Mon, Sep 18, 2006 4:06 AM Oh Mr Benz you plays with us too much! How about a little hei tiki in the green? Thatd look sweet :)
B Benzart Member Port Saint Lucie, Florida Joined: Jan 09, 2004 Posts: 10397	B Benzart Posted posted on Mon, Sep 18, 2006 9:09 AM Thanks Hewey, I promise there will be one soon. Sorry for all the playfulness and fun. It was fun? Oh and I just framed a couple pictures yesterday, check them out. First an Octopus Gyotaku by GMAN: Right next to a "benzart's WoodShed" by Hewey [ Edited by: Benzart 2006-09-18 09:15 ]
B Benzart Member Port Saint Lucie, Florida Joined: Jan 09, 2004 Posts: 10397	B Benzart Posted posted on Wed, Sep 20, 2006 9:25 AM I posted this in the "Early" thread and will here as well. Since it seems Impossible to fix all the proken Shutterfly picture links I have shared all my early works photos, some never before posted on TC. Enjoy! http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=8BZsnDFm3asbO http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=8BZsnDFm3ascw http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=8BZsnDFm3asbs http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=8BZsnDFm3ascS
B Benzart Member Port Saint Lucie, Florida Joined: Jan 09, 2004 Posts: 10397	B Benzart Posted posted on Wed, Sep 20, 2006 10:58 AM Here is an update on the 'Lesson" tikis Plus a Swamp Tiki done for Doug Horn of Swamp Tiki. It is his design that I did for him. Enjoy
M makutiki Member Joined: Dec 03, 2005 Posts: 89	M makutiki Posted posted on Wed, Sep 20, 2006 1:22 PM Ben, I love that early thread. So much cool stuff I hadnt seen before, and it ALL looks super! That tropicana tiki must have been fun to carve!? although I cant undestand how you did it and where you found a pice of wood that big :o
B Benzart Member Port Saint Lucie, Florida Joined: Jan 09, 2004 Posts: 10397	B Benzart Posted posted on Wed, Sep 20, 2006 1:27 PM Thanks Makutiki, The Trop said to find a truck load of good carving logs since all they had were palms, and I tracked down a lowboy full of redwood logs there were 4 logs 3 to5 feet in diameter and I found them in Crescent City I think. Yes It was Fun to carve.
K kingstiedye Tiki Socialite sackatomato Joined: Oct 05, 2005 Posts: 1399	K kingstiedye Posted posted on Wed, Sep 20, 2006 1:33 PM mahaloz for the links, ben. so many great pieces i hadn't seen before. i think i'll spend the rest of the afternoon just looking.
TBBMT tiki beat by marcus thorn Member A Little Island called Australia Joined: Jun 01, 2005 Posts: 724	TBBMT tiki beat by marcus thorn Posted posted on Wed, Sep 20, 2006 2:20 PM Hey Ben I am lovin that little guy - swamp tiki must be very happy with that one!
J JohnnyP Tiki Socialite Attica, MI Joined: Nov 23, 2005 Posts: 1695	J JohnnyP Posted posted on Thu, Sep 21, 2006 9:51 AM More lucky people are going to get a half-Benzart. Wish I could make it to the left coast affair. Always impressed with the character you can give your littler carvings and how clean they look. JP
B Benzart Member Port Saint Lucie, Florida Joined: Jan 09, 2004 Posts: 10397	B Benzart Posted posted on Thu, Sep 21, 2006 8:01 PM Here is the one "Lesson" I did today. ALSO,,I worked on this little Ebony Tang-arango. Normaly I do the face first, but this time I did the body first'
B Benzart Member Port Saint Lucie, Florida Joined: Jan 09, 2004 Posts: 10397	B Benzart Posted posted on Fri, Sep 22, 2006 1:52 AM I'll be out of town for the weekend so Hold the fort guys
P Paipo Member Aotearoa / NZ Joined: Jun 22, 2006 Posts: 1886	P Paipo Posted posted on Fri, Sep 22, 2006 5:09 PM Nice job on SwampFire's design, is that a one-off for Doug or is he going to make a run of them? We'll let you away with a weekend off, seeing you posted those 1000 odd pics to get through...:wink:
B Benzart Member Port Saint Lucie, Florida Joined: Jan 09, 2004 Posts: 10397	B Benzart Posted posted on Tue, Sep 26, 2006 2:57 PM Feels good to carve a bit today. finished another lesson and finished the body on the Ebony tang. Usually I do the face first then finish the boring stuff but I did this backwards for some reason. You can't really tell from the pic's but he is All Man. [ Edited by: Benzart 2006-09-26 15:12 ]
M McTiki Member Sunny Florida Joined: Aug 22, 2004 Posts: 1962	M McTiki Posted posted on Tue, Sep 26, 2006 4:02 PM Whoa Drool!!!
B Bete Member Joined: Jan 01, 2006 Posts: 490	B Bete Posted posted on Wed, Sep 27, 2006 4:23 PM It's going to be very cool Ben!
A AlohaStation Tiki Socialite So FL Joined: Sep 27, 2004 Posts: 2434	A AlohaStation Posted posted on Wed, Sep 27, 2006 6:05 PM What a contrast in carving the lessons look they are done in basswood (soft) and that ebony is as hard as it get gets. Purteeeee!
H hewey Tiki Socialite Sydney, Australia Joined: Sep 14, 2004 Posts: 4283	H hewey Posted posted on Wed, Sep 27, 2006 8:22 PM Cool man! That Swamp tiki is very nice.
B Benzart Member Port Saint Lucie, Florida Joined: Jan 09, 2004 Posts: 10397	B Benzart Posted posted on Thu, Sep 28, 2006 7:15 AM Thanks McTiki, you too Bete. AlohaStation, you're right, the woods Are at the Opposite ends of the Hardness factor, I had'nt thought of that, good eyes. Hewey thanks to you too, I really enjoyed doing that Swampy Tiki with Swampfire it's a really Cool design.
T tikigap Tiki Socialite St Augustine, Florida Joined: Jan 19, 2006 Posts: 841	T tikigap Posted posted on Thu, Sep 28, 2006 8:27 AM Wow - this latest ebony tang is even more beautiful than the first one! I'd sure like to get on your list for one of those! I'm a comin' to Florida Saturday! Hopefully we can meet up before Hukilau! TG
R RevBambooBen Tiki Socialite Huntikington Beach Joined: Nov 12, 2002 Posts: 7946	R RevBambooBen Posted posted on Thu, Sep 28, 2006 8:45 AM On 2006-09-28 08:27, tikigap wrote: Wow - this latest ebony tang is even more beautiful than the first one! Wrong!! The first one is always the best!!! ( now if I can just find the damn thing..)
S Sneakytiki Tiki Socialite Boise, Idaho Joined: Mar 31, 2003 Posts: 1795	S Sneakytiki Posted posted on Thu, Sep 28, 2006 10:47 AM NICE! Amazing amount of work you churn out BenZ!
B Benzart Member Port Saint Lucie, Florida Joined: Jan 09, 2004 Posts: 10397	B Benzart Posted posted on Thu, Sep 28, 2006 12:14 PM Thanks Tgap, we should see each other there for sure, Thanks This is the First Tang that BooBen was talking about, # 52 Thanks BroBen, Yours was my favorite, a Sweet one from Zebra wood, Almost as hard as ebony. Thanks SneakyTiki, It doesn't feel like that recently though, Thanks again. Here is half a face done on the Tang. The eye inlay is Pink Ebony. Green eyes? [ Edited by: Benzart 2006-09-28 19:40 ]
G GMAN Member My Island Joined: Jul 14, 2005 Posts: 2999	G GMAN Posted posted on Thu, Sep 28, 2006 12:31 PM Damn Ben, He that guy is looking fabulous. That style/wood choice was a real hit last time. How did you mess with the eyes (the red and green) did you photoshop the green in there or did you make alternate inlays? Nice to see you picking away in the shop again. Happy Happy! -Gman
B Benzart Member Port Saint Lucie, Florida Joined: Jan 09, 2004 Posts: 10397	B Benzart Posted posted on Thu, Sep 28, 2006 12:42 PM Yeah, I glued separate inlays for each color,,,Not when I had Adobe Elements on the computer. Just wanted to see what they looked like with green paua inlays. Thanks,Gman.
P Paipo Member Aotearoa / NZ Joined: Jun 22, 2006 Posts: 1886	P Paipo Posted posted on Thu, Sep 28, 2006 1:15 PM He'd look cool with paua or Black MOP too, but the red eyes are good, they make him look like a little devil. Good to see some progress on this little fella, how tall is he?
B Benzart Member Port Saint Lucie, Florida Joined: Jan 09, 2004 Posts: 10397	B Benzart Posted posted on Thu, Sep 28, 2006 4:53 PM Thanks guyz, He is almost 3" tall. Yes Black MOP would be nice. and I May have some.
B Bete Member Joined: Jan 01, 2006 Posts: 490	B Bete Posted posted on Thu, Sep 28, 2006 4:58 PM Looks cool with red or green eyes!
J JohnnyP Tiki Socialite Attica, MI Joined: Nov 23, 2005 Posts: 1695	J JohnnyP Posted posted on Thu, Sep 28, 2006 7:24 PM That black tang you did was one of my favorites, I think Moondance has it. I am glad you are doing another one. The lesson pieces are sweet. I wonder if ther is a way for me to get to CA... JP
K kingstiedye Tiki Socialite sackatomato Joined: Oct 05, 2005 Posts: 1399	K kingstiedye Posted posted on Thu, Sep 28, 2006 7:31 PM the tang is looking so good! man, that zebra wood pendant is amazing. that wood is really beautiful.
P pdrake Tiki Socialite las vegas Joined: Jan 13, 2006 Posts: 1771	P pdrake Posted posted on Thu, Sep 28, 2006 7:32 PM ben, i have some zebra sittting around. seeing your piece makes me want to carve it. how did you finish that? i'd like mine have the same finish.
B Benzart Member Port Saint Lucie, Florida Joined: Jan 09, 2004 Posts: 10397	B Benzart Posted posted on Thu, Sep 28, 2006 8:32 PM PDrake, you will find the Zebra wood will makean Excellent Tang Thanks. Here is the first Ebony one I believe. I can't believe the diffrence between the 2 pieces.
I IsleConch Member Satellite Beach, FL Joined: Jun 04, 2006 Posts: 166	I IsleConch Posted posted on Thu, Sep 28, 2006 9:18 PM Whoa !!! Benz...you're just pumping them out.. BEAUTIFUL as always.
T Tamapoutini Member Aotearoa (New Zealand) Joined: Aug 30, 2006 Posts: 1530	T Tamapoutini Posted posted on Fri, Sep 29, 2006 12:19 AM Love these pendants Benz. Really dig the 'tucked up' feet on the zebra-wood (sexy wood alright!) Kia ora. TTT

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