Will carve

I love Mango, I want to marry him. :)
Its amazing how much character you are able to put in your pieces. Wood seems to be such a hard medium to work with.

Awesome little carve...I thought it was palm at first too...looks very similar.

hmmmm...my mom has a mango tree & she mentioned that she wants to cut it down because the mangos attract rats...

Looks like I may have some of that stuff to play with soon...

Little guy came out great.

I don't know how you guys can do this small intricate work. It must take the patience of a saint. It looks great

On 2012-09-10 10:42, Will carve wrote:

Now that is one great photo! Love the new one buddy. I need to come see you again soon. Have some spots outdoors that need to be filled and I know just the thing...

wow....that is a great pic...

kudos Will...

How much for these tiki statues and do you do other carvings. My web site is alohatikicreations.com I am looking for anything tiki to sale and put on our web site. tikijohn

lol...good luck trying to score something from the Anders museum of awesomeness...

so whatcha makin' next Will?

[ Edited by: pjc5150 2012-09-26 15:19 ]

Good news!
Mango the Fertility God
gets to keep his snippy.
She liked it.

Normally I don't show till I have something to show.
The verdict is still out on this one.
Palm is funny in the stages it goes through.
Starts out too fresh & ends up too rotten.
Catch it at the right time & it's the best.
This is the next 5 ft past that last fat boy I did
& it's not much better than the first 3 ft.
It's like carving wet smelly rope & the center
falls apart in your hand.
I'll work it a lil more but it won't be the best.
It looked so good at first & I still have a 5 ft
piece left.
I know,
I'll give it to Tom.

[ Edited by: Will carve 2012-09-27 09:51 ]

Never seen a log like this one. its soggy, stinky and you can actually push on it and water comes out. If you need to borrow my extensive knowledge and experience with crappy wood I will gladly share. I will tell you that you removed the best part for carving - whoever told you to "carve deeper" should re-evaluate their philosophy. KISS it and be done with it!

hmmm...shrunken head tiki??

On 2012-09-27 11:48, AlohaStation wrote:
Never seen a log like this one. its soggy, stinky and you can actually push on it and water comes out. If you need to borrow my extensive knowledge and experience with crappy wood I will gladly share. I will tell you that you removed the best part for carving - whoever told you to "carve deeper" should re-evaluate their philosophy. KISS it and be done with it!

Good stuff! Ha!

Mahalo

McTiki

This thing was like carving a fern Tiki.
You know, one of those carved out of ficus roots
or something, but, wet.
Yuck.
When it drys it will firm up. Stain & poly & it
will be fine.
I was lucky to ruff the shape out of it.
Forget any detail.
Not one of my faves.

Next up
I was so pleased with Mango the pendant
I'm going to try a gear shift knob
for my 53 chevy.
It's a column shift.

very cool!

Here's Mangos brother Shifty.
Took these pictures &
I'm so pleased with my
delicate lil carving.

10 minutes later,
after a back flip off the bench.

Glued, doweled & clamped, he's drying now.
Guess we'll see how that goes.

as I was scrolling down I was thinking to myself "that's gonna break"....and then I got to the bottom...

bummer dude..

sweet little shift knob though...

I told ya so - you needed to cut him off the base! Its better that he broke now than when he was finished and installed. Bummer! Hope the dowels work.

Ouchy Will carve that hurts. Hang10 says the worst sound ever is the slurp of an empty tiki mug but I think the snap of a beautiful tiki is worse. Hope he heals.

Gorilla glue will fix anything! I have no doubt that you will restore him to his full former glory. Saturday when you see Tom give him a thump on the head for that "I told you so"! :lol:

at least you didn't drop a chisel on his foot....lol....

These lil guys go quick.
A name like shifty he has to have beady eyes.
He broke a few more times be for I finished.
He won't make it on my car but,
I'll start another one.

A very nice piece with a lot of expression on his face. I'm glad you were able to fix it.

yeah, going that thin on a shift knob was pretty ambitious!

but still a neat little guy for sure...he'd look cool perched on a beer tap!

i agree he would be an awesome handle for a beer tap. cool little guy.

Way kool

OK,
Let's see if I can handle this one with
a more careful hand.
This is Overdrive. Shiftys brother.
This is Ed Roth meet Coco Joe.
It is a hot rod project after all.

Carve deeper - oh wait - maybe not so deep this time!

Beautiful stuff. Can't wait to see this new one take shape.

Mahalo

McTiki

Since I'm cool & current [thank you] I figured I'd
better post something & it better be good.
2 days of no carving because of the hurricane.
Carving's an outside event for me.
Here's progress on Overdrive the shift knob.
I still have a lot of wood to knock off this thing.

nice!

Great carves you got going there Will!

Sweet

I want to see where you're going with the one on the right..... nice flow

Mahalo

McTiki

These lil guys were going quick,
until this one came along.
It's not done so this is an update.
Also I gave shifty the black glaze treatment.
Can ya tell?.
Really, it's isn't some thing you see.
It just makes it look better.

Hmmm...black glaze treatment huh? I'll have to Google that. Does it work on hardwood?

Yes Will, inquiring minds must know what the magic black glaze is. Crushed black obsidian from Argentina? Sacred tar from the LaBrea pits?? Essence of black truffle from France??? Whatever, it makes a big difference, nice work!

OK boys,
Hear comes the secret of the
black glaze treatment.
First you seal your carving
with poly or paint.
Then buy glaze mix at home depo.
Mix with your color black.
Paint it all over, let it dry some.
Then wipe it off as you please.
The black left in the cracks & folds
will make the detail pop.
It's a kin to burning for contrast,
but more controllable & less Neanderthal.

those are cool

Neanderthal?

hey! I resemble that remark!

No. GROG resemble that remark.

Damned TC always making double post for GROG!

[ Edited by: GROG 2012-11-06 14:13 ]

Damn! All this time I thought it was Cromagnon...

Actually it's GROGLODYTE, but we're getting off-topic here. Back to carving.

Fire BAD!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIuR5TNyL8Y

Here we go

awesome! that came out great!

now about that steering wheel....

Shifty is a work of art Will, looks like he was born in the jungle! Nice.