Ben est là's stuff: 03/24 Creative Chimps' masterpiece in Paris !

Hey Benz you're right. To me the nail make me in a mood of the work of the Ancients ! Sometimes I cheat and use 2 nails :lol:

Mahalo,

Ben.

Surgery with opened back :

Mahalo,

Benjamin.

What you doing? finding a center?

interesting...

Hi Seek, no center finding, just digging to the bottom of his back, I hope the new pix are more understandable.

Hi Surfin, thanks.

Mahalo,

Benjamin.

Hey Ben the lil' fellas are lookin great!
3;16

Le guerrier sort du bois...

Good job Bennno! Can't wait to see the little tiny moko...

J.

:wink:

Kia ora,

Tgodz: Thanks. I like your new stuff.
Laojia: Thanks. No new works ? :P :P :P
Gman: :)

Mahalos,

Bennno.

Maori comb out of Grenadill

Mahalo,

Bennno

hey benella, cool comb....wish i had hair to try it out. love the little guy you got going too. cant wait to see the final product.

PS. sorry it took so long to reply to you from my thread. i think it was a few months but had a crazy year that stopped all my projects. im almost done...maybe this weekend.

[ Edited by: Creative Chimp 2010-04-07 13:22 ]

Hi Ben good to her from you. Cool little comb. Have you been working on the little fella?

Hey creative Chimp, thanks for the words. Don't worry about the late answer, I simply hope nothing bad happened to you during last year.

Hey Seek, thanks and yes the little fella got new things to show, I'll take a few pictures asap !

Mahalo,

B.

Just finished, spalted silver birch 15,74 inches (40 cm ):

Mahalo,

Benjamin.

Looking good Ben you have got this down. I think the color looks great.

that looks like it is going to come out great!!!I love the grain in the wood!

Ben your the Marq-Master.......love your style. do some more please......

Yeah, cool! That swirl in the wood really adds to it too.

Thanks dudes, this piece stands at the Born Bad Exotica for the Tiki Tribe Paris ( with pieces of Laojia, Akuae, Bai, Tikiller, Coxico and Joco) with this too:

Stained, waxed metzer basswood.

Mahalo,

Benjamin.

Great piece of work

Nice carving, Benjamin, even though now he is half the man he used to be! :)

Bowie

Me realy like this face.

I have already seen these half faces somewhere :roll: ... Even better in real life!

J.

Excellent pieces Benny, I wish I could do Half that good. These are just Perfect with totally perfect fitting lines and details.

Hi dudes and thanks very much.

New stuff on the bench/floor:

Paua eyes from NZ

Mahalo,

B.

WAY Cool stuff her Ben,
I Love these guys:

And the Maori guy on your bench is gonna be totally Awesome I think.
Just WOW, thanks for posting.

Thanks Benzo, you'll always be my "mentor"

B.

New guy is coming along great. Really different looking.

Cool new ones!

MOKO MOKO MOKO

Get on bro'!

Right On Ben! looks like a nice piece of wood and a great start.

More great work Benjamin!

Congrats on the tiki show!

Laojia made me do it

Great stuff Benella, you sure pack a lot of life into your small
carvings. Can't wait to see more.

On 2010-07-14 03:36, Benzart wrote:
Laojia made me do it

Ha ha! In fact I was talking about the tiny maori warrior... But that, it's a very good idea! Especially what after the exibition that they are here with me ... I can start today! :P :D :P

The Big T: Thanks !
Clarita: Thank you too !
Laojia: Yep, it's coming :wink:
Seeky: Still amazed by your last one !
Lake Surfer: Thanks, I hope to have the luck to be part of a tiki show with some top cavers like you in the future.
Benzo: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Mahalo,

B.

Thanks very much Conga, life is what I try to put in these little pieces of wood and that's the hardest to do.

Update today on the maori warrior:

And a Hei matau out of basswood.
This one is a gift for the birthday of a super nice friend you all heard of here on TC, he's a famous french pendant maker now!
I'm late for it but this hook is close to be finished:

Hope he'll enjoy it !

Mahalo,

Benjamin.

[ Edited by: benella 2010-07-23 11:32 ]

:D :D :D A little late or very early for next year ... :roll: :roll: :roll: Thank you bro'!

Cool work on the maori, now the MOKO!

Love the Warrior! He's got some great character to him!

Cool! the maori warrior is coming to life.
Humm must be the other French dude that had a B-day.
Always a open camp spot for you guys @ the tiki bog.

Cool! the maori warrior is coming to life.
Humm must be the other French dude that had a B-day.
Always a open camp spot for you guys @ the tiki bog.

On 2010-07-15 23:48, laojia wrote:

On 2010-07-14 03:36, Benzart wrote:
Laojia made me do it

Ha ha! In fact I was talking about the tiny maori warrior... But that, it's a very good idea! Especially what after the exibition that they are here with me ... I can start today! :P :D :P

I have to learn to read a little more carefully. I though you actually intended to add those details to your carve. With all respect to Benzart I kinda like him without the crosseyes!

Laojia: :wink:

Lake: Thanks, still lots of things to add...

Seek: Thanks (2 times)

Grand Poobah: Yep cross eyes are not class, but I can tell my wife liked this piece with the benz'touch !

Here is what happened last week end in a small town where the Tiki Tribe came :

Almost 5 footer guy:

And here is how it happily finished:

Mahalos,

Ben.

Half an hour later, here is he with his tiki pals. He seems happy...

(thanks again my friend)

Thanks for the picture,
I'm sure he would love the song "taboo" from "Virani is beachcombing in outer space" !

Hey!!!
Congrats Ben for this carving!
Congrats Jimmy for the new tenant in your tiki bar!
You should have waited until the emotion is gone before taking the photo, she is a little fuzzy. :roll:

See ya bro'!

J.

Well done ben. This wood looks hard as a rock.
You guys are amassing alot of tikis over there.

Benella!
Still going strong I see. Great stuff!

Grtz