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4WDtiki - Bill's stuff. - first new pics in years

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Thanks guys! I AM carving as fast as I can, because suddenly I have commissions lined up and waiting.
Look for an update pic tonight.

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Update as of today:

I'm not thrilled with the headress on Kanaloa on the left, but my friend loves it, and it's for her so...
I'm liking the Lono, I just need to figure out how to carve the last segments in the headress, and then on to final sanding tomorrow.

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harro posted on Thu, May 29, 2008 8:17 PM

what a great looking pair those two are! I love the headress on the one on the right.

nice work!

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Thanks Harro! Stay tuned for the finished pic on Sunday...

Didn't get to final sanding today, but I did get more of the headress done.

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Looking good!

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YES, I'm Really liking Both headdresses. Nice CLEAN, Crisp detail work!

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Finished!

Well done, Bill.

I love how the headdresses turned out.

4WD,those turned out awesome!! You have a very distinctive style. Great job. I love the color you get too!

Craig

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Outstanding work! clean crisp sharp Nice chopps.
Looks like you spent around a week right? on both?
You are on fire.

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Thanks Kate. I'm happy with Lono's headress, and I've come around to being okay with Kanaloa's. Something about the artist knowing how it was supposed to look. :wink:

Craig, thanks on the color. It's Golden Dark Oak Walnut. Two half-cans of leftover stains, mixed together!

Thanks seeks, yup, both were started last Sunday, and finished this Sunday.

Tomorrow, the start of the next order.

B

dang bill ,your turning into a tiki machine
i really like those guys

Dude!! I have seen your work at the last oasis. And I gotta say that I freakin dig on alot of the Tiki's you carve. One of these days I would like to commision you to do a Tiki for me. Thanks for posting!!

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Paipo posted on Fri, Jun 6, 2008 2:21 PM

There's no mistaking who these are by, whatever style/region you're working in. Great job on both headdresses! Do you do your shadows with the torch? They're always spot-on. I see a lot of tikis that look "overburned" (or underdone!) but you get it just right.

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GROG posted on Fri, Jun 6, 2008 2:23 PM

Good stuff. GROG like.

killer stuff mann!

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Thank you Buzzard, Spermy, Paipo, Grog, and Thomas!
Spermy, did you say Hi at Oasis? I met so many people...:-? But I'm always up for a commission, so lemme know! :D
Paipo, Maybe THAT'S what my 'style' is, consistent shading! :lol:

Speaking of commissions, I have one for Father's Day, and I started it today. here's where I'm at.

I need to work the Dad's name in the top of the headress, and the 4 daughters' names into the back.

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pretty cool,i like the toes

Bill,

Kanaloa & Lono came out excellent. This next one looks to be great, too. Any father would be proud to get that one!

Cheers,

Aaron

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enough to make any dad Proud. Nice stuff 4wheel

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Thanks buzzard, AA, and Ben!

I did just a little more on the Kahuna Jay tiki. (that's what I have to carve into the forehead). I carved in the teeth, and part of the headdress.

While I had the camera out, I took two pics of my work area. I know I'm a month late for Show Your Workspace Month, so what! :P

The outside workshop.

The inside workshop. You can see the outside workshop in the background. :wink:

Today I started another commission, and I used a crazy-dangerous tool I borrowed from my neighbor. It's a regular Skilsaw, but has a vertical chainsaw attachment! :o

It worked perfectly for what I needed done.

These are 37" tall, are 6x8 Doug Fir, and will be going to someone here on TC!

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Finished this tiki yesterday.

and then whipped out this tiki for a graduation gift for a friend's son.
Start to finish time - 3 hours! Yes, bare log at 9:30 AM, to stained tiki at 12:30 PM!

He's about 18" tall.

I was real happy the way it came out, lots of personality in a small package.
I thought about keeping him. :wink:

B

Three hours?? Kill me now! :)

See ya on Saturday! (And hopefully I won't be dead)

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7 days and then 3 hours. You rule dude!!

thats some great work and only 3 hrs wow .
i like kuhna jay ..cant figure out why ..
nice stuff
j

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Here's an update pic on the 4 Moai.

you really have a super clean style Bill..

Very cool. Retro, Art-Deco, Witco!

Man, those are awesome!!!

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No further progress on the Moai quadruplets, but I started a new tiki at the chop, worked on it more today, and here it is.

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Looks great I love the 3rd strong looking leg.

On 2008-06-20 12:43, 4WDtiki wrote:
Here's an update pic on the 4 Moai.

Nice...has a Witco grain type feel....

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Glad you like them, Nelva. I'd hate to have to start over. :lol:

Here's a pic of the chop tiki, which I finished on Monday, which makes it a 3 day tiki. I can't keep up the 3 hour tiki pace. :roll:

This one was not a commission, so it's available...:wink:

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Man, This is an Excellent tiki 4wheel, 3 or however many days, Excellent!

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I finally went back and finished this tiki from a month or more ago.

It's 5 feet tall, and is a trade piece, for front and rear axles for my truck.

That may not sound like a deal to you, but I'm happy.:D

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So today I finished this one:

A couple bought one like it two years ago, and wanted another to go on either side of their front door. It's 3'6".

Then I started and finished this:

It's gonna be a fencepost, I have three more to complete the order.
It's carved out of an 8' peeler core. I left it full length, but the customer will trim it down to 6' when he installs it.

There was still sunlight, so I personalized my carving sawhorse:

Tomorrow, back to the real job. :roll:

On 2008-06-29 17:58, 4WDtiki wrote:
There was still sunlight, so I personalized my carving sawhorse:

Now why didn't I think of that? (I still have to decorate my chisel boxes too.)

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Hey Wheeler,

You should borrow Buzzys, or Mieko's burner and Tikify that little red borro on your saw horsey. :)

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I'll let you do it, next chop! :wink:

Bill!
I wake up from a long nap and WOWEE!
You went off
so many great new pieces!
and the sawhorse....
pure funkified genius!!!!
happy birthday again!

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Nice moai. How in the heck do you get the grain to stand out like that?!

Dude, that is sooooo sweet! Perfect.

On 2008-06-24 17:07, 4WDtiki wrote:
Glad you like them, Nelva. I'd hate to have to start over. :lol:

Here's a pic of the chop tiki, which I finished on Monday, which makes it a 3 day tiki. I can't keep up the 3 hour tiki pace. :roll:

This one was not a commission, so it's available...:wink:

C

You better not be carving my damn logs over there ;P

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Thanks LLT, BigT, and surfinT. :wink:

I get that grain on the Moais to pop with a nylon 'wire wheel' that goes on the end of a drill, and a lot of time!

Clys, logs? What logs? :P

Started another tiki today, here's what I got done.

Damn, I put tools in the shot for scale, and it STILL looks small!
It's five feet tall, or long, since it's not standing.

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Babalu posted on Sun, Jul 6, 2008 7:55 PM

Wheeler - YOUR AN ANIMAL!!

4WD your a pro at carvin those marquesan tikis

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Yesterday's tiki is now a finished tiki.

The customer wanted a second tiki to "match but not match" another tiki they were getting, one I had on hand.

Here's the two together.

Wow, the comissioned fence posts look great.
It would look great as an entry way to a tiki bar as well.
Damn, my wheels are turning again.....

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