2010 Elsass Tiki Carving by AKUAE Spring update....

Ahola,

big thanks for your replys, Seeksurf, Benella, JohnnyP,
Virani - bonjour Paris :) your Tiki-Mug collection is ROCK n'Roll
Benzart, thanks for you kindly words - if one time you would like to visit Europe - the door is open :) and the black forest with great
Tiki logs is very near :D

bon week end - we have to put the wedding AKU in a package this evening - tomorrow morning departure to Sion in Switzerland

bye
Akuae

Aloha,
here some news from Alsace,
last weekend i met HAKAI at the 2008 Hangar - great moment with a great Tiki at a very great place in the Alpes in Switzerland - what a fantastic moment, many great cars and motorbikes, Rockabilly, sweet Pinups :)
and than you can hear the chainsaw of Haikai :)
George says : What else :)

here some pics of new Akuae Work

some Avocado Aku's - thanks Kai for the idee very smoth to carve

also some new Tiki Knifes are finished now it's a little Aku Army :)

and here the new bigger Tiki, i called him HEADHUNTER
a about 60 cm basswood piece
i worked on it this week end and i hope to finishe him very soon, can't wait to see him finished, can't wait ......

some update pics will following soon
great night to you

bye
Akuae

Bonjour mon ami !

WOW so much new work !

This head hunter will be a super nice guy for sure... take care of him and pay attention to your head :lol:

Benjamin.

The headhunter is looking great! It also looks like it could be a tiki playing the drums if you decide not to do a headhunter. :wink:

VERY Coopl stuffAkuae, you are really carving some Sweet pieces. Nice and Clean looking, your personalized style is really developing nicely!.

Yes, HEADHUNTER is coming along NICE!
The little guys are cool also.

On 2008-07-14 14:35, AKUAE wrote:

some update pics will following soon

Any update?

Stuff looks Great! i like the lil guys definatly!
really cool!

Aloha
hope all is OK for you

Ben, merci
Benzart thanks i try to find my own style but looking of the work of all you guys
a little bit copying is great inspiration
thanks BigT a drummer like SLIM JIM PHANTOM of the Stray Cats with a Tiki head
why not :) a very good idee for a next project
thanks seeksurf big waves to you :)
thanks JhonnyP and Tiki Duddy
hope you will enjoy some update pics of the Headhunter........
after a great carving session this morning "Heady" will become some new lines.
perhaps this afternoon some other carves with a big cool Mai Tai ....... Dream.......

Mahalo
Akuae

Wow very cool! Nice work he is really coming out now.
The head is great i was wondering what it was going to be.

Aloha,

thanks Seeksurf
for the moment the wood is perfect
i hope the head will not crack off :(

great summer holidays for all of you - some new updates will following
soon

greets
Akuae

Aloha
here some new Alsace-Tiki-Shots
after great summer holidays, much of Mai Tais and some great carving sessions
i will send you some new pics........
Sorry Benella, my Headhunter is not finished :) for the moment

new MOAI

little SHIFTHEADY

and GUINESS

bye
AKUAE

YOOHOO, a lot of nice new stuff here my friend !

What kind of wood did you use ?

The moai is perfect with a perfect grain, how will you finish it ?

Mahalo,

Benjamin.

Whoah! You are cranking them out! I really like the Maoi, what kinda wood is that?

Nice! You have your plate full my friend.

Keep us updated.

Hello Guys,

thanks Ben,
the MOAI is out of ACACIA, really crazy colors and nice for carving
a little bit hard but OK
i will finishe him after some more sanding sessions with a smooth colorless stain
i hope the grain will shining

thanks surfin
ACACIA wood normaly used by a good friend of mine for his BBQ :)
He had tonnes of great wood at home - i will not be workless for the next months

thanks Seek
some updates will following soon - i have to finish my HEADHUNTER and GUINESS :)

cheers and nice week end

AKUAE

Aloha,
after some TIKI FREE months the carving virus is back in me

Great weather here in France so i have spend some hours in the backyard for carving

The HEADHUNTER is now finished - hope you enjoy
and some other projects will following soon.

see ya
AKUAE

Very well executed. Nice!

"Executed" HAHA!
Very cool!

Love it.

AKUAE, Nice to see you back posting your works Love the texture of your Head Hunter guy. Do you have more works in the works?

Great job! I really like the eyes & mouth stitch going on.

Elsäss is back !

Perhaps this detail means that the HEADHUNTER has remained too long at the bar... :wink:
Also good work on the head!

J.

Can't believe ou eyes! Excellent !

thank you all for your messages thats a pleisure to show my work

Yes BENZART some new projects and pixs will following soon

i will get married at the 11 July so before this important date a lot of things we have to
organize....... not a lot of time for carving but, but the summer holidays will
be hopefully a great moment for carving

The Alsace crew with Vincent a Seb also working on some great TIKI Stuff so i hope
they will also put on TC her pixs

bonne soiree
greets
AKUAE

AWESOME CARVE !! AKUAE I really like the headhunter look and stitching. MORE !!!!! BUFFBAD

Hey Guys,

sorry but for the moment nothing new
I'm now a happy husband and hopefully next weeks i will have some time to carve
new stuff

this year the HANGAR ROCKIN in Switzerland was a great moment with my friends
to say goodbye at my life before the wedding....
Beer, Cocktails great Hot Rods and CITRUS TIKI CARVING

some pixs

see ya

AKUAE

damn! how did i miss your thread? some beautiful work there my friend. someone did some nice work on that vw. while i prefer the karmann ghia that beetle sure looks sweet. next week when you're an unhappy husband start carving again!

bd

Hi Big Daddy,

thanks
the beetle is mine and yes, some hours of work are on it but it's a cool little riding
machine.

Yes i promise you i will restart my carving works very soon
can't wait to end some other tikis

Aloha
Akuae

ciao Tiki World,

some weeks aeh, months passed and yes some new projects restarted
and the pics will following soon
here some pics of a great Woodcarver in the Italien Alpes
There are absolute perfect carvers in these mountain villages
i bought some wood there, very smoth and perfekt for carving
so the winterevenings will be filled with hopefully new projects

i wish you a great evening

AKUAE

Holy Cow....you got any more pics of "alps" carvings....would love to see more!

Hi Conga,

here some more pics of the devil and some other crazy ones,
the guys there, in the alpes named HERRGOTTSSCHNITZER that seems " Carvers of God "
normaly they do only carvings like Jesus, Jesus at the cross, Biblepersons and persons
frome the mountains, Hunters, Famers and so on
But one of them are very crazy and his house is full of devils, monsters ......no TIKIS
but unfortunatly closed

so here some updates pics.......
i do some MOAI KNIFES and a new hawai Tiki this time

so some others will following soon ... i hope and also
bigger projects have to be done

have a nice evening
bye
AKUAE

Looking great!! Keep 'er coming!

Those Moai knives are "da bomb"!

Aloha!

Marcus

Excellent stuff AKUAE, your handles are really nice. What kind of wood is that you got?
That carver is Really into Devilish stuff hey, Must have been very inspirational to see that Awesome detail and high degree of perfection

Excellent cool new stuff Akuae.

The devil on top of page seems alive !

Benjamin.

Happy new Year to all artists here on TC
here some update pics - hope you enjoy

Surfintikin,Aweulekuula,Ben thanks for your visit
Benzart : the wood i use now is a special wood from the Alpes in Italie, grows only over 1400 m high in the mountains and smells very, very sweet - its named "Zirbelkiefer" a sort of pine
since i have this wood at home we have this smell in all the rooms :)

mahalo
AKUAE

Love em

Hey watch out, you're gonna be a Moai Expert before you know it!

Nice Moai serie Alex!

On 2009-12-03 14:07, AKUAE wrote:

And how become this one ?

J.

still in progress Jerome
not very cool to find some carving time ......... to much snow in Alsace

see ya

Love the tiki handles and the cool places you go!

Ciao,

thanks Seek for your visit
here some update pics of the new one - for Jerome
some sanding sessions will following soon

hope you enjoy
see ya
Akuae

Of course we enjoy ! Great carve.
Sand it smooth, smooth, smooth and show us the masterpiece.

Mahalo,

B.

He's looking like he will become a Well respected member of the Tiki Community, Love the deep detail, AND Look at all his brothers hiding behind him there!!

COOOL!

Hey! Hey! Hier kommt Alex... :wink:

YES! Sooo cool! Thank's for update and continues to share your progress on this guy!

J.