Long time no carvings!

Hey, my lil' guy has just found a long lost relative.

Nice carve, clean lines with the bit of rough surface area brings a nice classical touch to it. I'd say that it doesn't need any feet. When you say close to being done what do you mean? It looks like a finished piece to me.
Hats off to you.

GROG - Sorry about that.

Slacks Ferret - Mahalo. Good in a ugly way.

Benz - Thanks, Ya those dam ugly chisel marks. They always bug the crap out of me. :) Yes hands and feet but
he is getting so dry and hard its tough to work with.

Mooney - good to see you drop buy.

benella - Always good to hear from you.

TheBigT - Mahalo Glad you like.

coconuttzo - Mahalo Yes they are related big time.
Close to done meaning hands, feet left and finish.

double post?

[ Edited by: seeksurf 2010-07-08 20:08 ]

SMOKIN'!!!!!!!!!!!!

Glad I'm retired......

I'm with you GMan....Seeks is pushing me into retirement too :)
Can't wait to see this one finished!

Words fail once again...

Amazing work Craig!

To good to be true! :) no really wow, my hat is not off it flew away :)

GMAN - Thanks for the SMOKIN!!! Im thinking you will come out
of retirement hotter than Jordan style.

congatiki - Mahalo No retirement for you.

Dave - Mahalo for the amazing. I don't know how long this guy took
but it was a crazy amount of hours.

Clarita - Mahalo Go get your hat back on!

Same finish as tall lono ( the tar, mineral spirt, jap dryer mix)
Stub will join his brothers @ the tiki bog soon.

WOW.
WOW.
WOW.
Other than than I am speechless.

Dude. WOW is right! I just threw my chisels away..... How did you DO that? I mean, yeah, I saw the progress pics, but... Stunning seeks. Must have been tricky trying to keep those teeth together right where the cracks are. BRAVO.

A++

Yep, Craig just walked up to the head of the class with this guy.

I'll heap some more praise on this guy just like I did on Facebook...

Sick, sick, sick.

He's gonna bring some big time mana to the bog for sure.

Great work Craig!

LOVE IT! DIdn't realize how tall it is, until now with you in the pic!

"Same finish as tall lono ( the tar, mineral spirt, jap dryer mix)"
DO you know what page of your thread this was used on tall lono? I'd like to read about it...

4WDtiki its p.41 works great for the outdoor tiki. Tall Lono has been outside
2 years and he is still kicking it.

The old school tar is hard to find. They put fiber in the stuff now.
I used none fiber on Stub It looks and fills like black paint. I did 2 coats.

Grom Tiki Carver

[ Edited by: seeksurf 2010-07-15 15:21 ]

Amazing! It looks like it belongs in a museum somewhere.
Seeks you got super crazy mad skillz.

BBAADD ASSSS!!! Got to have the recipe for the stain !!!!!

Turned out very nice!! I guess I didn't realize how tall he was either .... impressive work!!

AWESOME! One of my ultimate favorites....

Flawless.
Respect!

Awesome!!
Great Carve....Great Finish!
Astounding!!

:o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o

On 2010-07-15 12:41, seeksurf wrote:

WOW!!!!!!!!! You can be proud of it! Unless it is used for pole to drying clothes :lol: ... I love this finish!

Now THAT is how it is DONE!!
What's the stain you used?

Thanks ya'll for the encouragement.

congatiki - thanks for the 3 WOWs
THeBigT - Mahalo I just go slow and hope i don't mess up to bad.
GROG - The man of few words that have punch thanks.
Dave - Mahalo for the tri-sick.
4WDtiki - Thanks see link below for stain info
Savage Daddy - Mahalo on the props.
CJ - Thanks for the support.
Beachbumz - Mahalo on the AWSOME!
Zeta - Thanks much.
Meheadhunter - Mahalo on the Astounding
laojia - Mahalo Love the dryer reverence. :)
David - Mahalo brother. stain info below.

HERE IS THE STAIN INFO props to The Cockeyed Mayor Of CarvaKaKai

That stain is an old trade secret given to me by an architectual salvage guy who restores old nautical stuff a long time ago...2 parts mineral spirits, 1 part (get this) STANDARD roofing tar, and about 1/2 cup of Japan Dryer. Takes about two days to dry nice. The results on more porous woods, palm especially, are incredible. But you need to give it about two coats of a good matte or satin finish over like Deft or Grumbacher (stay away from that shiny polyurethane slop; number one finish mistake tiki carvers make.)

The Cockeyed Mayor Of CarvaKaKai.

Aw, u look like a proud papa standing next to his child. That is one helluva trophy if u ask me.

TAR??? :o who'd of thought?....great ending to a beautiful carve. :D

Dude this is killer, what an awesome carve buddy!!!! Massive!!!

Holy mother of pearl! Tha's amazing. You cleared the bases with that one. Grand slam!

DAAAAAAAAAAAMN! seeeeeeeeeeks!!!!!!
an awsome carve and a great finish. thanks for sharing the secret formula. im getting ready to stain my cypress and hope that might work and give it that vintage look....cypress has a weird two color banding in it so i have to go dark.

You kick ass bro!

coconuttzo - Mahalo, Love your handle name.

amate - Thanks on the beautiful carve.

Tahitiki - Mahalo on the Massive!!!

KAHAKA - Thanks for the props.

CC - Thanks again for dropping buy.

Im still waiting for any TC'er to come visit me @ The Tiki Bog. IF you are ever on the
WA coast pm me for directions whether im there or not. Its a camping spot next to the beach.

Grom Tiki Carver

[ Edited by: seeksurf 2010-07-20 12:22 ]

[ Edited by: seeksurf 2010-07-22 22:43 ]

WOW! That guy is incredible.....and the finish on it is fantastic.

Seeks,again this guy is fantastic!!!!!

very nice!

Seeks, This one turned out PERFECTLY, you are a Perfect Carving Machine. I Love how you carved the detail Deep but not so deep it takes away from the piece. How do you get it SO Perfect?
All I can say is WOW WOW WOW.
HappyHappyHappy

Cyborg. Too good for a human to carve that cleanly.

seek...
you ARE a FREAK
with them chisels!
clean and crisp and beautiful!
Great work!

seeksurf -

This is my one-thousandth post on TC. I'm honored to have this post on this thread, commenting on your carving prowess and the resulting pieces of A1+ art that grace these pages.

I've been watching for a while and admiring for just as long...I really can't offer anything new that hasn't already been said here but let me just say that I understand the buzz created by your work, man!

All the best, keep up the inspiring posts and maybe one day I can see some of these works in person.

seeks, maybe I'm the one one, but I'm interested in how you're mounting that tiki. I see you're pouring a sonatube for a concrete base, but how will the tiki be attached? A closeup pic of that would be nice. :wink:

skootiki - Mahalo for the WOW

Watango - Thanks for checking Stub out again.

claq50 - thanks

Benz - 1000 Mahalo's I dont know? I look at him and think about him 24-7 when im knee deep in. It takes alot out of me. Again thanks to you Im a ok carver. Your works have given me most of my inspiration and drive.

GROG - Thans for the non-human thing. But why does it hurt my
body?

little lost tiki - Mahalo. I try hard.

TikiG - Mahalo Very kind of you. Would be cool to see ya @ the tiki bog some day.

4WD - Man i did not take any pics of the rebar. The closest pic
is of tall lono. I use 5/8 Rebar and drill as far as my base allows. I pour monkey glue in the hole and pound the rebar in.

Grom Tiki Carver

[ Edited by: seeksurf 2010-07-22 16:30 ]

Man, I love this piece. Great work!

Thats fantastic how did you get all the detail?

Seeks.....you're an inspiration. I plan on finishing my KU very soon and then i'm going to start on my next full body. I know what I am capable of and you have set the bar that I plan to achieve.

On 2010-07-20 10:19, seeksurf wrote:

That stuff is totally :o :o :o
Hope to have the luck to visit this tiki bog in my life 'cause it's really amazing.

Mahalo,

Bennno

You're truly one of the masters around here, Mr. Surf.

Your beautiful massive new carvings from some luscious looking wood are a joy to behold.

[ Edited by: kountzyro 2010-07-23 14:31 ]

On 2010-07-20 10:19, seeksurf wrote:

Da man at work! Cool pic...

One day Tiki Bog become a national treasure!

J.

AMAZING Seeks!!!! Looks like it belongs in the Bishop museum in Hawaii!!!! Your an Incredable artist my friend!!! I'll go back to my surf cave now!!!

That is really beautiful work. The details are so crisp!

Dude, stay out of the cemetary. Dead people are scary!

Ha! j/k

Nice start on the surfboard tiki!

Very very nice!