pre first carving - Tiki Carving

T tikibad Member Scottsdale AZ Joined: Oct 07, 2008 Posts: 111	T tikibad Posted posted on Sat, Oct 3, 2009 8:50 PM ok its not a carving yet, but a first atempt on the seats of my 67 vw bus, the designing is the same, and I am getting ready to carve. Paipo, among others has really inspired me, and having a wife from NZ doent hurt either. so let me know what you gurs think, it different, I think I pulled it off in good taste, I like it and thats what matters, but I had to share. I wanted the maori design , tribal, and a new zealand tiki, that when you pull out the bed, the three pieces make a full tiki I even made 2 guitars for my kids all pretty qickly the 2 guitars 2 days on the shape and 5 on the other hardware, the design for the seats 4 hrs tikibad scott woodward Image Click 'browse' and choose a file to upload, then click 'Submit'. Your Uploaded Images Images uploaded by you in the last 24 hours: How do I include these images in my posts?
LS Lake Surfer Tiki Socialite Milwaukee, WI Joined: Oct 21, 2002 Posts: 3417	LS Lake Surfer Posted posted on Sat, Oct 3, 2009 9:06 PM The results are very cool, and worked in a media I never would have dreamed of! Nice work! Are you an upholsterer?
T tikibad Member Scottsdale AZ Joined: Oct 07, 2008 Posts: 111	T tikibad Posted posted on Sat, Oct 3, 2009 9:23 PM no just a contractor/artist out of work with alot of ideas, I gave this to the uph shop and they took it from there.
L laojia Tiki Socialite Metz Lorraine France Joined: Feb 04, 2009 Posts: 952	L laojia Posted posted on Sat, Oct 3, 2009 11:51 PM Awesome work here! You've re-built a terrific car... The wood work on guitars promised nice tiki carving to come. J.

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tikibad Posted posted on Sat, Oct 3, 2009 8:50 PM

ok its not a carving yet, but a first atempt on the seats of my 67 vw bus, the designing is the same, and I am getting ready to carve. Paipo, among others has really inspired me, and having a wife from NZ doent hurt either. so let me know what you gurs think, it different, I think I pulled it off in good taste, I like it and thats what matters, but I had to share. I wanted the maori design , tribal, and a new zealand tiki, that when you pull out the bed, the three pieces make a full tiki I even made 2 guitars for my kids all pretty qickly the 2 guitars 2 days on the shape and 5 on the other hardware, the design for the seats 4 hrs tikibad scott woodward