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Whatcha makin?

Thanks for stopping by conga.
You're never too late to jump in here.

Jeff, glad you asked.
This is just your garden variety,
short armed,big butt,shell eyed
Tahitian kind of guy.

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amate posted on Mon, Mar 12, 2012 8:12 AM

I like them rough and chubby. :)

Now thats Carving Deep! A great rough figure to start carving.

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amate posted on Sat, Mar 17, 2012 4:55 PM

He's loosing some of the rough but not the chubby! :) Looks about ten feet tall in that photo.

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Very nice Will...

Lookin' forward to watching the progress on this one...

N

^^^ I agree. Great looking piece already. Cant wait for more.

That's a cool little stubby guy!

I went with the uncle fester look for
this Tahitian God.

B

Cool Tiki Willie boy, I see you liking those Butts a lot and this guy has a nice one. Nice work.

This guy has great posture. He actually looks like he's floating above the base. Nicely done!

N

Very nice Will! Love the shell eyes and def has the uncle fester look to him. Great color to the wood as well.

Love the chubby fella...great carve!

This is a Hawaiian fish bowl stand.

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laojia posted on Sun, Apr 1, 2012 1:30 PM

Very cool job on the Uncle Fester Will!
And the hawaïan fish bowl will promising...

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He likes big butts and he cannot lie...

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McTiki posted on Sun, Apr 1, 2012 6:19 PM

Awesome works going on here... Much mana...

Mahalo

McTiki

Tahitian guy came out great,nice touch with the cowrie eyes,look'n fwd to what you do with the tank stand.

H

That fat guy is one of my favorites. there's such beautiful round lines there. very nice.

I've carved a pile of wood off this Mahogany stump.
I'm not sure if I'm close yet.

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cy posted on Sun, Apr 15, 2012 9:43 AM

That looks great Will carve!

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Oh man this is a cool project!

Thank you for sharing.

Mahalo

McTiki

Wow! I've seen a lot of Hawaiian stuff like that, been wanting to try.

looks like this is going to be really cool...keep going!
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[ Edited by: Atomic Mess 2012-04-17 03:48 ]

Oh Man! that's no simple carve going on here. Nice work!

Here come Moe, Larry & Curley

Fish bowl, punch bowl, or Will Carve's personal tiki mug?

Looks great!

T

Well done WC! I think this would look killer in a dark color too. Love the hands. Would love to know how you separated those three guys. Very carefully, right? :lol:

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Wheres the Moko?

These guys look killer!

Mahalo

McTiki

You've got quite the imagination! Great job!

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very nice Will...I like it.

and that shark is way scary!

A

I don't know how some of you guys come up with this stuff. Very 8)

Sweet
Time for the cat to go bobbing for shark

H

simply original.

T

Seeing this thread for the first time, and I'm blown away! Incredible stuff! Endlessly creative! Love it!!!

First Time!!?? Where have you been hiding?

Thanks Hilda,
My Moko looks like my hand writing, chicken scratch.
Just for the record.
I'm good with being discovered any time, thanks.
I'd be fine being called an over night success,
& I've been carving all most 10 years.

I'm lovin it will carve. Takes a lotta time.

I don't normally work on 2 projects at a time
no less finish 2 at the same time.
Along with my shark tank, at a friends request,
I made this for Ken, void of detail.
I hoped he'd like it and want to paint it.
He did & does.
Sooo,
first it's up to UPS.
then it's up to LLT.
Cant wait to see how that goes.

..........

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Nicely done Will...that's pretty rad.

I've thought about doing some panel-type stuff for the walls lately. This is good stuff!

Cool carve! I started a flat board but am having trouble keeping the non-grain sections from splintering and cracking off ... does that make sense? Maybe I need sharper knives!

On 2012-04-30 08:05, Captain Jack wrote:
Maybe I need sharper knives!

One of the biggest things I picked up from Benzart is how to sharpen. I have found that sharpening is a fine craft all on its own. Thats why I prefer the disposable blades! If you can find a class close to (Woodcraft??) where you live its worth the money. A dull chisel is more dangerous than a sharp one - believe it or not.

Nicely done Will - I look forward to seeing what LLT does with it!

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amate posted on Tue, May 1, 2012 3:52 AM

Love both the paint and the wood.

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COOL Stuff Willie, much easier when you need no detail!

I submit for your amusement,
an old standard classic.
My version of
Te Rongo & his 3 sons.
Done in Navel Oak.
The hardest wood I've ever carved.
Grog gonna like.

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wow...I bet that took awhile...

I really wanna see what those 3 blocks turn into...

Coming down around my grandfather's birthday...beginning of June...I'll call you.

A

I really wanna see what those 3 blocks turn into...

Could be handles?? :)

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