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A new tiki is born… part 3…

I have done some more work on the mouth. After the bark lips started to fall off, I had to flatten the remainder out, so I had to make the whole face a little deeper in the wood. I am … Continue reading

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A new tiki is born… part 2… and our first technical glitch…

The new tiki is coming alive. There is something sad and very earnest about the eyes that I like, and the big grin might end up looking cute. And yes, I am giving him bangs. HA! The thing is… and … Continue reading

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A new tiki is born… part 1…

Yes, I know it doesn’t look like a tiki yet… this is just a picture of the log… I looked at the log for a while. I found the face that was in the wood… the spirit of this tree. … Continue reading

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I fixed that tiki that made me feel like a racist… even though we all know I’m not one… right???

Here is what it looks like now. You might remember the post I did with a photo of the way it used to look… Once again, let me remind you that when I first used that wood stain/varnish, it was … Continue reading

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I am probably the least racist tiki carver you have ever interviewed… but… um…

Okay, where do I start? The thing is… (hello, old thing)… that I have been neglecting my tiki carving for a while now. I decided to get back into it, and I finished this guy. My clear varnish was dried … Continue reading

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All the cool tikis were there… (or): My daughter really knows how to throw a party… part 2…

I love that my older daughter threw a party that was tropical-themed… because it let me get all my tikis out… Yes, there is… uh… okay, I don’t have a name for that one… but I love it. That is … Continue reading

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Yes, I really do carve tikis… why would I make something like that up?

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The ancient Elvis tiki god has spoken… Trump is a moron!

What, you didn’t know that I carve tikis?

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The me tiki… part 9…

Well, I am still working away at that tiki that is supposed to end up looking like me… I forgot, when I was taking these pictures just a few minutes ago, that I shaved off my goatee a few days … Continue reading

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The me tiki… part 7…

Oh heck yeah… the tiki is really starting to look like me… I used a black marker to color in the shades, and a thin Sharpie marker to make the mustache, goatee and eyebrows look more real. Don’t get me … Continue reading

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