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Well, the new tiki is done…

I know, it is a little lopsided, but, like with some people, it is the flaws that make the face interesting. Here he is with that other tiki I finished a few weeks ago, and with the very first tiki … Continue reading

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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 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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More stuff I see hiding in my fence… part 3…

I almost didn’t see the cute little fish hiding in there. But the baby elephant, I didn’t even need to squint. Okay, it is only his eye and part of his wrinkly little trunk, but still…

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More stuff I see hiding in my fence… part 1…

A turkey… wearing a crown… hey, I don’t make this stuff up.

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I decided to start carving another tiki…

You know, because editing two novels and preparing them for self-publication, designing covers for the books, beginning work on a new novel, getting a kid ready to go away to college, working two part-time jobs,  all while trying to send … 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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