I bought a 12 foot by 7 1/2 inch wide piece of basswood a month ago.
I was not sure where to go with it, but looking at the cool panels that were displayed at the La Luz "Art of Tiki" gave me inspiration.
Progress was made this week.
I sketched four different plank like figures.
I lease a beautiful copy machine at work, so I enlarged my sketches to the width of the plank and transferred them on.
I wanted a landscape scene on the bottom rather than something that is figurative.
Nose flute?
Top piece is New Caldonia roof piece influenced.
Also hacked lumber out of this cedar table.
Heavy rains are projected this week so will move this into the garage.
The profile was my main concern.
"Coo" received attention also.
Taking out the least amount of wood was my goal on this one.
Teeth and toes are next.
The top will be filled with sand and gladly accept your filled and garnished tiki mug drink.
Sunday, March 3, 2013
Thanks to the Reverend Horton Heat for making me feel like a cool dude and putting me on the guest list at the Wonder Ballroom Saturday! Guttermouth opened with a strong and energetic fun-fest, followed by one of my favorite Rev shows. The addition of Jello Biafra for a few songs really added to the scene and my man Hoss on stage for a song wearing a Frog Island Tiki t shirt made my chest bulge out with pride. I stumbled out with the happy, sweaty crowd sometime after midnight thinking that after all these years they are hard to beat in the live show arena.
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"Fork, Knife, and Spoon."
Buoy Boys.
"Ku"
Poplar.
"Many Menehunes"
Cedar.
"Nemo"
cedar
"Sawyer"
"Top Knot"
"Chance"
"Upside Down" was a commissioned piece.
"Foxtrot" is named for the antique store where he was purchased.
"Captain Fritz"
"Gretsch"
"Dewey"
Bad Medicine"
"Mr. Devlin's Luau"
"Lily"
Tiki Central art swap piece "Seasons".
"Benny"
"Joaquin"
"No Wake"
"Jack"
"Restless Natives"
"Skeptic"
Tiki Central art swap piece "Enchanted Tiki Room"
"Bardoon"
"Darwin"
"Punchy's Brother"
"Mark"
"Medley"
"Lloyd"
The middle jelutong piece is the only shot I have of "Ward"
"Herb and Al"
"Koko"
"Brunswick"
Tiki Central art swap "Hawaiian Shirts"
"Totem"
"Cannibal's Cauldron"
"Nina"
"Pele Lani"
"Orson"
The top.
"Tsuga"
"Ben"
Lighting by TikiSkip.
"Dyson"
"Lonnie"
Tiki Central Swap
"Orville"
"Makemake"
"Tika"
"Nelson"
"Maka Puke"
"La Tsunami"
"Barry"
This is a bass wood sign I did for a Columbus, Ohio based designer of cool tiki bar lighting.
"Lauderdale"
"Eaton"
"Bernie"
"Ron"
"Stu"
"Surfin' Bird"
"'Ohiki" (Hawaiian for sand crab)
"Power"
"Juan and Atu"
"Beatrice and Giovanni"
"Airic"
"Bob"
One of my personal favs.
"Jared"
Rhymes with Scared.
"Toma"
And this is my favorite as I like his bad attitude.
"Tiki Kabob"
"Tiki Kabob 2"
"Flip"
Named Flip because he is wearing flip flops.
"Paddleman"
"Lucy"
"Growth Pole"
"Kit"
This is a memorial tiki for a friend.
The Real Jimbo
Thanks a lot to Jimbo Wallace. He is the bass player for Reverend Horton Heat and they purchased this tiki and took him home to Texas.
"Sufferin' Bastard"
Four color screen print.
"Black Clouds"
8 color screen print.
"Two Tikis"
8 color screen print.
"Brett Lambo"
8 color screen print done for the Skootiki show here in Portland.
Jimbo, Claude, Juan and Atu, Lombardo, and Airic.
My favorite carving tools.
"Lombardo"
He does use Polident but don't make fun of him.
"Jimbo"
It took most of a year but he is done. He is named after the Reverend Horton Heat's bass player.
He is a made from cedar.
Legba and Mehevi guarding their new digs in the Phillippines.
"Claude"
"El Boracho"
"Hans"
Named by my 9 year old nephew, Max, this was made in 2001 but I never photographed it till now.
Whitey's Frog
Legba
Legbas backside
Screen printed voodoo symbols on Legba
Mehevi
His name comes from a great book titled "Typee" by Herman Melville
Group photo
Flip
The back of Flip
Ali'i
Dick (Deadeye)
mouth and top light up
Willard and Ben
Palm
Gus
Here's an odd little guy, named for gusto as in "go for the." Also bite off more than you can chew. Why have a little when you can have a lot?
"Dong Clock"
Felix
Orin
Frog Island Tikis
About Me
- Frog Island Tikis
- I started carving tikis in 2000 after a trip to Maui. I love and appreciate Polynesian culture, but rather than follow traditional ways, I put my own rather twisted view on the matter. I build each tiki with a protective edge to watch over the owner's well being. Most of them are of redwood or cedar, but my brother-in-law Jimbo brings me excellent palm from California. I start with a chainsaw and then really get into them with chisels, files, and knives. I have read that the ONLY way to breath life into an idol is through use of hand tools, but if primitive man had access to a chainsaw I know he would have used it. Tikis are for fun. Mahalo- CY
Mahogany has a nice smell as you carve.
Too many details.
My style does not include the tedious, so will forgo on all previous efforts.
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