pandas eat 40 pounds of bamboo a day

masks and shadow boxes

Tandem event trophies for the  Steel Pier Classic, Virginia Beach.

Back Bay sunset

The Kwiatkowski's Back Bay dock tiki. Cindy Graf's dynamite photo. 

Roberto Duran surfing in Panama

Walking around South Beach before our flight to Panama my friend Juan sees Roberto Duran cruise by in a convertable and screams 'El campion, el campion!' Juan has his camera out and starts snapping photos, and begs Duran to pose for some shots. Duran agrees and ends up parking, taking off his shirt, flexing- still acting every bit the champ. He joins us at a cafe with his entourage for drinks and graciously answers all of Juan's questions. My spanish is worthless so Duran's nephews talk to me about architecture. I am surfing 'lin'ers days later.

Ancient carvings found

Sea creature teeth carved into tikis found in dunes of Sandbridge! Were they left by a nomad tribe of wandering aboriginals? Are they pirate treasure stash? Part of a Viking expedition? My wildest imigination believes all of it. Or maybe they are the latest set of mini carvings I did recently.

surf & adventure keychains and necklaces

Brought in new keychains and necklaces to Surf & Adventure today. This will be the last batch of these models- get 'em now for yourself and as the perfect stocking stuffer. I'm going to Grubby Clark these molds and make way for the 2011 crew of awesomeness.

Group photo

Getting ready for my display at the Wicked 10k expo. Finishing up the bigger guys. Just have to oil them and their set... pretty happy with this batch.

Afternoon carve party

 Green palm, green apple, dry cedar.

Wicked 10k trophies 2010

I finished all 144 a couple of weeks ago. This is carving and staging before being oiled and fixed to be hung.  

cedar buddha

cedar masks and flat oak tikis

Cedar head

Mailbox tiki... finished

After a bit of  hangup (here) I put the mailbox together and got it solid for the Harris family. 

carving a tiki at Surf & Adventure

Midnight madness sale last Thursday. Worked for a couple of hours and made a good start. 

no hidden meaning, just therapeutic

Take a deep breath and start drawing. It makes me feel better

cedar carving

The latest. I really like cedar. Such nice color.

a slice of the process

Draw it.

Make a rough template.

Play around with router bits, depths, and designs.

Still working on scraps before moving on to pilings.

And., a tip about pouring molds.

Do the math and know what volume needs to be filled before mixing and pouring. Just winging it may leave the originals showing. Pour over top and wait another 16 hours.

like a birds imprint upon the sky

Boxed canvas, poured plastic, cardboard and oils. Just finished after sitting on for the better part of 2 years. I might wake up tomorrow and paint over it... figured I'd post it first.