Wonderful world of wplugger

I'm going to Las Vegas next week. 21 - 25th
Frankie's is a must see.
That place reads like a roll call of every
artist on Tiki Central and I want to be amongnst'um.
I offered up carved beer taps. No, they don't serve draft. But, they would like a hand carved Tiki muddler.

Then I needed a way to display it.
The base is cement with coarse sand & rock around PVC.
I sand blasted down to the chatahoochie, & poly

I plan to bring it to Frankie's on wed 24th on TC night.
Think they'll like it ?

If they don't like it, you can give it to GROG.

Nice lines on that tiki. What kind of wood is it?
And what's a muddler???

Very Nice

This muddler is cherry wood we think.
It's a small [usually] bar tool used to muddle up leaves & fruit & other things that go into exotic drinks.
you don't want to smash them, just break them up to extract the oils & juices.

Very nicely done Will, I love the idea for the stand.

What you can't see in the picture of the base is that when you walk past it all of the stones in the base sparkle. I doubted it would work - but it really came out out great!

Now we need an update on your 3-Wanged Tang!

Will and Tom, I'll be in town this Fri and Sat, would like to meet, let's do p.m.s!

I.m back from Las Vegas &
Frankie's was the bomb.
They sure know how to show
ya a good time there.
Met Mrsmiley &
sorry GROG they kept the
muddler.

I saw all the great stuff from TC artists
but, who did this ? it's outstanding.

We stayed in downtown & 2 things
caught my eye.
one was the guy who wrote your name
on a grain of rice. no pics.
The other was the guy who would
sculpt your face in clay, for 39.00.
While you wait. & he was good.

Glad to see you had a good time and your muddler was well received. IMHO it will probably be used more for crowd control - that thing is the size of a baseball bat.

Mike, my bartender at Frankie's made my Frankie's experience memorable
Look at his pic. He's totally Tiki.
I want to make him a Tiki pendant.

POOF He's a Tiki pendant.

I'm gona send it to him.
Hope he likes it.

When I told Tom my project he gave me 1/2 of the square dowel he had just cut for himself.
He did the other side.

[ Edited by: wplugger 2010-03-09 05:05 ]

Way to go Will, nice stuff! I've been carving for two years and just posted some pictures a few days ago myself glad I did. Let's see more!

On 2010-03-07 06:16, wplugger wrote:

POOF He's a Tiki pendant.

They are very similar. The art of caricature in a tiki pendant!

Bravo!

J.

Well These are really looking Great Plugger, and to think you were dragged kicking and screaming into the carving scene as I remember and wanted nothing to do with it? You have come a Long way my friend.

Oh Yeah, These are Really Excellent

Jerome you know what you're looking at.
I bought a book "how to carve caricature" & wanted to bring that in to Tiki, but Tiki is caricature.

Ben, I hope you are pleased with the trouble you cause instilling the carve bug in people.Thank you.

[ Edited by: wplugger 2010-03-11 04:50 ]

You need to post some glamour shots of that big Tang!!!

On 2010-03-07 06:16, wplugger wrote:
Mike, my bartender at Frankie's made my Frankie's experience memorable
Look at his pic. He's totally Tiki.
I want to make him a Tiki pendant.

POOF He's a Tiki pendant.

I'm gona send it to him.
Hope he likes it.

[ Edited by: wplugger 2010-03-09 05:05 ]

i was there last night when you called. i thought that was pretty funny when he told me who was on the phone.

At Frankie's, they have the coolest Tiki
door pulls on the restroom doors.
I couldn't wait to get home & make a set
for the barn doors on my new tin shed.

Cool barn door set!

J.

Thats Awesome

Dammit Will, keep messin' 'round and you're gonna learn how to carve! Excellent.

I have got to get some of those!!!

Jerome,
You sunk the hook in me & I
just had to try one for my self.
Not nearly as smooth as yours.
They are not as EZ as you make it look.
It's just pine 1x2 but it works good.

Also the matching key ring
to the tin shed door pulls

On 2010-04-08 04:40, wplugger wrote:

Awesome picture and carves.
No excuse to lose the key :lol:

Benjamin.

Some amazing works come out of your shop. Outstanding work.

THEE ARTIST ALWAYS KEEPS THE BEST FOR HIMSELF!!!!!!!

I met mr smiley at Frankie"s in LV. Nice guy.
He dug my door pulls so I made him one for his
new home bar front door.
http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?mode=viewtopic&topic=35613&forum=20&start=0
I have more Cyprus left from the Mai-Kai roof.
Any one else need door pulls ?

Superb!!!

"Ben, I hope you are pleased with the trouble you cause instilling the carve bug in people.Thank you."

Well Hell YES, I'm Happy!!! But you think it's done now?? You're just getting Started my Friend, soon you will be totally Addicted, I can see it in yourdedication to your carves.. Caricature book?? How Kuel izzat? Just keep plugging away!

Check out the barn size door pulls.

They go on this barn

Tiki Deluxe in Lafayette,IN took me up on my offer.

Will, always good to see your work on top when I make in infrequent stop in "Carving". Great looking mando-sized door pulls - I imagine that's what the handles on the pearly gates will look like when I make it up there :D

Very nice love those handles. How cool is that!

How bout those good looking door pulls ?
Is that a common mid west barn or,
the entrance to a Trader Vics ?
Tiki Deluxe made the mounting plate.

And I started this last week

[ Edited by: wplugger 2010-09-21 08:17 ]

The door pulls look. What happened to the one that went to Vegas?

The new one is looking good - how big is it?

tom, it's in this tiki bar . . .

http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?mode=viewtopic&topic=35613&forum=20&start=75

On 2010-09-21 04:51, wplugger wrote:
How bout those good looking door pulls ?
Is that a common mid west barn or,
the entrance to a Trader Vics ?
Tiki Deluxe made the mounting plate.

[ Edited by: wplugger 2010-09-21 08:17 ]

Looks fantstic !

And I started this last week

I like, I like.

Saw it last night - you need to post an update!

I don't normally post progress shots because,
I'm not always sure if I'm making progress.

[ Edited by: wplugger 2010-09-30 14:09 ]

[ Edited by: wplugger 2010-09-30 17:24 ]

Damn Sir, you are getting pretty good there, you'll be caught up with me soon!!

VERY EXCITING....JUST WHAT WE ALL NEED TO GET
EXCITED ABOUT FALL CARVING!

Thanks Ben but,
you may have taught me every thing I know but you haven't taught me every thing you know.
Yet

That's shapin' up to be one fine lookin' pole Will!

Great carve so far, but what are you going to do with the bottom half? Is this guy going to stand on another guy's head, or are you going to cut the log in two, or...?

Really tall platform shoes.

Yo9u DIK That Is the badest start I ever done did Seen!!

He's carving that with the 1/4" chisel sitting next to it!! I'd love to see what you could do with some really good chisels?