Tiki carver san diego

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Courtesy photo. When homeowner Ann Knight was notified that her aged palm tree had to come down because it was too close to electrical wires, she said her husband Bruce suggested they hire a woodcarver to create a tiki statue from the tree stump. Richards, who is an award-winning member of the International Wildfowl Carving Association, and Pacific Southwest Wildlife Arts, divides his time between his homes in Encinitas and Utah.

At age 55 Richards retired in from a local business and said he wanted to start carving wood after being inspired by decoys he had collected since the s.

He sketched his work on grid paper first, and said he thought the Hawaiian welcome tiki would be a good fit for their front yard. It took about 30 hours of carving the stringy wood between rainstorms, as the power tools just turned it into what looked like shredded wheat, he said.

So he hand-carved with chisels and gouges to create the Hawaiian welcome tiki.