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\"Tiki<\/a>My tiki carving seminar this year was a bigger success than I hoped, judging by the response from the participants. “Tiki Lee’s” posted his finished project recently. It turned out great<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Aaron's<\/a>So did Aaron’s version.<\/p>\n

This summer has been a busy one for me, so I have not planned on doing another class this year, though that may change. But I did start planning for next year. I asked Bob and Leroy at Oceanic Arts<\/a> to teach a class. I was very excited when they didn’t say ‘no’ right away. But, today they said they just felt it wasn’t something they would be able to make the time for.<\/p>\n

I’ll start looking around for another carver or two to head up the future Coon Tiki<\/a> classes. Benzart <\/a>is always a first choice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My tiki carving seminar this year was a bigger success than I hoped, judging by the response from the participants. “Tiki Lee’s” posted his finished project recently. 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