Black Velvet Vahines - General Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Mon, Oct 21, 2002 7:49 PM On 2002-10-16 21:33, tony_velvet wrote: I'll probably be checking out Otto's Shrunken Head in NYC Saturday night. Before I think a gallery will pay attention to me, I need to take it to the next level. That is how Leeteg started, too, a very good tradititon...when I was at the Tahitian Lanai in Waikiki (RIP), I inquired about a back bar velvet painting and got to visit the artist, David Voss. You should offer those three new Tiki Bars in New York a painting each as decor and have a pricelist/catalogue available for their interested customers. Galleries ask up to 50% comission. You could circumvent that by building a good website, going on e-bay, and selling on Tiki Central. While Tiki carvings and Tiki mugs are being produced again, Black Velvet Wahines are very hard to find and you should do well with that quality of work! They are an essential element of the traditional Tiki bar, and people will want them to decorate their's, it will just be a question of price. (I myself have only a black velvet nude made in Tijuana, which kinda passes as exotic/Polynesian). When you are ready, I can recommend you to Doug Nason (Copro/Nason) and Martin MacIntosh (Outre Gallery Melbourne)

On 2002-10-16 21:33, tony_velvet wrote:
I'll probably be checking out Otto's Shrunken Head in NYC Saturday night. Before I think a gallery will pay attention to me, I need to take it to the next level.

That is how Leeteg started, too, a very good tradititon...when I was at the Tahitian Lanai in Waikiki (RIP), I inquired about a back bar velvet painting and got to visit the artist, David Voss.

You should offer those three new Tiki Bars in New York a painting each as decor and have a pricelist/catalogue available for their interested customers.

Galleries ask up to 50% comission. You could circumvent that by building a good website, going on e-bay, and selling on Tiki Central.
While Tiki carvings and Tiki mugs are being produced again, Black Velvet Wahines are very hard to find and you should do well with that quality of work!
They are an essential element of the traditional Tiki bar, and people will want them to decorate their's, it will just be a question of price. (I myself have only a black velvet nude made in Tijuana, which kinda passes as exotic/Polynesian).

When you are ready, I can recommend you to Doug Nason (Copro/Nason) and Martin MacIntosh (Outre Gallery Melbourne)

Post #11476 by bigbrotiki on Mon, Oct 21, 2002 7:49 PM