A Couple 'O Totems - Collecting Tiki

P PolynesianPop Tiki Socialite Corona, Ca Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 2371	P PolynesianPop Posted posted on Sun, Dec 19, 2004 9:47 PM I decided to start cataloging my entire collection this weekend - mugs, paper (menus, postcards, etc), artwork, sculptures and of course carvings. Part of this process involves me creating a sort of personal "catalog" of everything in my collection. My intention is to document the background of not only the piece but also the artist of each item. As such, this weekend I decided to start with the tiki poles. I began taking photographs and thought I would share a few of them with you. Here is a small part of my carving collection with some short tidbits of history on them. I didn't post everything -- just the one's from artists you may recognize. From left to right: House of Tiki, Gecko, Tiki Diablo, Keigs20 The Maori by Gecko was carved specially for me during his Mainland tour in 2003 during a TC Carving Session at the Lagoon Room (I traded one of my paintings for it). The Tiki Diablo piece known as "Tiki Ricardo" doubles as a Conga Drum and is a Gallery piece from the Age of Aquarius show at Copro Nason. And yes, he is the predecessor of the Macumba mug. The Keigs Ku is a replica of the Kahiki Moon Ku. I asked Keigs to leave it unfinished so as to emphasize the grain in the log -- its made of cedar and smells great too! From left to right: Tiki Tony, Bosko, Tiki Diablo I first spotted the Tiki Tony in a Rip Curl shop in Santa Monica and I always regretted walking away from it. I later saw it at Tiki Oasis and this time I took it home. The Tiki Diablo on the right was carved for my daughter's big luau bash when she turned 1. From left to right: Crazy Al, Lake Surfer, Tiki Diablo, Loonatiki The Crazy Al piece is made of resin based on Hang Tiki. Its super light and looks just like a palm log. The Lake Surfer piece came from the Carving Methodology thread. Here's a pic of it in progress. The Tiki Diablo piece was carved for Tiki Farm's Big 'Ol Tiki Bash party back in 2002. The Loonatiki piece is named Congee. Does he look familiar? Saw this guy at Hukilau 2004 and had Loonatiki of Kreepy Tiki do one up for me. From left to right: PolyPop, JungleTrader, Made in PI, Bamboo Ben The Jungle Trader piece is named Bastard2. I traded one of my art pieces for this. The Bamboo Ben tiki on the far right had a whole set of living room furniture that matched it. Tiki Farm got one of the matching tables. My Pair O' Leroys. The one on the right is signed on the back, "Aloha Adrian, Poly Pop - Keep the Moai Spirit. Leroy Schmaltz" I've got a bunch more I'm going to photograph - a few authentic South Pacific pieces from unknown sources, masks, etc. I'll post pics of those when I get a chance (probably not until after the New Year). Poly-Pop * He who dies with the most broken mugs WINS! [ Edited by: polynesianpop on 2004-12-26 16:45 ]

I decided to start cataloging my entire collection this weekend - mugs, paper (menus, postcards, etc), artwork, sculptures and of course carvings. Part of this process involves me creating a sort of personal "catalog" of everything in my collection. My intention is to document the background of not only the piece but also the artist of each item.

As such, this weekend I decided to start with the tiki poles. I began taking photographs and thought I would share a few of them with you. Here is a small part of my carving collection with some short tidbits of history on them. I didn't post everything -- just the one's from artists you may recognize.

From left to right:
House of Tiki, Gecko, Tiki Diablo, Keigs20

The Maori by Gecko was carved specially for me during his Mainland tour in 2003 during a TC Carving Session at the Lagoon Room (I traded one of my paintings for it).

The Tiki Diablo piece known as "Tiki Ricardo" doubles as a Conga Drum and is a Gallery piece from the Age of Aquarius show at Copro Nason. And yes, he is the predecessor of the Macumba mug.

The Keigs Ku is a replica of the Kahiki Moon Ku. I asked Keigs to leave it unfinished so as to emphasize the grain in the log -- its made of cedar and smells great too!

From left to right:
Tiki Tony, Bosko, Tiki Diablo

I first spotted the Tiki Tony in a Rip Curl shop in Santa Monica and I always regretted walking away from it. I later saw it at Tiki Oasis and this time I took it home.

The Tiki Diablo on the right was carved for my daughter's big luau bash when she turned 1.

From left to right:
Crazy Al, Lake Surfer, Tiki Diablo, Loonatiki

The Crazy Al piece is made of resin based on Hang Tiki. Its super light and looks just like a palm log.

The Lake Surfer piece came from the Carving Methodology thread. Here's a pic of it in progress.

The Tiki Diablo piece was carved for Tiki Farm's Big 'Ol Tiki Bash party back in 2002.

The Loonatiki piece is named Congee. Does he look familiar? Saw this guy at Hukilau 2004 and had Loonatiki of Kreepy Tiki do one up for me.

From left to right:
PolyPop, JungleTrader, Made in PI, Bamboo Ben

The Jungle Trader piece is named Bastard2. I traded one of my art pieces for this.

The Bamboo Ben tiki on the far right had a whole set of living room furniture that matched it. Tiki Farm got one of the matching tables.

My Pair O' Leroys. The one on the right is signed on the back, "Aloha Adrian, Poly Pop - Keep the Moai Spirit. Leroy Schmaltz"

I've got a bunch more I'm going to photograph - a few authentic South Pacific pieces from unknown sources, masks, etc. I'll post pics of those when I get a chance (probably not until after the New Year).

**Poly-Pop ***

He who dies with the most broken mugs WINS!

[ Edited by: polynesianpop on 2004-12-26 16:45 ]

Post #131892 by PolynesianPop on Sun, Dec 19, 2004 9:47 PM