Post #164044 by Polynesiac on Mon, Jun 6, 2005 6:25 PM

Hey thanks for the replies and the kudos. I'm happy with how it turned out and the people who took the class seemed pretty happy too.

sax - there's nothing like getting paid for something that you enjoy doing...no matter what it is!

Booben - yeah...bummer about that picture. I had no idea that not only all these people would show up to take the class but that the press (albiet, local press) would come down and do a story about the class. I brought a bunch of my "backyard" tikis that I've carved for myself to help inspire the people taking the class. I told the students where the influences for the carvings came from (like bosko, c'al, oceanic arts, etc) and even talked about copywriting images and the such.
Thankfully, no where in the article did it say that I came up with that design - becuase it's blatently obvious to us here on TC that I didn't. I had no intention of that carving being put in the paper. So, sorry c'al. Tell ya what...I'll carve a sacrificial tiki for that beach burn...

Cyl - John (Mr. San Pedro) Olguin is still around and comes in at least once a week to hang out. Early 80's??? Larry is still here and so is Suzanne and do you remember steve? He's my boss.

Benzart - thanks for the comps, my friend. I'm sure that I would have started carving long ago if I had had the chance to watch you spin your magic in vegas. I hope to see some new carvers posting their stuff in creating tiki soon.

No specific date in Oct has been decided, but I'll let ya know. Feel free to drop by the AQ anytime if you're ever in the area.