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Post #21238 by tikifreak on Wed, Jan 29, 2003 8:52 AM

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O.k. who's mai tiki????????? No, this is MYTIKI. I have many other different ideas for this dude and ones to come. It's my first.....give me a break. It's not even near finished. Believe me, it will have a style of it's own only to be copied by others I'm sure once it's seen.......it's a free world, I do not care. It's all about the "art" involved to me, not trying to mimick someone else for profit. I appreciate what you say Ben, seriously, but when I think of a tiki...this is what I think of....and most other people too I'm sure. I have been sculpting tikis out of clay for years before I decided to try this and they looked like that too.....it just the way I have always pictured them I guess. Don't know why ALL Florida carvers seem to carve alike....guess were just a little different I suppose. A good friend of mine who carves has a web site...check his stuff...it's different http://www.madcarves.com His name is Kres Baker. Maybe you have heard of him. Very good surfer.......

Thanks for your reply Ben. Any answer on wrapping the bamboo to tie it together? what do you use?

T.F.