Post #226374 by J.S.G. on Wed, Apr 12, 2006 1:49 PM

This is definately a fascinating place.

Yes, some tiki's are kitschy. And believe me I do my share of kitschy things. But also I find tiki's powerful and mysterious. I don't know enough about it to make deep comments. But, I'm learning more from this forum. Thanks for sharing. I'm checking out the creating tiki forums and other peoples work. Fantastic! My head is just spinning.

RL Blair, what a score. He has carved most of the Disney stuff at Disney parks around the world. And William Shatner has a collection of his work.

To answer the question above about Mike in 1960 seeing a catalog... he didn't say but more than likely it probably was a Witco thing. Mike had a production thing going in the Wilamette Valley in Oregon in the mid 1960's. Then he headed for Paris for 10 years were he wrote, directed and acted in plays, some world premiere with Sam Shepard, etc. and carved some. Later in the mid 1970's to the early 80's in Washington, he started the production thing again, with his brothers and sisters.

I dig Witco's art. The man had a good sense of design and flair, and production sense. I see parallels in Mikes work and Witco...Like I see parallels in Tiki's and Totems. An ocean separates the West Coast of America from the Polyensian islands, who knows maybe a tiki or totem floated from one shore to the other.