Where are we with the Tiki Gardens Memorial fund? - General Tiki

TW Trader Woody Member Tiki Manor, Forest of Bowland,UK Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 2301	TW Trader Woody Posted posted on Wed, Feb 19, 2003 4:30 PM tweedtone wrote: my understanding is that was more or less decided upon by the carver, who rejected the notion of Kahono (I believe) as it was a bastardization in his view and not a "true" tiki. Mmmm, I mentioned at the time that this was a ludicrous statement. Both Kahona & Lono are 'bastardizations' - you'd be very hard pressed to get any depiction of a Tiki that isn't. I'm not going to cry myself to sleep if my choice (Kahona) isn't built, but the decision resting on the (paid) artist's whim never struck me as being right. Trader Woody

tweedtone wrote:
my understanding is that was more or less decided upon by the carver, who rejected the notion of Kahono (I believe) as it was a bastardization in his view and not a "true" tiki.

Mmmm, I mentioned at the time that this was a ludicrous statement. Both Kahona & Lono are 'bastardizations' - you'd be very hard pressed to get any depiction of a Tiki that isn't. I'm not going to cry myself to sleep if my choice (Kahona) isn't built, but the decision resting on the (paid) artist's whim never struck me as being right.

Trader Woody

Post #23587 by Trader Woody on Wed, Feb 19, 2003 4:30 PM