Post #242565 by seamus on Wed, Jul 12, 2006 5:07 PM

Here's an odd one for you. I was commissioned by a local woman to build a six foot Moai complete with arms and hands. She wanted it to hold a 22 pointed star(don't ask). This was a tricky one, and took some time. The star was especially trying, and ended up looking more like a sea urchin, but she loved it. Of course, it is made entirely of concrete.
It was installed on a specially made pedestal just inside the gate of her driveway leading to a gorgeous oceanfront home. It was set in a bed of mortar and the rock was run up over the base of the Moai. Permanent Installation. Electricity was run to the site for night time illumination too. Eccentric for shure!

I forgot to post these pics back during the winter when Jauna and I put on a Polynesian show for the Yachats Mushroom Festival.
This is a look at the stage. It's a bad picture because I had a fog machine rigged to the volcano to spew smoke every so often. It also had flames and glowing embers. The Moais at each end were approx. 8ft tall. all the props were made of cardboard and paper mache.

We still have the Moais, and spruced them up for the stage at this years NW Tiki-Kon.

Here's the stage in use by a great group of Polynesian guys from the local job corp

The exotic and mysterious Tosha Taboo WOWED the audience with her dances to classic exotica.

I'm not the only artist in the family. Jauna made this Chocolate Espresso Eruption dessert for the fundraiser silent auction. Mmmmmmmm.

By the way, we've moved to Portland! I've got a new shop and have been working on a whole new batch of stuff, so stay tuned for some more pics.

And TeaKEY,,, I don't use wire mesh anymore. I've got secret recipes now!