Post #248356 by Loki on Fri, Aug 11, 2006 10:25 AM

I'm super glad there is a unifying definition of what tiki is to TC. However this "tell the truth" has the potential to cause some grief, espcially on the creating forums. Carving is not easy. It takes many tries to get it right. If i were a new member posting my new carvings and started hearing how "untiki" they are, i'd never come back. It takes a lot of guts to post art work for the world to see. Thankfully there is a "thats great" attitude over there right now. It is a close group of artists that are into each others work, for better or for worse.

Simply put, the last thing that needs to happen is a tiki purist who has never picked up a chisel or paint brush coming over to the creating forums and giving a diseratation about how untiki your carving or painting is. We all cant carve and paint like some of the masters over there. Please dont bring this topic to the carvers and artists just yet. Lets encourage the artists with more skill to be delicate, without discouraging.

My .02