That's just wrong! The un-Tiki thread: - General Tiki

AA Aaron's Akua Member Rancho Santa Margarita, CA Joined: Jul 09, 2004 Posts: 1596	AA Aaron's Akua Posted posted on Sat, Aug 12, 2006 6:42 PM On 2006-08-12 15:16, finkdaddy wrote: On the first subject of this thread... Not tiki: Not tiki, but a nice piece to be shared with the Creating Forum folks. Nooganaaga, in the Creating Forum we share a lot of stuff. Tips, techniques, DVD's even. We send pieces of wood to each other through the mail and arrange local get togethers. We also share some non-tiki stuff as well as tiki stuff - because we are a pretty tight bunch. On 2006-08-12 16:00, nooganaaga wrote: i wonder where all the artists, carvers, mug makers that post in the tiki central creating tiki forum section are - why aren´t they speaking up about their (undoubtably, by bigbrotikis standards,) UN -tiki art? flounder. little lost tiki, vantiki,Raffertiki, sam gambino, others where are you???? I've wondered why more of the regulars (and not just the artists) haven't chimed in here. But there's no reason to call people out. I'm sure everyone here has seen this thread (who couldn't), and would have voiced their opinion if they felt stongly enough about it to do so. I wouldn't fault anyone who has held their tongue one way or the other. These types of posts have a history of turning nasty, as this one has in certain ways. It is a worthwhile discussion, and it would be good to see it come back ON TOPIC. A-A

On 2006-08-12 15:16, finkdaddy wrote:

On the first subject of this thread...

Not tiki:

Not tiki, but a nice piece to be shared with the Creating Forum folks.

Nooganaaga, in the Creating Forum we share a lot of stuff. Tips, techniques, DVD's even. We send pieces of wood to each other through the mail and arrange local get togethers. We also share some non-tiki stuff as well as tiki stuff - because we are a pretty tight bunch.

On 2006-08-12 16:00, nooganaaga wrote:

i wonder where all the artists, carvers, mug makers that post in the tiki central creating tiki forum section are - why aren´t they speaking up about their (undoubtably, by bigbrotikis standards,) UN -tiki art?
flounder. little lost tiki, vantiki,Raffertiki, sam gambino, others where are you????

I've wondered why more of the regulars (and not just the artists) haven't chimed in here. But there's no reason to call people out. I'm sure everyone here has seen this thread (who couldn't), and would have voiced their opinion if they felt stongly enough about it to do so. I wouldn't fault anyone who has held their tongue one way or the other. These types of posts have a history of turning nasty, as this one has in certain ways. It is a worthwhile discussion, and it would be good to see it come back ON TOPIC.

A-A

Post #248636 by Aaron's Akua on Sat, Aug 12, 2006 6:42 PM