Post #26497 by Sabina on Thu, Mar 13, 2003 4:29 PM

Oh.

This'll teach me to get more than 24 hours behind on my Tiki Central reading.

And to not know every piece of Tiki anything ever created.

Sometime back, I got two of the flat pannel carvings from the person in question- having no idea they were anyone's design other than his.

At the time I thought they were a GREAT interpretation of that particular syle, and really creative- a really keen eye applied to a traditional style. 'Cartoonish' in a way, but really BUTCH too- expressive, and capturing the style perfectly.

I love the little fellers- which is why I picked up two- they're at the top of my back bar- to the left and to the right.

Little did I know.

Which just leads me to wish I had dug through Tiki King's site a lot harder a long time ago. Credit where credit is due.

Thing is, I don't remember, I could have even have seen the carving on Tiki King's site and never realized that his was the original- I may have just thought- oh, he got one, too.

So now I'm saddened. Saddened that these Tikis that I really love, have come via someone 'from our Tiki community' misreprenting the work as his own, or more importantly, leaving their origins unstated and leaving me to assume he was selling orginal artwork.

I make a point of trying to support Tiki artists where and when I can in this process of building my bar- in part because I'm so impressed by the caliber of work that people are doing these days, and in part because I want to do what I can to support our Tiki family.

Tiki King- you've been absolutely a class act about this entire thing- I'm glad you've managed to 'work something out' with this fellow- but you never should have had to. The absolute minimum that should happen here is the design be listed as yours- and I don't see that yet.

So now what to do with what feel akin to my 'ill gotten Tikis'?

Mainly I just feel disappointed. 'Homage to' is one thing- outright taking is another.

Tiki King, it's your design, what do you want done with them?