Carved Tikis! - Collecting Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Mon, Jun 24, 2002 9:48 PM Don't want to rain on anyone's parade, but this guy seems like one of the many Florida carvers that once worked for Wayne Coomb's Mai Tiki and then opened their own shop, basically copying the Mai Tiki style. Now I love Wayne, but his Tikis all have a similar look, sans pineapple or not, and given the endless variations of form Tikis can take, these guys just are not all that interesting. You find them all over Florida. To me, Palm Tree Charlie http://www.palmtreecharlie.com/tiki.htm is much more daring in a modern abstract Tiki style way, stretching the physiognonomy, and experimenting with various styles. [ Edited by: bigbrotiki on 2002-06-24 21:49 ]

Don't want to rain on anyone's parade, but this guy seems like one of the many Florida carvers that once worked for Wayne Coomb's Mai Tiki and then opened their own shop, basically copying the Mai Tiki style. Now I love Wayne, but his Tikis all have a similar look, sans pineapple or not, and given the endless variations of form Tikis can take, these guys just are not all that interesting. You find them all over Florida. To me, Palm Tree Charlie http://www.palmtreecharlie.com/tiki.htm

is much more daring in a modern abstract Tiki style way, stretching the physiognonomy, and experimenting with various styles.

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki on 2002-06-24 21:49 ]

Post #2686 by bigbrotiki on Mon, Jun 24, 2002 9:48 PM