Post #269186 by Dr.TikiMojo on Tue, Nov 28, 2006 12:56 PM

Hiya Kid,

Excellent work on all of the designs! :D

It's always great to see new stuff from all our talented Tiki Central Ohana!

The Zombie would really look fantastic finished in a GREEN Glaze!

Buried at Sea is cool but as other posters have said could do with a little more detail that makes it more "Tiki" such as the Maori patterns.

While the Head Hunter is an extremely well crafted mug design I would hate to see Tiki Mugs start to go the way of Imported Carved Tiki where the importers copy of Original Hawaiian designs, that lowers the value of what the REAL Hawaiian Tiki sell for, soon the importers are copying off the importers and you have to question what you buy even in Hawaii now.
We've been trying to work our way out of a lot of the import stuff for that very reason.

The Ren Clark is valuable because it was UNIQUE and RARE and there is already a TRIBUTE Mug out by GECKO and Wendy Cevola. They made their's different with a Maori look and it's HUGE ......like practically life size.....the REAL Ren Clark was pretty tiny.....fits in your hand. Both are still unique NOT copies. :)

Naturally, you can do whatever you want but I think you should keep the Head Hunters for yourself and keep coming up with your own ORIGINAL designs like RUM DEMON has been doing!
That will make a more distinguishing mark for you as a Tiki Mug Designer!

Keep up the Great work!