Korea DMZ tiki - General Tiki

V VanTiki Member Hawaii Joined: Nov 25, 2005 Posts: 1046	V VanTiki Posted posted on Fri, Dec 22, 2006 11:02 AM I fell in love with these during my first visit to Korea in 1998. I snapped photos of some during my 2003 trip to Seoul - and I was dead set on buying one. After the Korean designers I was working with got over the shock that a) I knew about and loved their traditional roadside totems, and b) I wanted to actually get one to bring back to Hawaii - they promised to take me to a place in Seoul where I could get one. I was SO excited! On my last day in town, they designers led me through the city to the most horrific International Marketplace-style tourist trap that you could imagine. They had several foot high plastic versions of the carvings for sale, but I was really only after the real thing. Someone has to be carving them over there - because as you can see by my photos they are all over the city - VanTiki

I fell in love with these during my first visit to Korea in 1998. I snapped photos of some during my 2003 trip to Seoul - and I was dead set on buying one. After the Korean designers I was working with got over the shock that a) I knew about and loved their traditional roadside totems, and b) I wanted to actually get one to bring back to Hawaii - they promised to take me to a place in Seoul where I could get one. I was SO excited! On my last day in town, they designers led me through the city to the most horrific International Marketplace-style tourist trap that you could imagine. They had several foot high plastic versions of the carvings for sale, but I was really only after the real thing. Someone has to be carving them over there - because as you can see by my photos they are all over the city -

VanTiki

Post #274511 by VanTiki on Fri, Dec 22, 2006 11:02 AM