Buzzy's work: Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch'intrate - Tiki Carving

C Cammo Member San Diego Joined: May 18, 2006 Posts: 2041	C Cammo Posted posted on Sun, Sep 9, 2007 6:38 AM Been thinking about this time travel stuff. For one,I think I'm the first guy to ever make Tiki stuff in the modern era. Maybe. My Aunt was an African Missionary, no kidding. She used to bring us back stuff from Nigeria, pre-war stuff from the actual village craftsmen. They'd actually push the stuff on her, trying to get her to acknowledge their own beliefs. I grew up with it on our walls. Our house was built in Northern Canada on a clay subsurface that I could dig up and make little Tiki masks out of. I'd make literally dozens out of the clay, fire and paint them. Some would get strung on leather to wear. This was 1971. I also collected skull mugs, and this would be later, like 1974-78. When I came to California, I started a mini-company making Tiki necklaces and bracelets, called "Boka Bands" that sold for cheap in Surf Shops. They used a Tiki as a logo, and were strung pendants, shells, beads, and skulls on dark brown leather. They looked a lot like the pendants I made for the Carving Village this year. But these were made in 1987. And I re-painted a Surf Shop that year in Tapa cloth designs, with a nautical interior. 1987 again. So the question is - did YOU have something to do with this? That would explain a lot. And - if somebody with a time travel machine, say, like the ones I saw at Wal-Mart last Christmas, went back in time and whispered in BigBro's ear ten minutes before you do (or, did) does that mean that that person can take the credit instead of you? Not that we want to take credit away from you, Incredible Buzzy and his Wonder Dog, Buzzmaster VonBuzz Ruler of All he Surveys, Guider of the Universe, Omnipitent and Wise Advisor to the Stars, Man's Best Friend, a Tree's Worst Enemy, SoccerTiki's best customer, Ultimate Authority on All Things Tiki, Ultimate Unopposed Undisputed Tiki Guy. [ Edited by: Cammo 2007-09-09 06:41 ]

Been thinking about this time travel stuff.

For one,I think I'm the first guy to ever make Tiki stuff in the modern era. Maybe.

My Aunt was an African Missionary, no kidding. She used to bring us back stuff from Nigeria, pre-war stuff from the actual village craftsmen. They'd actually push the stuff on her, trying to get her to acknowledge their own beliefs. I grew up with it on our walls.

Our house was built in Northern Canada on a clay subsurface that I could dig up and make little Tiki masks out of. I'd make literally dozens out of the clay, fire and paint them. Some would get strung on leather to wear. This was 1971.

I also collected skull mugs, and this would be later, like 1974-78.

When I came to California, I started a mini-company making Tiki necklaces and bracelets, called "Boka Bands" that sold for cheap in Surf Shops. They used a Tiki as a logo, and were strung pendants, shells, beads, and skulls on dark brown leather. They looked a lot like the pendants I made for the Carving Village this year. But these were made in 1987. And I re-painted a Surf Shop that year in Tapa cloth designs, with a nautical interior. 1987 again.

So the question is - did YOU have something to do with this? That would explain a lot.

And - if somebody with a time travel machine, say, like the ones I saw at Wal-Mart last Christmas, went back in time and whispered in BigBro's ear ten minutes before you do (or, did) does that mean that that person can take the credit instead of you?

Not that we want to take credit away from you,
Incredible Buzzy and his Wonder Dog, Buzzmaster VonBuzz Ruler of All he Surveys, Guider of the Universe, Omnipitent and Wise Advisor to the Stars, Man's Best Friend, a Tree's Worst Enemy, SoccerTiki's best customer, Ultimate Authority on All Things Tiki, Ultimate Unopposed Undisputed Tiki Guy.

[ Edited by: Cammo 2007-09-09 06:41 ]

Post #331343 by Cammo on Sun, Sep 9, 2007 6:38 AM