Post #356357 by hodadhank on Mon, Jan 21, 2008 3:43 PM

Thanks for the kind words fellas. All the larger Mini Mod Tangaroas are made from Hawaiian hardwoods including Koa, that I had mailed back to myself from my visit last visit to Kauai. The smaller Mini Mods are from African hardwood pen blanks. The Ebony versions sold quickly as they held bone skulls and were frowning. I oil these with a natural mixture of seed oils to deepen the grain. They all have a hemp tapa print loincloth (grown from seed to fabric on Hawaii) and are strung on a unique woven organic hemp necklace by the lovely PakoloLolita.

Don't know if I ever posted this nice pic of Sue & Dave from Dorset's {b]HotRodTIKI[/b] during one of their Oasis 7 visits to Freaky Boutiki last summer but it and the goofy photo snapped seconds later may be the only pics of tikijunk TIKI # 2 awaiting some sort of varnish. As with my pendants, an anatomically correct Mod Tangaroa, this time with a huge abalone shell offering inlay. It sold a few months ago. This was only my second carving since the OKI OKI and the best wood I've yet to get my hands on.