Post #386937 by bigbrotiki on Sat, Jun 14, 2008 5:03 AM

Henrik, thank you for adding your inspiring story of inspiration. The Hula Hut ( actually "Hawaiian Hut", I always cringe because I made the mistake to call it "Hula Hut" in Tiki Modern first) is certainly a perfect environment to catch the bug. And I totally sympathize with your "Idol in the Jungle" fascination, after all I quoted THE classic works of "Lost overgrown stone god civilizations", Catherwood and Stephen's "Incidents of Travel in central America", in both of my books. Man you should have been with me on my expeditions to the closed down "The Tikis" in Lake Elsinore.

And I am glad that, because of your talent and the obvious show of appreciation for it here, you have to have no worries and can take my criticism without taking it personal and respond to it one on one. I really liked your tiles you did, and the big teeth thing might be exasperated by the fact that your mugs are always photographed with a wide angle lens from a low p.o.v. ---which does make the the mugs look like huge monuments, but also makes the teeth explode :D

With apologies, allow me to note that some of your mugs do look more like medieval castle/ heavy metal monsters, and I am very sensitive to having Tiki cross over into the huge biker/head shop realm of Dungeons and Dragons resin art. That's probably where my alarm bells went of when I saw that Vampire mug.

But I wholeheartedly agree with your description of the Tiki mug being all about escapism and imagining other exotic worlds, keep up following what inspires you, it's obviously working for you.