Post #386961 by Nolumu on Sat, Jun 14, 2008 8:47 AM

Aloha all.....
Imagine my surprise to find a group so large that it sports over 8000 members. I have always loved the tiki thing, but never knew it had a name or a category.

To me it was kitchy beach culture that I have collected all my life, and because of the nature of the stereotype, I kind of lurked in the closet. I kept the tiki stuff around the studio, collected the masks and all sorts of Hawaiiana, but believed I had my own weird fascination and obsession.

Then while one day while wasting time in the library, I found a book in the interior design section. It was "Tiki Modern". My eyes were opened and I was thrilled that there was a culture of people out there that enjoy the genre. I also felt very stupid at the same time, this culture had obviously been around for a long time and in all of my 46 years I have never encountered it.

The word Tiki as descriptive term never occurred to me. Since that fateful day....only several months ago, I have searched the web and discovered a entire planet of what I used to call "islanders". There is so much out there, and, I want it all!