Post #387213 by Toshi on Sun, Jun 15, 2008 8:35 PM

On 2008-06-11 16:57, woofmutt wrote:
Something to consider with the big teeth: As a culture we are currently more tooth focused than we've ever been. Good dental hygiene and access to dental care has led to more people having teeth which are in decent shape.

Having good teeth has led to the pursuit of ideal teeth with whitening, straightening, and capping. Maybe the big teeth Tiki are just a reflection of what's going on in the culture.

Well I did this for a dentist...

I'm new here but have been into Polynesian culture and art since I've been a kid but I sculpt foam, signfoam and styro from working in the sign business which is familiar to me, hdu has been easily available, so I didn't know if this would be looked down on, I originally quit making tiki related stuff because I thought it should be made out of wood, now over the years I've learned various faux wood tecniques and starting to go back to tiki, plus I found I can make stryo look like rock, which would be what my favorite tikis are made out of.

I also airbrush so I may have a few things that could make it into the bad paint thread lol. Art should be a reflection of the artist though, some can hold to traditional styles others stray from the path, and then there's no reason why you can't jump back and forth.

As for culture I'm very interested in traditional Asian art too, different culture in general fuels my interests, and my art. I think it is important to do reserch on any subject, I have thousands of pics and many books I've collected over the years, you can't draw a tiger with a picture of a goat.

Lastly being a musician I found over the years you can't please everyone, but you can please yourself, it's the same for art, whether it sells or not is another matter.