VanTiki Mugs: Octopus Time Lapse - Other Crafts

V VanTiki Member Hawaii Joined: Nov 25, 2005 Posts: 1046	V VanTiki Posted posted on Tue, Dec 9, 2008 10:47 AM Mahalo for the bump, babs! Believe it or not, I haven't been swallowed up in a lava flow. I've been burning the midnight oil since October on a day job project. We are all very excited about it (not tiki, I'm sad to say), and I am even more excited about the fact that I'll be finished with it this Friday! Whew!~ I can't WAIT to get back to clay. In the mean time I thought I'd share some shots with you folks of another project. NOw - this isn't tiki, but it it classic Hawaiiana. My parents are building a new house, and it is being done top-to-bottom in a classic 1920's Manoa style. A beautiful blend of arts and crafts meets sugar cane plantation - the homes have steep double pitched roofs (called "Dicky roofs" after the architect who made the roof his signature: C.W. Dickey) and are rapidly disappearing from the islands. A neat feature of many original homes of this period were decorative privacy screens on the windows. Since winter is non-existent out here, all a window needs is a screen to keep out the bugs, and a little something to keep nosy neighbors from peeking in. That little something evolved into a decorative wood cutout, most often depicting stylized leaves, waves, or some other island theme. My parents wanted to incorporate the screens on their house and asked if I was interested. I jumped at the chance! My first challenge was materials - my parents live a few blocks closer to the beach than I do - and I know that the salt air would warp and split a wood cutout in no time. Since the cutout would be painted, I realized it didn't really need to be wood. We went totally high-tec to wage war with the salt air: 1/4" thick powder-coated aluminum cut with a water saw! I did 3 designs for 4 windows: an octopus, a fish, and fern leaves (they used the fish design for two windows). The fish and fern went into the pantry, the octopus in the closet vent, and the second fish in the main shower. They just hung the screens yesterday (they were finished months ago, and the waiting has been killing me :) ), and I zipped over to snap these shots: I'm so happy with the way they turned out. The best part is we have had a bunch of people stop at the house while walking to the beach and ask how old the house is and how the renovation is going - they don't realize it is new! :) Mahalo for peeking - I'll have clay in a few weeks! Promise! I gotta catch up to the Babalu clay tribe of genius! Henrik "VanTiki"

Mahalo for the bump, babs!

Believe it or not, I haven't been swallowed up in a lava flow. I've been burning the midnight oil since October on a day job project. We are all very excited about it (not tiki, I'm sad to say), and I am even more excited about the fact that I'll be finished with it this Friday! Whew!~ I can't WAIT to get back to clay.

In the mean time I thought I'd share some shots with you folks of another project. NOw - this isn't tiki, but it it classic Hawaiiana. My parents are building a new house, and it is being done top-to-bottom in a classic 1920's Manoa style. A beautiful blend of arts and crafts meets sugar cane plantation - the homes have steep double pitched roofs (called "Dicky roofs" after the architect who made the roof his signature: C.W. Dickey) and are rapidly disappearing from the islands.
A neat feature of many original homes of this period were decorative privacy screens on the windows. Since winter is non-existent out here, all a window needs is a screen to keep out the bugs, and a little something to keep nosy neighbors from peeking in. That little something evolved into a decorative wood cutout, most often depicting stylized leaves, waves, or some other island theme. My parents wanted to incorporate the screens on their house and asked if I was interested. I jumped at the chance! My first challenge was materials - my parents live a few blocks closer to the beach than I do - and I know that the salt air would warp and split a wood cutout in no time. Since the cutout would be painted, I realized it didn't really need to be wood. We went totally high-tec to wage war with the salt air: 1/4" thick powder-coated aluminum cut with a water saw! I did 3 designs for 4 windows: an octopus, a fish, and fern leaves (they used the fish design for two windows). The fish and fern went into the pantry, the octopus in the closet vent, and the second fish in the main shower. They just hung the screens yesterday (they were finished months ago, and the waiting has been killing me :) ), and I zipped over to snap these shots:

I'm so happy with the way they turned out. The best part is we have had a bunch of people stop at the house while walking to the beach and ask how old the house is and how the renovation is going - they don't realize it is new! :)

Mahalo for peeking - I'll have clay in a few weeks! Promise! I gotta catch up to the Babalu clay tribe of genius!

Henrik "VanTiki"

Post #422831 by VanTiki on Tue, Dec 9, 2008 10:47 AM