Daddy Katz: Monstrous Towering Tiki is erected!!! - General Tiki

RH Robb Hamel Member Ohio Joined: Mar 07, 2008 Posts: 1013	RH Robb Hamel Posted posted on Sun, Dec 14, 2008 11:03 AM Ohio has only two big contributions to the vitality of Tiki right now: the super-dedicated members of the Fraternal Order of the Moai - which started here - and now Daddy Katz, a new shop in Dayton. The exterior will recieve a paint job soon and a 12' lighted Tiki! This was taken during a recent cruise-in. The Daddy Katz sign is out of frame. Being Ohio, Tiki alone couldn't keep Daddy Katz going. Car Culture, Mid-Century, and Pinup also share the spotlight. Notice I don't say "Kar Kulture"? Sorry, but my dictionary wasn't written by Kool & the Gang. Daddy Katz opened a few weeks ago and is owned by Bill Winger: a man as deranged as a mercury addict and with a bigger-than-life personality. I chose this streaked pic of Bill because it really captures his personality: smiling and very busy. An excellent sign is that business has been smoothly ramping up from the beginning, and the Tiki stuff actually sells here. Bill has the resources and savvy to run Daddy Katz the right way. This gives him time to let word-of-mouth spread, to advertise, and to make constant improvements to every aspect of his shop. Bill opens the warehouse area for large parties. This is the Halloween party, which included a band, food, and a lot of creative types. Some of my work, Daniel Brown's, and others is in this corner with some Witco and a whole cabinet full of lowbrow art stickers. I'd get more of Wayne Coomb's carvings in the pics but Bill keeps selling them. Several racks of cool threads fill the center of the shop. It's hard to make out but there are about 20 small Tikis in this pic. The atmosphere is so swanky that it's hard to not think about what it would be like to live here. Without a doubt this is an important finger taking Tiki's pulse. That's because it is such a remote outpost: except for the cities linked by I71/I75 Dayton is pretty much in the middle of an ocean of corn fields 100 to 200 miles across. So far the support has been surprisingly good, and the word is just starting to get out. Daddy Katz 3250 Kettering Blvd. 937-238-6281 Daddykatzkustomkulture.com http://www.robbhamel.com Black velvet Tiki art for those who are tired of those pesky acrylic paintings! [ Edited by: Robb Hamel 2009-04-02 06:01 ]

Ohio has only two big contributions to the vitality of Tiki right now: the super-dedicated members of the Fraternal Order of the Moai - which started here - and now Daddy Katz, a new shop in Dayton.

The exterior will recieve a paint job soon and a 12' lighted Tiki! This was taken during a recent cruise-in. The Daddy Katz sign is out of frame.

Being Ohio, Tiki alone couldn't keep Daddy Katz going. Car Culture, Mid-Century, and Pinup also share the spotlight. Notice I don't say "Kar Kulture"? Sorry, but my dictionary wasn't written by Kool & the Gang.

Daddy Katz opened a few weeks ago and is owned by Bill Winger: a man as deranged as a mercury addict and with a bigger-than-life personality. I chose this streaked pic of Bill because it really captures his personality: smiling and very busy.

An excellent sign is that business has been smoothly ramping up from the beginning, and the Tiki stuff actually sells here. Bill has the resources and savvy to run Daddy Katz the right way. This gives him time to let word-of-mouth spread, to advertise, and to make constant improvements to every aspect of his shop.

Bill opens the warehouse area for large parties. This is the Halloween party, which included a band, food, and a lot of creative types.

Some of my work, Daniel Brown's, and others is in this corner with some Witco and a whole cabinet full of lowbrow art stickers.

I'd get more of Wayne Coomb's carvings in the pics but Bill keeps selling them.

Several racks of cool threads fill the center of the shop.

It's hard to make out but there are about 20 small Tikis in this pic. The atmosphere is so swanky that it's hard to not think about what it would be like to live here.

Without a doubt this is an important finger taking Tiki's pulse. That's because it is such a remote outpost: except for the cities linked by I71/I75 Dayton is pretty much in the middle of an ocean of corn fields 100 to 200 miles across. So far the support has been surprisingly good, and the word is just starting to get out.

Daddy Katz
3250 Kettering Blvd.
937-238-6281
Daddykatzkustomkulture.com

http://www.robbhamel.com

Black velvet Tiki art for those who are
tired of those pesky acrylic paintings!

[ Edited by: Robb Hamel 2009-04-02 06:01 ]

Post #423758 by Robb Hamel on Sun, Dec 14, 2008 11:03 AM