Florida Indian Mug....Is it Tiki? - General Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Sat, Mar 14, 2009 3:23 PM On 2009-03-14 10:49, tikiauction wrote: not all tiki mugs are tikis, take headhunters for example. Aaah, you mean the headhunter mugs? :D Well, for some people this is a scratch-your-head/ oh boy!? conundrum, but for those of us who have a little bit more Tiki-experience and can see and think for ourselves, there obviously ARE objects that can be called Tiki style that do not directly depict a Tiki. As long as they are imbued with the SPIRIT of Tiki, which is a mixture of primitivism, whimsy, mid-century modern and naivite (yes, like headhunter mugs for example) they fit bill. Some folks try to portray me as a stickler and rule maker that sucks the "fun" out of Tiki because I like to explain the differences in this matter. But in order to do so, I am merely SIMPLIFYING the explanation to its BASIC LOGIC ( "A Tiki mug is a mug that depicts a Tiki") so that those who are new here, (and others that are not so new but exceptionally dense) can see the distinction . My work brought Tiki back into the mainstream, now I am embarrassed by the wholesale use of the term. Just because "the majority" uses it for all things Hawaiian now is in NO WAY cause for me to do the same. It is really very simple: WHO do you wanna be --The first time tourist in Hawaii than points at every Aloha shirt and spouts "Boy, look at that cool TIKI shirt!" or "Check out that cute TIKI girl!" and " Gimme one of those TIKI hats!" or the person who can differentiate between Hawaiian, Polynesian and Tiki stuff? Guess what the locals think of the first type....

On 2009-03-14 10:49, tikiauction wrote:
not all tiki mugs are tikis, take headhunters for example.

Aaah, you mean the headhunter mugs? :D

Well, for some people this is a scratch-your-head/ oh boy!? conundrum, but for those of us who have a little bit more Tiki-experience and can see and think for ourselves, there obviously ARE objects that can be called Tiki style that do not directly depict a Tiki. As long as they are imbued with the SPIRIT of Tiki, which is a mixture of primitivism, whimsy, mid-century modern and naivite (yes, like headhunter mugs for example) they fit bill.

Some folks try to portray me as a stickler and rule maker that sucks the "fun" out of Tiki because I like to explain the differences in this matter. But in order to do so, I am merely SIMPLIFYING the explanation to its BASIC LOGIC ( "A Tiki mug is a mug that depicts a Tiki") so that those who are new here, (and others that are not so new but exceptionally dense) can see the distinction . My work brought Tiki back into the mainstream, now I am embarrassed by the wholesale use of the term. Just because "the majority" uses it for all things Hawaiian now is in NO WAY cause for me to do the same.

It is really very simple: WHO do you wanna be --The first time tourist in Hawaii than points at every Aloha shirt and spouts "Boy, look at that cool TIKI shirt!" or "Check out that cute TIKI girl!" and " Gimme one of those TIKI hats!" or the person who can differentiate between Hawaiian, Polynesian and Tiki stuff? Guess what the locals think of the first type....

Post #439971 by bigbrotiki on Sat, Mar 14, 2009 3:23 PM