Post #489415 by bigbrotiki on Wed, Oct 21, 2009 1:17 PM

This thread is lacking images- and also the appropriate UTI bowl adoration! Nobody is amazed by this whopper!?
I feel that Uti, since she had no voice in the Tiki Garden and disappeared so unceremoniously years ago, has not been recognized enough. To appease the goddess, here a little Uti celebration:

We all know this classic postcard image of the Enchanted Tiki Room:

But how many of us lifted their heads and paid attention to Uti in her canoe?:

Well, Kevin & Jody have. With their talent for detail and authenticity, they resurrected her in their entrance hut replica:

...and as a fine figure in one of their 2 Tiki Room figurine sets.

This is because they recognized what a cool design Uti has:
I could only show a small image of Rolly Crump's original rendering in the BOT p. 194, so here's a bigger version:

In comparison, one of Rolly Crump's Beatnick posters from around the same time:

Uti is cool, and this season's UTI BOWL is a knock out, in design:

...and in size!:

I mean, the bowl's solid metal earrings are big enough to be used as door knockers!

Though not deep enough to serve as a punch bowl, this ceramic vessel is fine centerpiece on any Tiki table, for snacks or limes or other goodies!: