Post #513162 by Babalu on Wed, Feb 24, 2010 12:16 PM

Hey All,

Let's see...I'm going to show my "newest" work (directly below my writings here) leading down the page towards work I did when I first came on board here on TC.

All the works shown below are now in private collections unless otherwise noted...still, I do custom work upon request...so if you see something that strikes your fancy please let me know :) I may be able to do something similar.

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wow, I haven't posted inhere in a while...need to catch up.

Here are some pictures of my continuing work with The Mauna Loa Drum mug, the Cobras Fang mug, and my Trophy Head directions...All of these directions have taken quite a bit of my time to work through, but I feel it has been a worthwhile pursuit.

Like all of you, I'm in love with the Kitsch Escapism that surrounds tiki mugs from the Golden Age of Tiki. I'm also very interested in the cultures and the spiritualism that surround the actual works of art from Polynesia...mostly the drums :) . I feel my intended combination of the 2 creates more of a "Camp Sensibility" that I am quite fond of.

Custom Cobras Fang Mugs -

Cobra with Gecko

Cobra with young lorikeet

Mauna Loa Drum - custom 1/1

Mauna Loa Drum - 2 limited edition runs (12 & 30) and a few APs

Cobra's Fang Tribute Mug - Limited Edition of 50

A few more Trophy heads -

This is a customed Papua Ooma Mow Mow that I did as a gifty for someone...every square inch on this mug has been altered from the original...I won't be doing many (or any?) like this one again - mucho work on these guys...

Custom hand built Yipwan Drum - The first in a series "Dream of the Asmat".

Papua Ooma Mow Mow Drums - The Gallery Series (still a few available)

1933 Porkster with Babaloon #3

Papua-Ooma-Mow-Mow Drum Mug - a collaboration with Squid - Limited edition run of 40 "a few are still available"

Ooo-Ooo Squidalu Drum Mug #3 - (a collaboration with Squid - Babalu customized)

Squidalu Custom Drums #1 & #2 (a cast collaboration with Squid - Babalu customized)

The Hip Hip Bowl of Paradise

The Mouna Loa Tribute Drum Mug (prototype #2)

PNG Drum - I've done 4 of these like this thus far

The Mouna Loa Tribute Drum Mug (prototype #1)

The Tower

Yipwan Bowl custom - no. 2

The Chop Drum

Yipwan Bowl custom no. 1

Yipwan Drum Mug custom

Yipwan Drum Mug - run of 30 different Mugs plus a few APs

This is me doing my best to ruin one of Squid's Porkers :)

Did a few of these Trophy Heads...

Kona Platter - (24 inch diameter)

Another PNG Platter...(24" diameter) - still available -

Headhunters Bowl

Cobra Fang #3 prototype

Honu Bowl

PNG Christmas Ornament

Ben's Drum

a Little Lost Tiki - Babalu collaboration - 3 sided PNG mug

lapaki Puka or (the Rabbit Hole bowl)

Cobra Fang #2 prototype

This is the first Drum mug I ever did - PNG

Cobra Fang #1 prototype

Cannibal Bunny

Lapaki Mug - (based on my carving)

Babaloon #1.5 There was a little mix up on whether this was number 1 or 2...I sculpted the othe one first, but I glaze fired this one first to make a show in time, sooo...he's number 1.5 :) There is no #2 Babaloon...

Babaloon #1

One last up date to go....coming soon :)

Ok, next are these 5 Birds of Paradise Mugs

A mug for Paipo - (Piapo's "Creature" carving shown below too)

a few mugs done for a TC trade

here is another TC trade mug - a custom 2 headed Man of War

here is a cast mug that I did as a give away for Chop folks...many different flavors...I even heard through the gapevine that someone brought one at a Thrifty... :) Now, that's kind-a cool...

when I first came onto TC I was carving...

Lapaki #2

Lapaki #1

I built this alter for my daughter's wedding: here is how this little fairy tale at the Bali Hai played out....The alter is part of my studio now :)

Isn't she beautiful!

Well, that's all the work I've done on TC...again, I will post all future newer work that comes down the pipeline at the top of this page.

Thanks for looking -

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