New work posted! Inexplicable business card holders! Tiki Bob keychains! More Islander! Pg. 15! - Other Crafts

T tobunga Tiki Socialite Joined: Apr 12, 2008 Posts: 1235	T tobunga Posted posted on Wed, Apr 7, 2010 12:48 PM Ok, so my posting at least once a month plan isn't going so well, since I completely missed March, but only by a few days! So here's what's been keeping my busy: I actual worked on this a while ago, but it was sort of under wraps... the Tikiyaki Orchestra will be coming out with a new DVD of a live performance at the Mayflower Club in North Hollywood. Scott Mabbutt (Joe Banks) directed, and gave me to OK to post pix of the cover art... I saw some of the footage, it looks FANTASTIC! Can't wait for the release! Then, I was among several artists asked by Mark and Maggie of Velvet Glass fame to contribute a piece for the raffle to benefit the Hope Animal Shelter that will be held at the Relight the Night event at the Kon Tiki in Tucson on April 10th. I did an 11x14 black paper drawing of the Kon Tiki sign in all it's fired up glory. The Kon TIki liked it so much, it's their new avatar on Facebook! Sweet! Speaking of raffle, I'm holding one of my own, to raise funds for the trip out to Tucson, and to Tiki Caliente... I created a new framed vinyl tiki map. This time it's Rarotonga, "capitol" of the Cook Islands, complete with a tangaroa tiki. Map measures 11"x17". There are 50 tickets, and each ticket consists of a 4"x 6" numbered, hand-rubbed linoblock print of the map (suitable for framing!) and a 2" resin tangaroa face pendant. Tickets are 10.00 each. Here's the original thread: http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=35989&forum=12&7 Also, another project that I had to wait to discuss is a painting I did for iTiki... They wanted to give away some posters of original art featuring their cool iTiki iPhone cases. I PMed TerenceG (one of the guys behind the project,) with a suggestion about how he could interest artists through his post here on TC looking for artwork, and I ended up getting the gig! Their idea was to have a human-sized iTiki and a pin-up type girl in a tiki bar surrounded by memorabilia from classic tiki establishments. I did a drawing that he liked, and went from there to the painting, 11x14, acrylic on canvas. Some of the imagery changed around during the course of painting it, as you can see from these progress images. The finished piece: Here's a link to the website: http://www.tikicase.com If you click on the "Tell" link in the lower left, it will take you to a page where you can see the painting! We went to San Diego on the 20th for Manuel's mom's birthday. We tikified the bar in their den, and I created a couple of 6' tall foamboard tikis to help decorate the den. I also created a few menus of the drinks we've created using our hand-crafted syrups, like ginger, black pepper, lemongrass, hibiscus and cardamom/cinnamon. The menus incorporated an updated version of our Changitos logo. (Changito being short for Changito Amorcito [little love monkey], our nickname for each other... Changitos being the name of our "home tiki bar"). Then it was time to prep for the Tonga Hut parking lot sale! Continuing my obsession with the Stockton Islander, I created an 8x10 frame made from Islander bamboo that I acquired from Abstract tiki and used it for a vinyl Bumatay Islander mug. I made an 11" vinyl plush Marquesan Tiki... unlike most the other plush tiki dolls I've created, this one stands! It was very difficult to work with the vinyl on this one, so it will most likely be to only one I'll attempt! I also made some "regular" plush marq tikis. That is, plush tikis made from corduroy, not vinyl. I had an idea kicking around in my head for almost a year now, a Moai Bob... I did a drawing months ago, but didn't know what to do with the idea until I woke up at 5am the day before the sale with the solution: pendants! I seem to have the knack to get an idea I really want to do with just barely enough time to get it done... so I sculpted, molded, cast and painted the pendants, and strung 'em up the morning of the sale! I then did an 11x14 painting of Moai Bob. Marty Lush asked me to do some artwork for his upcoming Lush Goes Latin show at Tonga Hut on May 1st. He suggested maracas and margaritas, and I came up with this: Check out the original link to his show here: http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=36056&forum=17&31 I was among several artists asked by Baby Doe to contribute a piece to the Keep A Breast project, and I received a plaster cast of "boobies" a couple weeks a go. I wasn't sure what to do, then inspiration struck. I hope we're allowed to turn 'em this way... This is the most intimate I've ever been with a pair of breasts! I decided to keep the plaster surface a rough as when I received it, and tried to do the image in a loose, brushy fashion to match the surface. Since every side could not be seen at once, I wanted there to be little vignettes on the sides: tikis on one, and an out rigger and an A-framed fishing pier on the other. Then it was Easter, and I made some actual Easter Island Eggs in a basket for Manuel. Not actually from Easter Island, but actual hard boiled eggs, not the papier-mâché and paint versions I've done before. Three resemble those, and one says "Happy Easter Changito!" with a marq tiki face, reminiscent of our Changitos logo. (Changito being short for Changito Amorcito [little love monkey], our nickname for each other). It was actually harder than I thought to draw the birdman petroglyphs on the eggshells and have them show up through the dye process! The eggs made delicious egg salad sandwitches today! Yum! So the last things I'll finish up before heading out to the Kon Tiki Relight the Night event is once again, my Islander obsession... Plush Bumayay Islander mugs!!! Again, it's an Idea I've been kicking around for a while, but didn't know how to do it until I did the framed vinyl Bumatay mug. I had to stamp the fabric in a pattern to emulate the sides and back of the mug, and the actual tiki part is made from vinyl. The dolls stand 7.5" high, and are 5" in diameter at the top, tapering down toward the bottom, just like the real mug! I am very pleased with the way the look! Oh, also, videos with the Cheetos Tiki I did have been posted, check 'em out here: http://info.break.com/static/live/v1/pages/sponsors/cheetlism/cheetlism.html Thanks fer lookin'! Yer Pal, Eric October!

Ok, so my posting at least once a month plan isn't going so well, since I completely missed March, but only by a few days!
So here's what's been keeping my busy:

I actual worked on this a while ago, but it was sort of under wraps... the Tikiyaki Orchestra will be coming out with a new DVD of a live performance at the Mayflower Club in North Hollywood. Scott Mabbutt (Joe Banks) directed, and gave me to OK to post pix of the cover art... I saw some of the footage, it looks FANTASTIC! Can't wait for the release!

Then, I was among several artists asked by Mark and Maggie of Velvet Glass fame to contribute a piece for the raffle to benefit the Hope Animal Shelter that will be held at the Relight the Night event at the Kon Tiki in Tucson on April 10th.

I did an 11x14 black paper drawing of the Kon Tiki sign in all it's fired up glory. The Kon TIki liked it so much, it's their new avatar on Facebook! Sweet!

Speaking of raffle, I'm holding one of my own, to raise funds for the trip out to Tucson, and to Tiki Caliente...
I created a new framed vinyl tiki map. This time it's Rarotonga, "capitol" of the Cook Islands, complete with a tangaroa tiki. Map measures 11"x17".

There are 50 tickets, and each ticket consists of a 4"x 6" numbered, hand-rubbed linoblock print of the map (suitable for framing!) and a 2" resin tangaroa face pendant. Tickets are 10.00 each.

Here's the original thread:
http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=35989&forum=12&7

Also, another project that I had to wait to discuss is a painting I did for iTiki... They wanted to give away some posters of original art featuring their cool iTiki iPhone cases. I PMed TerenceG (one of the guys behind the project,) with a suggestion about how he could interest artists through his post here on TC looking for artwork, and I ended up getting the gig!

Their idea was to have a human-sized iTiki and a pin-up type girl in a tiki bar surrounded by memorabilia from classic tiki establishments.

I did a drawing that he liked, and went from there to the painting, 11x14, acrylic on canvas.

Some of the imagery changed around during the course of painting it, as you can see from these progress images.

The finished piece:

Here's a link to the website:
http://www.tikicase.com
If you click on the "Tell" link in the lower left, it will take you to a page where you can see the painting!

We went to San Diego on the 20th for Manuel's mom's birthday. We tikified the bar in their den, and I created a couple of 6' tall foamboard tikis to help decorate the den.

I also created a few menus of the drinks we've created using our hand-crafted syrups, like ginger, black pepper, lemongrass, hibiscus and cardamom/cinnamon. The menus incorporated an updated version of our Changitos logo. (Changito being short for Changito Amorcito [little love monkey], our nickname for each other... Changitos being the name of our "home tiki bar").

Then it was time to prep for the Tonga Hut parking lot sale!

Continuing my obsession with the Stockton Islander, I created an 8x10 frame made from Islander bamboo that I acquired from Abstract tiki and used it for a vinyl Bumatay Islander mug.

I made an 11" vinyl plush Marquesan Tiki... unlike most the other plush tiki dolls I've created, this one stands!

It was very difficult to work with the vinyl on this one, so it will most likely be to only one I'll attempt!

I also made some "regular" plush marq tikis. That is, plush tikis made from corduroy, not vinyl.

I had an idea kicking around in my head for almost a year now, a Moai Bob... I did a drawing months ago, but didn't know what to do with the idea until
I woke up at 5am the day before the sale with the solution: pendants! I seem to have the knack to get an idea I really want to do with just barely enough time to get it done... so I sculpted, molded, cast and painted the pendants, and strung 'em up the morning of the sale!

I then did an 11x14 painting of Moai Bob.

Marty Lush asked me to do some artwork for his upcoming Lush Goes Latin show at Tonga Hut on May 1st.
He suggested maracas and margaritas, and I came up with this:

Check out the original link to his show here:
http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=36056&forum=17&31

I was among several artists asked by Baby Doe to contribute a piece to the Keep A Breast project, and I received a plaster cast of "boobies" a couple weeks a go. I wasn't sure what to do, then inspiration struck. I hope we're allowed to turn 'em this way...

This is the most intimate I've ever been with a pair of breasts!

I decided to keep the plaster surface a rough as when I received it, and tried to do the image in a loose, brushy fashion to match the surface. Since every side could not be seen at once, I wanted there to be little vignettes on the sides: tikis on one, and an out rigger and an A-framed fishing pier on the other.

Then it was Easter, and I made some actual Easter Island Eggs in a basket for Manuel. Not actually from Easter Island, but actual hard boiled eggs, not the papier-mâché and paint versions I've done before. Three resemble those, and one says "Happy Easter Changito!" with a marq tiki face, reminiscent of our Changitos logo. (Changito being short for Changito Amorcito [little love monkey], our nickname for each other).

It was actually harder than I thought to draw the birdman petroglyphs on the eggshells and have them show up through the dye process!
The eggs made delicious egg salad sandwitches today! Yum!

So the last things I'll finish up before heading out to the Kon Tiki Relight the Night event is once again, my Islander obsession...
Plush Bumayay Islander mugs!!!

Again, it's an Idea I've been kicking around for a while, but didn't know how to do it until I did the framed vinyl Bumatay mug.
I had to stamp the fabric in a pattern to emulate the sides and back of the mug, and the actual tiki part is made from vinyl.
The dolls stand 7.5" high, and are 5" in diameter at the top, tapering down toward the bottom, just like the real mug! I am very pleased with the way the look!

Oh, also, videos with the Cheetos Tiki I did have been posted, check 'em out here:
http://info.break.com/static/live/v1/pages/sponsors/cheetlism/cheetlism.html

Thanks fer lookin'!
Yer Pal,
Eric October!

Post #522624 by tobunga on Wed, Apr 7, 2010 12:48 PM