Post #599893 by bigbrotiki on Fri, Jul 29, 2011 7:07 PM

Skipster, thank you so much for that amazing lamp, it is so boootiful! It now hangs next to an O.A. lamp in my library:

Besides everything else you do on your lamps, I was looking at your rope and knot work, and can only compare it to the genre of Sailor's Fancy Work, the kind of craft projects that sailors kept themselves busy with during long sea voyages.

Unlike well-known Scrimshaw, rope and knot fancy work is an under-appreciated art form well suited for the Tiki Lounge.

I found this piece, converted from an empty rum bottle, in my home port of Hamburg:

There are a few folks who appreciate this handicraft:

http://despawson.com/Museum.html

All I can say is keep up the good work, maybe some day it will be in a museum...