War of the Carvers - General Tiki

P PolynesianPop Tiki Socialite Corona, Ca Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 2371	P PolynesianPop Posted posted on Sun, Nov 16, 2003 10:13 AM On 2003-11-16 09:42, fatuhiva wrote: I'd love to go buy a local tiki, but the only thing anyone carves around here has big lips and jimmy carter teeth- except for the old guy down in the keys... Yeah, you'd think that a carver from FL would want to carve in their own style to stand out from everyone else! But then again, a lot of them think probably think they are. Some of their styles are so influenced by Wayne Coombs and they don't even know it because that's the only style they've ever seen. I think a carver with an alternative style could be really successful there.

On 2003-11-16 09:42, fatuhiva wrote:
I'd love to go buy a local tiki, but the only thing anyone carves around here has big lips and jimmy carter teeth- except for the old guy down in the keys...

Yeah, you'd think that a carver from FL would want to carve in their own style to stand out from everyone else! But then again, a lot of them think probably think they are. Some of their styles are so influenced by Wayne Coombs and they don't even know it because that's the only style they've ever seen.

I think a carver with an alternative style could be really successful there.

Post #60210 by PolynesianPop on Sun, Nov 16, 2003 10:13 AM