Post #622417 by bigbrotiki on Wed, Jan 25, 2012 1:29 PM

Wow, you are really having fun with that theme. You should see Bosko and Truus' collection of resin seahorses, they have a wall-full. What an amazing array of sea life there, Wendy, this lamp is gonna be like an aquarium! :) I think Bahooka's should buy a bunch of them, they'd be perfect in there!

Please allow me one frank observation, though:

I was very excited when you chose that Bumatay Tiki for your next design, I have always loved that design, especially since I found that Lava bowl I put in the BOT:

Then I bought the mug at the Hala Kahiki, and the best most recent find was AbstractTiki's photo of the Islander interior with the actual Tiki in it.

So imagine my surprise when I experienced what effect your addition of the fins on top and on the sides had on me: All of a sudden, I saw a fish - not a Tiki anymore! It was quite stunning, actually. Now with the added sea life pieces, the transformation is even more complete.

I don't know if anybody else sees it that way, but I would predict that for those folks who have never seen a Bumatay, this will be a more of a Fish lamp, not so much a Tiki lamp. There ain't nothing wrong with that, of course - It WILL be a stunner!

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2012-01-25 13:31 ]