War of the Carvers - General Tiki

BK Basement Kahuna Tiki Socialite Jawja Province, Isle of North America Joined: Oct 14, 2002 Posts: 3618	BK Basement Kahuna Posted posted on Sat, Nov 29, 2003 1:06 AM On 2003-11-29 00:17, fatuhiva wrote: summary of issue at hand: For some reason EastCoast carvers almost never carve a tiki that does not look like the Mai-Tiki Big Tooth Invasive Variety. [ Edited by: fatuhiva on 2003-11-29 00:19 ] ...Hey, now...I am east coast (Georgia born and raised) and I never touched the stuff...but I am hardly a career carver...More of a "for the fun of art" carver that makes a little money on the side with it. But I do believe the "Jimmy Carter taking a poo" observation...it's rampant and just awful...it's remedial, Wal-Mart, quickie, boiled peanut carving. That's why I would so dig seeing some other carvers from Florida do their thing. I still believe deep down there's more to Florida than meets the eye.

On 2003-11-29 00:17, fatuhiva wrote:
summary of issue at hand:

For some reason EastCoast carvers almost never carve a tiki that does not look like the Mai-Tiki Big Tooth Invasive Variety.

[ Edited by: fatuhiva on 2003-11-29 00:19 ]

...Hey, now...I am east coast (Georgia born and raised) and I never touched the stuff...but I am hardly a career carver...More of a "for the fun of art" carver that makes a little money on the side with it. But I do believe the "Jimmy Carter taking a poo" observation...it's rampant and just awful...it's remedial, Wal-Mart, quickie, boiled peanut carving. That's why I would so dig seeing some other carvers from Florida do their thing. I still believe deep down there's more to Florida than meets the eye.

Post #62551 by Basement Kahuna on Sat, Nov 29, 2003 1:06 AM