Post #62639 by tikijackalope on Sun, Nov 30, 2003 2:34 AM

I had a blast recently in Kansas City as I followed up on a post from KCtiki about a carver who lives in Overland Park, KS. I discovered that the man's work was featured in a Zippy the Pinhead cartoon which ran Halloween of last year:

http://zippythepinhead.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=ZTP&Product_Code=31-Oct-02&Category_Code=

Todd Baker, owner of Sunshine Tree and Lawn Service, has populated his lawn with his own Moai-inspired carvings. Here, Baker poses with his personal favorite, "Ed the Head", which was in the third frame of the Zippy strip:

Here is the piece from the first frame:

This was in the second frame:

Three more pieces:

Baker has been selling his work for awhile and has sold a few to neighbors which has resulted in a spike in the Tiki population
near his home at the NW corner of 81st & Antioch in Overland Park. He said he'd like to do a large metal Moai and remarked that a huge Moai-shaped office building would be cool. Man, if only!