Post #633874 by Polynesiac on Thu, Apr 26, 2012 11:06 AM

Aloha friends and thank you so much for the kind words about my carvings and for the bibbidy, bibbidy bump!!

Now that I'm here, I'll through up a few tikis I've been working on:

First up are the first two carvings in my RESPECT series, paying homage to the amazing carvers of the 50's and 60's, where I get much of my design inspiration from. Both are lamps and carved from recycled redwood

Ellis (Homage to Richard Ellis - carver of MANY tikis around so cal, including Don the Beachcombers and Trade Winds)

Buma (Homage to Andres Bumatay - carved for Sven's Contemporary Idol show at M Modern Gallery in Palm Springs)

The next lamp is a Hawaiian style and called "Ao" - which is hawaiian for "light"

The last lamp I've been working on was also carved for Sven's Contemporary Idol show at M Modern Gallery in Palm Springs and is based on the traditional slit drums from Ambrym. It's called, appropriately, "Ambrym"

Still working on the garage workshop, and now I've started on the back yard too. At the rate I'm going, I should be done in a few years!

Thanks again everyone!