BARNEY WEST in DISTRESS! or How to bring an old salt back to life! - Collecting Tiki

T tiki1963 Member los angeles Joined: Sep 12, 2003 Posts: 221	T tiki1963 Posted posted on Sun, Sep 30, 2012 7:54 AM Thanks for your interest! Pete- Yeah, he's definitely had a rough life in and out of the Windy City elements. I imagine he got a lot of views from the Chicagoans. Thanks for the pic! littlegiles- Polychroming in the official dictionary term is basically, a technique of multi-colored architectural decor painting. However, I've also heard it used in the antique vernacular in regard to multicolored natural paint technique as applied to wood sculpture of many types. Besides, I love saying, "P-O-L-Y-C-H-R-O-M-I-N-G"! So much more exciting than 'paint-job'. In the case of Palmer, he won't be multi-colored in the sense of different colors on the surface, but rather a blend of a few colors as a treatment to achieve a native/natural pigment and appearance. You'll see what I mean when it's done. I promise he won't be all discoed out! On another note from the photo/history request, I was wondering if there were any TC'ers that are interested in selling an extra pair (or one) of the Chicago Trader Vic's Tiki farm mugs. I never picked these up and would love to have a pair for the sake of keeping the history together. If anyone has some and would like to sell, please PM me. And no, I don't want to pay as much as Palmer for them!

Thanks for your interest!

Pete- Yeah, he's definitely had a rough life in and out of the Windy City elements. I imagine he got a lot of views from the Chicagoans. Thanks for the pic!

littlegiles- Polychroming in the official dictionary term is basically, a technique of multi-colored architectural decor painting. However, I've also heard it used in the antique vernacular in regard to multicolored natural paint technique as applied to wood sculpture of many types. Besides, I love saying, "P-O-L-Y-C-H-R-O-M-I-N-G"! So much more exciting than 'paint-job'.

In the case of Palmer, he won't be multi-colored in the sense of different colors on the surface, but rather a blend of a few colors as a treatment to achieve a native/natural pigment and appearance. You'll see what I mean when it's done. I promise he won't be all discoed out!

On another note from the photo/history request, I was wondering if there were any TC'ers that are interested in selling an extra pair (or one) of the Chicago Trader Vic's Tiki farm mugs.

I never picked these up and would love to have a pair for the sake of keeping the history together.

If anyone has some and would like to sell, please PM me. And no, I don't want to pay as much as Palmer for them!

Post #653861 by tiki1963 on Sun, Sep 30, 2012 7:54 AM