Post #679973 by bigbrotiki on Wed, May 29, 2013 1:57 PM

On 2013-05-29 03:47, harro wrote:
I don't know how you manage to fit in the new pieces into your collection!

ONLY by finding something better than what's already up - there is no empty wall space or shelf space left, so if I come across something I must have, something else has to go. But not every corner is as cluttered as the original Tiki altar section, the nucleus of where my collection started:

(HDR photo by Jochen Hirschfeld)

The amount of cool stuff in the house might seem impressive, but remember that I started collecting around 1989 :)
I like lamps, as evidenced by this exterior shot of my house where you can see the front porch:

In the foreground is Big Daddy Olu, carved by Leroy Schmaltz in the mid-90s on location (from a tree in the ground)

Here's that paddle, it is in Tiki Modern I believe, it was one of the first pieces I ever bought at Oceanic Arts:

(photo by Tonga Tom)
Also, I like making things glow, so I use light strings a bit.

What really makes the house glow though are its guests! Here is Marina showing my wife Naomi how to play with fire:

Martin Cate, Bosko, Jeff Berry and wives Truus and Rebecca in my kitchen

Traveling Rumpus Room members chatting on the front porch

...and in a rare convergence of Tiki revival luminaries from across the States:

Jeff Chenault, Tiki Kiliki, Hanford Lemoore, Humu Humu, and James Teitelbaum on my Witco couch! :)

A collection really gives pleasure when you can share it with those who appreciate it. Mahalo to my friends.