Post #724552 by Tiki Shark Art on Fri, Aug 1, 2014 6:33 PM

Aloha Tiki Tribe!
Check it out!
Mr. Tiki Goes to Washington!

So at the Expo, I showed the "Hawaii 50th Anniversary State-Hood Tiki-Mug" that's the one with the "Hawaiian Quarter" embedded in it. Also on display was the "Diga Diga Doo" Tiki Mug, and the "Little Dig" Tiki Mug / shot glass - they sat in front of their matching full sized giclee on canvas art-print of "Diga Diga Doo"."Tiki Cat" sat on the other side, and lots of Tiki-Art calendars, art cards, key chains, stickers, decals, and post cards were grabbed up off the table by some new and some long time tiki fans alike - I signed everything I could. But... for a while it was like watching a Feeding Frenzy!! folks grabbing stuff as fast as they could! SHEESH! Then, things slowed down a bit. I made sure I talked to everyone who seemed interested in "What is Tiki?" Good stuff! A huge hit were the "Monsters N' Hawaii" Post Card sets! Wow, nice to know Tiki and classic movie monster fans are running around the capital… I think. Right?!

We also showed the now sold-out "Body Glove 60th Anniversary Tiki-Mug. People were entranced by all the detail on that baby! All the Tiki-Mugs were made by Tiki Farm. (...some one almost made-off with the highly sought after "State-hood Tiki-Mug at the end! We had to keep an eye on that one, and Abbas's long arm nabbed 'it back just in time once!!) Wow!

Huge success… I think the word of "Tiki" got out there in a really good way that day!

Brad (Tiki Shark) Parker
"You have not appropriated the Culture of Hawaii…the Culture of Hawaii has appropriated you."
K. Angel Pilago (Hawaiian Elder & my own personal Yoda)

[ Edited by: Tiki Shark Art 2014-08-01 19:05 ]