Is this Polynesian? - Collecting Tiki

B Benzart Member Port Saint Lucie, Florida Joined: Jan 09, 2004 Posts: 10397	B Benzart Posted posted on Thu, Apr 29, 2004 2:13 PM I used to work for a man who imported a wood carver from Burma and his carvings were beautiful but definately Aisian and didn't sell well.His looked similar to these posts. After being here awhile, he began to figure the Western form and "Lost" the Slanted eyes, pointy features and the Eastern style . As he became "Americanized" his carving changed to fit Our profile. It was like BigBro said, once he quit carving from pictures his carvings totally changed There are LOTS of these carvings on ebay and many brom Bali and indonesia and they all suffer the same thing. Spectacular carvings, but no heart or feeling from within transported to the piece.

I used to work for a man who imported a wood carver from Burma and his carvings were beautiful but definately Aisian and didn't sell well.His looked similar to these posts. After being here awhile, he began to figure the Western form and "Lost" the Slanted eyes, pointy features and the Eastern style .
As he became "Americanized" his carving changed to fit Our profile. It was like BigBro said, once he quit carving from pictures his carvings totally changed
There are LOTS of these carvings on ebay and many brom Bali and indonesia and they all suffer the same thing. Spectacular carvings, but no heart or feeling from within transported to the piece.

Post #88961 by Benzart on Thu, Apr 29, 2004 2:13 PM