Tikiskip's / Kahiki lamp,Tiki bar lights, fishing float light

Thanks Haole'akamai hows that holder. And you too Frostiki.
Here's some newbies.
I ran out of rattan so the chairs on hold.



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Tip Tray. You could maybe use one of these Haole'akamai.
Any logo can be put inside.

[ Edited by: tikiskip 2009-06-05 06:15 ]

On 2007-06-08 14:57, tikiskip wrote:
Here's a new one. I work on three lights at a time so when things dry
or I just get tired of what i'm doing I can mix it up.

This would also make a really cool microphone stand.
Without the lights.

...i like it....but i would have liked to have seen you use coconut shell halves for the light fixtures as opposed to the vintage fiberglass ones you have on there now...good stuff as usual though...you've become quite the lamp maker!!

Thanks Tipsy, Yeah I was going to put rattan baskets on them
but my wife looovved the fiber glass ones.
It is one of the few tiki type lights I have that actually
produces useable light.

Great work. Just got a nice pieca of bamboo. Think I´m going to make a frame and torch it.

[ Edited by: tikidreams 2007-06-14 03:07 ]

Love the creativity. It's very inspiring.

everyone should have a home bar...mine is the Telstar Lounge http://TelstarLounge.blogspot.com

[ Edited by: mzoltarp 2007-06-14 13:17 ]

Guys thanks for the kind words. And yeah, go get some bamboo/ rattan and get busy!
This stuff is fun to work with.
This is a butter warmer and a k bob skewer, On a tray all made with wangi bamboo
and rattan.

Just went through the entire thread, some very nice stuff here :D

wow!!!!! very cool!! love the skewers! and butter warmers!!

Amy

Here's the latest.
I will be doing a class on how to do these lamps.
That is how to tie a fish float.



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[ Edited by: tikiskip 2012-06-29 07:02 ]

Does that $20 include airfare? 'cause if does I'll by two.

Hey I would rather come to you.
But if you are ever in town let me know
and I will show you how it's done.

John, you should do a video, and I still need a rin lamp tiki!

Amy

Thanks Amy.
Here's a cool table.
I did not make it.
We got it from some guy at the arts festival.
Doesn't it look like it came from a Hobbits house?

Bilbo Bagins was big in to tiki, back in the days of Middle Earth. You could always find hoim a the Trader Vices in Ilsidor. Sadly Frodo and Sam did not have an appreciation for it.

Here is a booze bottle display.
That I made from rattan.

Damn tikiskip!!!!!!!!!!!!! :o

Those booze stands are sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cheers,
Jeff

Wow- that turned out nice!

Bet that would make for an excellent mug display, as well!! :wink:

~Skully

[ Edited by: Capt'n Skully 2007-08-01 16:34 ]

You mind reader you! just wait till that Awesome HRHH3
mug is sitting on top!
Plus there is another tier!
Stay tooned!

Check out my new bar sign.

This is a mural I did for Largo's in columbus Ohio.
Can you tell what matchbook it's from?

[ Edited by: tikiskip 2012-06-29 06:59 ]

I've got tiki lights to show too...Usually,my husband learns to people the way to dance on rockabilly music but since he is on hollidays,he doesn't stop making some tiki lights.Would enjoy you to tell me what you think about...

WOW! Those are Awesome!!!
Love the shades as well.
I used to punk dance.
Back when punk was punk.
Thank you for sharing those lamps.
Oh and welcome to TC.

Here is the first run print of the Kahiki table lamp lampshade.
The first one is a test run on cheap paper.
Now the second one is on high dollar paper.
The wind was blowing so I put the jar of ink on
the drying print so I could wash the screen.
And the wind blew it over.
Now why show this?
Because this is part of the price of the stuff you buy.
Call it trial and error, Or research and development.
But it's not cheap.

Hey look at this.
Just put the black on.

Here's the original shade.
All mine needs is some soy sauce stains.

That looks really cool skip - could we have the backstory on this piece? I assume you've got an old/original lamp you're modelling it from? I love the varied forms tiki art takes...I can't think of another genre or style where making lamps is such a crucial part of the look.
Edit: :lol: , nevermind, the original just mysteriously appeared above my post!

[ Edited by: Paipo 2007-08-17 17:48 ]

Looking AMAZING, Skip!!! Looking forward to seeing your progress :)

Thanks Croe67.
Am waiting on wire rings for lamps.
Then I can start the mold.
It was great meeting you!
You and yours are welcome in our home any time.
Congrats on the room crawl award!
You and Skitiki look like two fun girls.

Now that's cool. I don't usually go in for most of the lampshades 'round here but that one is winner.

On 2007-08-17 17:30, tikiskip wrote:
Hey look at this.
Just put the black on.

Damn John!!!!

That looks freakin' awesome!!!!!!!!!!!

Cheers,
Jeff

Thank's Jeff. Wait till you see em.
"could we have the backstory on this piece?"
That's funny cuz I went to the Tropical Bistro today to
show them the shades.
Theang the owner (he used to work for the Kahiki)
told me he threw away 50 of those lamps!
He also said that the last owners did not care about
the stuff in the Kahiki.
They saved none of it for themselves.

How I made a mold of a Kahiki lamp.
Ok this ones going to take awhile.
So here goes.
First make sure that all parts on original is sealed.
ie Painted or shellac this will help keep the rubber mold
stuff out of the original.
It will also help your mold release when the time comes.
Then make a box to cover half of the original.

My original was painted and sealed so I did not need to seal mine.
And I did not want to mess up my original.
Now I made a template to separate the lamp.
Then you need to affix the template with clay like this.

Ooh coolio Skip! Your lamps are the best, I love this one.

Thanks Danny! Coming from an old school tiki pro like you that
means a lot.

Here's what's next. You are making half of a box.
You need to make sure that the box will not leak when you pour in
the rubber mold.
But you also need to make sure that the rubber stuff does not
stick to the thing you are molding or to the box.
You do this with clay, shellac and a release agent.

This is how your boxed piece will look.

One thing I forgot to mention is that you need to
make a guide for the two mold halves to fit together.
This can be made of clay.
Four nubs with a ring going around the lamp piece.
as seen here.

Here you also see brushing on the release agent.
You must put this on all things the rubber will touch.
That is the piece to be molded the sides of the box (inside)
And the clay joints.
So the rubber will not stick.

Next you mix and pour in the rubber mold stuff.
Here is the stuff I used.
It's kind of expensive.

Make sure you pour it in slow.
This is so you don't get air bubbles in your mold.

Wow, the lamp shades are incredible. Did you say you were screen printing them? Are you planning on aging them as well? I can't wait to see more.

Thank you.
Yes they will look older than that one. I will shellac them.
And yes I am silk screening them.

After the mold dries, 24 hours. you take off the one side only.
then you start to build a box on the other side.
Be sure to keep the one side incased in the rubber mold.

[ Edited by: tikiskip 2007-08-27 14:08 ]

Let me stop with the mold and give an update on the shade.
The first picture is the shade I made.
The next picture is the original lamp shade.
I'm going to shellac the shade I made to see if it ages it some.
I want to give a thanks to Captn Skully for helping me get this
shade pattern on a disk and cleaning it up for me.

The new shade shows the pattern much better when the light is on.

Ok back to the mold.
After making the box you seal and soap like you did the
first time.
Then pour in the rubber mold stuff.
After it dries you can take apart the mold.

When you make these molds you will always have mold stuff left over.
If you have other things ready to mold you can try and use up
any leftovers.

Now you can mix your plaster.
The first thing you do is put on a release agent.
Brush it all over the inside of the mold.
You need to hold the mold together, I tied mine up.
Slowly pour in the mold mix.
tap the sides to get out any air bubbles.
Let this dry. Then demold.
This parts like Christmas you don't know what you will get.

Sweet Jebus, It LIVES!!! Glad to see you moved forward with this project. Lookin' good!!!

Before it gets too hard you will need to carve some
of the extra plaster off.
At the seams and other spots.
Then you will need to fill in the air bubbles or voids
you may have.
I used this to fill in the voids.
It worked better than the plaster did for me.

The shade is done!
The first shade is the original. The second shade is
a copy I made with no shellac.
And the third shade is one of the copies with shellac.

Back to the base.
Now you need to drill a hole through the base
for a cord. The plaster will be wet inside.
It takes a long time to dry.
Then carve out the top for the light fixture.
Plus the bottom for the cord.

awesome job skip!! i knew if i held off long enough you would figure out how to create copies of that damn monkey lamp yerself without me involved!! LOL ya done good, skipper....now when can i get a lamp??

[ Edited by: Tipsy McStagger 2007-08-30 09:53 ]

Ha! Ha! Thanks David.
But if you had helped they would have been in stores everywhere.
I have had more than a few people ask if I was going to sell these.
I am going to sell these I just don't know when.
I'm not a very fast worker.
But I will start with the shades because someone said they needed some.
Here is how these shades look on other style lamps.
I am just waiting for the plaster to dry now.
So I can paint it.
Then I will be done.
Thank you for your interest.

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