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Witco wall art?
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Swanky
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08/09/2007
This sure looks like Witco, but I never saw it before. |
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bigbrotiki
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08/09/2007
Naaaw, that's just a piece of (...stalling while trying to get my bid in...) uh, that's just....Wait! It's all over! Kim already got it, and for a pretty penny! |
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Swanky
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08/09/2007
Looks like a nice combination of the paddle carving turned into a pseudo-tiki. Very interesting. |
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bigbrotiki
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08/09/2007
Yeah, I wish Bill would have experimented more with that mixed sculpture/painting concept in his Tiki pieces, I like it very much. But I guess the temptation to fully sculpt Tikis was to great, and he also might have been concerned about lack of a native tradition in that. It really worked well in his modernist wall hangings, like in the famous Witco World. But most of the time the painting part became the background to the sculpted art, not quite as integral as exemplified in this Tiki piece. |
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TIKI DAVID
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08/09/2007
does anyone have a pic of The Daisies? TD |
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dogbytes
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08/09/2007
Keigs made a couple pieces like that for Hula Hula ~ commission one to match your decor! |
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TIKI DAVID
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08/12/2007
has anyone even heard of a Witco piece called the DAISIES? [ Edited by: TIKI DAVID 2007-08-12 02:44 ] |
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bigbrotiki
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08/15/2007
David, here you go. Took a while til I dug those out: |
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TIKI DAVID
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08/16/2007
THANK YOU . Have you ever seen a Witco lamp with a lamp shade made like the Dasies? TD |
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bigbrotiki
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08/16/2007
No...maybe...I don't recall. But even I do not have ALL catalogs and supplements that Witco ever published, and also, they played around and some stuff out there never WAS in catalogs. They did take some Tiki masks and also the fire dancers and slapped them on regular lamp shades, so why not those daisies :) |
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TIKI DAVID
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08/16/2007
cool. i have one ,was hoping it was rare. sounds like it could be.i found it in daytona last year,it was on a witco lamp of 2 figures facing and hugging each other.thanks for the info and pics. TD |
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bigbrotiki
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08/16/2007
Your description of the base rang a bell, and I found it in a January 1969 catalog supplement: Unfortunately the photos are only in black and white, which makes them not book worthy, so I kinda forgot about them. But I sure would love to have one of those fire dancer/Abstract ones! Here are two other "wood on shade" examples (the above ones came as swag lamps also): Ken Pleasant has remade that Tiki shade since, complete with Tapa pattern. And yes, there are SOME B&W Witco photos in Tiki Modern, but the majority had to be color, of course. [ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2007-08-16 12:28 ] |
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TIKI DAVID
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08/16/2007
thats it , the one on the right, shade and all. damn ,do you have all the catalogs? thanks,again, for the pic and info. TD |
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Tiki Kollektor
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08/16/2007
I want a Fire Dancers lamp too! |
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finkdaddy
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08/16/2007
I have this Witco ship, but someone has obviously done a shitty job of repainting the background. They even got blue paint on the wood. Has anyone here ever tried to repaint a Witco? Any suggestions for how to remove the wood from the cloth or how to remove the paint from the wood? |
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MaD-TiKi
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08/17/2007
BIGBRO, |
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bigbrotiki
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08/17/2007
You haven't been by here, lately, eh? I wouldn't call that "nothin'" :) : http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=25214&forum=1&41 ...oh, and for "when", lookey 'ere: http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=25205&forum=1&16 [ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2007-08-16 20:00 ] |
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MaD-TiKi
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08/17/2007
Well stick a tiki in my mouth.....lol. Well it looks to be well worth the wait. I'm on the east coast, so can't wait unitl it over here. What is the price tag on that big ass book??? Thanks BigBro, MaD-TiKi |
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bigbrotiki
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08/17/2007
It's Thirteeenaaaahn Nineteeenaaaahn regular store price, but Amazon is undercuttin' everybody again, Wallmart style. That's a whole lotta book for that lil money. I'm not sayin', go look for yourself :) |
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TIKI DAVID
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11/06/2007
bump, for my own reason. |
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