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Austrian Tikis
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El Buho
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06/14/2007
Hi, my name is Alex "El Buho" from Graz/Austria. I create tikis from several materials since 2002 and this is one of my latest creations. It stands about 140cm tall (about 4 feet 5 inches) The photo was taken in the backyard of the house I live in. It would be nice to get some response. |
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4WDtiki
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06/14/2007
Looks good, Alex! What is it made out of? |
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El Buho
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06/15/2007
First, thanx a lot. Second, it's made of a porous concrete, finished with coloured tile-adhesive (is that the right word) and brown varnish. |
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tikidreams
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06/15/2007
Nice! Do you cast it or shape it? |
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El Buho
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06/15/2007
Well, the prototype is always shaped but sometimes I make a casting mould of latex and cast them in concrete. I used to do this with this moai-style head. |
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teaKEY
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06/15/2007
Thats a nice style to the Moai you did. Its got a swoop back look and I like the rough texture but the smooth looks like mable. Those will look just as good, if not better in a 100 years. |
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Clarita
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06/15/2007
Hola "el buho"(the owl), nice work! Keep posting please! Greetings!! |
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El Buho
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06/16/2007
Thanx for the nice words to all of you, I'm glad that you like my work. |
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VampiressRN
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06/17/2007
Very nice work....they would be a great addition to any garden. :tiki: |
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Benzart
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06/18/2007
Excellent stuff El Buho, Sweet tiki. |
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El Buho
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06/21/2007
This is a necklace I made for my girlfriend. It's made of leather, horn, wood and resin, it's about 75 cm long. There are four different tikis on the necklace. |
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little lost tiki
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06/21/2007
Wow! Great work El Buho! |
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El Buho
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06/21/2007
little lost tiki, thanx for your nice comment and also tankx for the salutation. It's a very special place here. |
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tiki beat by marcus thorn
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06/21/2007
i love the tikis and i love the necklace keep up the good work |
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Sneakytiki
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06/21/2007
I dig your tikis. Nice work on the necklace too! |
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El Buho
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09/21/2007
After weeks I found the time to post a pic of my Moai-keychain on my carkeys. It looks great swinging when you take the curves with speed... [ Edited by: El Buho 2007-09-21 08:20 ] |
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El Buho
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10/01/2007
My latest creation, it's called "Fünf Buama von weit her" (means "Five guys from far away"), acryl on canvas, burned wood. 120cm x 80cm. |
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VampiressRN
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10/01/2007
Wow....that is very unique and absolutely beautiful. It is neat that you can work in so many mediums. Are these for your private collection, or do you sell them? Moai's are my favorite too. :) |
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El Buho
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10/02/2007
Well, thank you very much, VampiressRN. Indeed I'll try to sell my stuff but here in Austria is no market for such things. Maybe this changes because of "Tiki Modern" which is now available in the bookstores here too. |
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El Buho
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11/10/2007
Aloha, my friends! [ Edited by: El Buho 2007-11-10 10:21 ] |
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twowheelin'tiki
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11/11/2007
Very nice work. If they can have a resturaunt in bavaria called "soup-a-tiki" that is still going after 2 years, then there is a market for your tiki stuff. you just need to start a EU tiki forum. |
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El Buho
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11/12/2007
First, thank you for your nice words, that means much to me! It's funny that I get informed about Soup-A-Tiki across the Atlantic Ocean. This seems to be a nice little spot in Würzburg, I'll have to check it out soon. |
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haikai
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11/22/2007
Aloha Alex, hey what can I read here! You open an art-shop in Graz! Wow, why I don´t konw this. |
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El Buho
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11/24/2007
Well Haikai, its not a big deal. Just 11 m² and only for four months. Tiki will be the smallest part in it, eight artists and everybody does something else. I'm the only Tiki-guy there. |
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VampiressRN
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11/25/2007
That is some crazy building!!! I like your last tikis in concrete and the colors are delightful. I wish you well in the shop and I think you are correct in that BOT and TM is working hard worldwide to bring tiki to the forefront...which will be helpful for artists like you. Keep up the great work. :) |
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11/26/2007
very cool keep up the good work they would be cool in any garden.the angryartist |
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El Buho
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11/30/2007
@angryartist, thank you for your nice words. I'll try my best to keep on producin'... |
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El Buho
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04/17/2008
A new model of a Tiki-Keychain by myself. I called it "Maomao"... |
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El Buho
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04/18/2008
My two latest Tikis, the first is about 120 cm the second one about 140 cm tall (somewhere around 4 feet to 4 feet 5 inches) |
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El Buho
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03/03/2009
Finally I created my first Mug. I call this fine little guy "El Primitivo", it stands about 14 cm high and has a capacity of 40 cl of a tasteful strong drink I created for it that goes with the same name. It will be released in a limited edition of 25 pieces in grey, each one numbered. |
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Robb Hamel
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03/03/2009
Nice work. I like that idea of stone vs. wood, and the weathering should improve the sculpture with age. Good job, send more pics. |
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kirby
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03/03/2009
hmmm.. where did you get that idea?it looks very similar to this mug grog posted last year.. maybe sum influence ? [ Edited by: kirby 2009-03-03 08:28 ] |
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OceaOtica
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03/03/2009
El Buho, the mug looks good man. The bone in the nose reminds me of the rare and not often seen cannibal mug by spurlin(?). Hope this is the first of many mugs to come. Please in the future post progress shots of your mug creations as well. |
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El Buho
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03/03/2009
Well kirby, I really have to say, I never saw the Mug by grog before in my life. But I sure like the structure of it, a very beautiful piece. Anyway, the idea of a primitve Moai with a big tooth is not that unpopular, I guess. |
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03/23/2009
A big underbite with a tooth sticking up (like a bulldog) is a pretty common cartoony way of making something look primitive or thuggish. You didn't step on any toes El Buho, so sell 'em all you want. It not bother GROG. That we came up with a similar idea of a primitive Moai, just goes to show great minds think alike, or fools never differ----whichever the case may be. But, thanks for watching GROG' back anyways Kirby. |
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El Buho
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03/26/2009
Well, Grog, I would say this is just another evidence of the theory of Polygenesis, people in different places have the same ideas as the human mind is similar. |
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fumacius
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03/28/2009
Hi dude...Just to say nice good working you doin.. |
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