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Kahaka's Tiki Lamps
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Polynesiac
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06/05/2010
....and well worth the wait - that light is AWESOME. Love the sea glass, I always thought that the nice sand blasted glass pieces would look good in a tiki lamp...and you just proved it! Those other lamps you're pumping out are just as beautiful. Each one unique and a work of art! Totally awesome, I bet Notch's shop looks bitchin' with all your lamps hanging there! I gotta see that place one of these times I'm up San Jose way. |
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Mr. Pupu Pants
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06/05/2010
Just absolutely, positively jaw-dropping, Kahaka. |
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tikiskip
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06/05/2010
Looks great! |
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1961surf
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06/05/2010
Awesome Woody...just awesome . |
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beadtiki
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06/05/2010
I LOVE that lamp! I spend my time at our beaches with my head down searching for seaglass - some places are treasure troves of the stuff! I'm partial to the glacier blues and the VERY rare reds. Nice job - and hear you on that resin thing! I have to tell myself "Patience, Grasshopper. Patience." when working with it! |
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KAHAKA
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06/05/2010
Polynesiac, Tikiskip, and Mr. Pupu Pants- Thanks so much... I really appreciate the compliments, especially coming from top notch artists like yourselves. Just trying to keep up, because you guys keep setting the bar higher and higher! Bill- Thanks Man... always appreciate your compliments. beadtiki- The royal blues are my favorite too. I used some pretty cool sea green colors too, but it didn't photograph too well. The sea glass looks super cool illuminated. I should have made 2 of these things... one to sell and one to keep! |
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KAHAKA
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06/17/2010
Just finished another for a customer. No blue in this one (as per the customer), just some greens and whites. Mahalo fer lookin'! |
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Mr. Pupu Pants
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06/17/2010
Wow Woody!! |
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murphdog
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06/19/2010
We love it! |
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Mr. Pupu Pants
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06/19/2010
Woody's lamps = Cool x infinity + 2 |
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NOTCH
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07/03/2010
Fantastic job you did on them lamps buddy, your works Kicks ars!! |
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KAHAKA
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07/15/2010
Pupu, you need to try your hand at some lamps. You'll knock 'em outta the park! Murphdog! Thanks again... looks great in the bar! Nacho, thanks my dawg. You might recognize these next shots, being that you own the ceiling in them. A new lamp. It's for sale in the marketplace.
These lamps and others will be available at Notch's Ku Bar at Tiki Oasis... Back to work! Woody Custom Tapa Swag Lamps and Sconces Built By Kahaka [ Edited by: kahaka 2010-07-18 08:36 ] [ Edited by: kahaka 2010-07-19 12:59 ] |
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NOTCH
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07/24/2010
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beadtiki
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07/24/2010
Sure wish I'd taken shop way back in high school! I'm trying to figure out how you make the slatted bottoms on those tapa lamps! Very nice! |
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KAHAKA
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07/24/2010
Nice shots, Notch. Look at the dollar darts stuck in the barrel behind the lamp. We need to keep at it until we have enough dollars to fill it full of rum. Beadtiki, you need to get yourself a compound miter saw (atleast that's what I use). Cuts perfect 45s. |
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Tiki Kaimuki
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07/24/2010
COOL stuff, Woody! Ya better get to work and get yer lamp stock up for Oasis. I remember last year when they just started flying outta the KuBar. Remember Oasis attendees, if you see Kahaka's lamps at Oasis, don't think, just say, "I'll buy it!" Last year some folks were cryin' when they came back to find the lamp they were "thinking about" SOLDsoldSoLD! |
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KAHAKA
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09/29/2010
Thanks to everyone that purchased a lamp from me at Oasis! Much obliged, much obliged (as Omar from the Wire might say). Found some puffers over the summer and made this mobile (not for use above a crib... I have many holes in my fingers that say so). I'm still tryin' to figure out the bulb color configuration. 3 blues, center red? Any thoughts about how it looks? |
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KAHAKA
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09/30/2010
crickets Ok, how about 2 orange, 1 blue, center red? |
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1961surf
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09/30/2010
Swet Woody.I would do red, blue and green bulbs . |
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murphdog
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09/30/2010
I like the second configuration. Super cool, Woody! |
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MadDogMike
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09/30/2010
(not for use above a crib...) :lol: |
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AlohaStation
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09/30/2010
More like speechless! |
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tikiskip
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09/30/2010
Love it! |
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RevBambooBen
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10/05/2010
Green, Gold and Red!!! Welding Gloves. ( that neo-Luau one killed me! :wink: p.s. awesome lamps as always! |
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10/06/2010
KAHAKA - I really dig your work. The Flickr pics are nice, and I'm sure handy, but with your level of work you outta consider firing up your own website. Sophista-tiki and I use Yahoo SiteBuilder and like it. Super work. |
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KAHAKA
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10/07/2010
Thanks you all... For the time being, I settled on the configuration in the 2nd pic (until I find me some more Christmas bulbs!). I must have done 7 different set ups until I just plain gave up! Robb, thanks for the heads up on the Yahoo site builder! Your page looks awesome. The Flikr page is pretty hokey, I know. I need to get my arse in gear and make a more official looking page! Now who wants to set one up for me? :wink: |
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beadtiki
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10/09/2010
Love the puffers! Great idea! My husband would say all orange! |
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KAHAKA
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11/24/2010
Made this one for my buddy Eloy who's whipping together a tiki room. Was watching Pirates of the Carribean when I thought about cutting wood to look like crab legs for the side of this lamp. I was looking through my tapa stash and was stoked to find a similiar squiggly line pattern on one of the pieces of tapa. Used a 6 sided Asian hat that Notch found out hunting. Torched it, accidentally burned holes through it, patched it with tapa and abaca matting, and stained it to look old. Now when you look up underneath it you can see some of the tapa patches. Kinda happy about the accidents. |
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NOTCH
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11/27/2010
Holy Muther of Cows!!! | Notch |
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KAHAKA
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11/30/2010
Thanks Notch, and for the hat too. Now find another, please. Ha. |
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KAHAKA
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01/13/2011
My first for 2011. Whoopity doo! This one is for a customer. I used a rattan ring that a buddy of mine found for the center, then built the frame around it and attached the tapa and rope stuffs. When I coated it with polyurethanen(because it's gonna hang outside), all the glue I had used failed. I had to wait for the son of gun to dry, then reglue just about everything. You live and learn. Lights on. Be careful not to stare directly into Lake Surfer's Kava Kava Man's eyes in the background... Lights off: T'anks for the peeks. Woody |
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MadDogMike
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01/13/2011
Nice lamps Kahaka. Did you coat the tapa cloth with polyurethane too? |
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KAHAKA
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01/13/2011
Thanks Man. Ya, coated the tapa. Tapa absorbs moisture and will mildew if you don't treat it for the outdoors. I should have coated the tapa first before I started the gluing process. Next time! |
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01/13/2011
So clean and so Fresh! Another sickkkkkkkk lamp! |
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Lake Surfer
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01/13/2011
Kava Kava Man looks trippy back there staring out! Another great lamp Woody! Your resourcefulness with materials and ability to make it all come together is incredible. I'll trade 1/2 of my carving talents with 1/2 of your lamp making talents any day! Lighting is such an important part of the tiki bar, and you've got skills my friend! |
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Tiki Kaimuki
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01/14/2011
I agree with Dave, ya got the skills to pay the bills! I should keep my eye out for stuff you may be able to use for lamp production. Oh, and you shoulda come to the Cove. Drunk hilarity in full effect. |
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01/15/2011
Pretty sick looking lamp Kahaka. Just of curiosity, what was the name of that glue that failed to stick? Want to make sure to avoid |
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KAHAKA
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01/15/2011
Thanks you guys. You're some talented mofos yourselves!!! Gold Z, I use spray glue to adhere the tapa to the fiberglass skin that goes around the frame, and hot glue for the detail stuff. If you're gonna coat with polyurethane (which I would avoid unless you're going to put your lamp outside), coat the tapa first and let it dry before you do the detail work with the glue gun. Might add sn extra day or 2 to your project, but it'll be worth the wait. |
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tikiskip
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01/17/2011
Looks great! |
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KAHAKA
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02/24/2011
Here's my latest... I call it "Tapa Marquesan Rattan Face with Aqua, Blue, and White Sea Glass in Four Circles on the Bottom of It" swag lamp. Now off to Nacho's bar to take some pics of it lit up. Man I love vacation. |
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WestADad
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02/24/2011
Woody, your lamps are absolutely SICK!! Love em' Chris |
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02/24/2011
Killer!! LOve it! |
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tikiskip
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02/25/2011
You could have called it "wine rack no more" |
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KAHAKA
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02/25/2011
Thanks guys! The rattan is actually scrap from an ottoman and a breakfast in bed tray. I pulled some pieces, reshaped, torched, and stained them. The circles on the bottom were cut into plywood. Now off to look for a rattan wine rack! Would have made this one simpler. Custom Tapa Swag Lamps and Sconces Built By Kahaka [ Edited by: kahaka 2011-02-25 11:44 ] |
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tikiskip
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02/26/2011
So nice when a found object can be made into You know the wine rack I'm talking about. |
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KAHAKA
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03/06/2011
Totally, Skip. I get excited when I can find something to piece together into a lamp. Both of these are for sale. |
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mp
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03/07/2011
Wish I was Rich!!!!!!! |
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KAHAKA
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03/29/2011
Here are a few new ones for a customer that wanted lots of blue.
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