11 Foot Moai In Cardiff

Check out this link about a Moai that will be carved out of an 11 foot Torrey Pine stump in Cardiff this March:

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/feb/20/tiki-head-carved-torrey-pine-about-stand-watch-car/

Aloha,

you tricked me-- I thought this was going to be a tiki carving in Wales, and with St. David's Day approaching to boot!!1!

On 2011-02-20 12:09, Rapa Nui Rich wrote:
Check out this link about a Moai that will be carved out of an 11 foot Torrey Pine stump...

Hey, somebody already did that :wink: :

On 2011-02-20 15:03, bigbrotiki wrote:

Hey, somebody already did that :wink: :

Thought the same thing

On 2011-02-20 15:03, bigbrotiki wrote:

Hey, somebody already did that :wink: :

Thought the same thing

"Crews left an 11-foot tall section of the tree in the ground on the chance it could be developed into a temporary piece of public art. The Encinitas City Council decided Wednesday to allow the stump to be carved into an Easter Island head, commonly known as a tiki head."

One of the really great aspects of this story is that the city council deemed a Moai public art!

Another great aspect is that the writer deemed a Moai a Tiki. :)
Only thing better would be if they called it an Aku Tiki.

"an Easter Island head, commonly known as a tiki head"

Would it really have hurt to actually have educated people and used the work 'moai' here?