Official Introductions Thread. New Members, Post your introduction here...

Aloha!!!!

Well, I finally broke down and became a member and wanted to introduce myself.

Moved from Maryland to So/Cal...Costa Mesa. Mixologist by trade, Bartender by wonderful necessity, and life long Tiki enthusiast by DNA coding.

Been a prohibition mixologist for the past ten years and a lover of Tiki drinks since....forever.

So, I got a job as a bartender at the infamous Don, The Beachcomber!!!! And want to become a Tiki devotee.

Would love to hear from you guys!!!!

MacMoto, who do we ask for at Don's?
many of us are Don's regulars so fair warning, we will hold you to your mixologist standards.
best of luck in the new job!

Aloha from sunny Alicante, Spain. My name is Guillermo and I've just gotten started on bone carving of all sorts. Found your forum through Google.

I have no previous carving experience and started as part of therapy after watching a couple of videos on youtube (Louie The Fish, Rick Gunter and Santi aka Antipodart) and was immediately hooked -never better said!

I decided that my first project should be a sea turtle following Rick Gunter's tutorial and I have thoroughly enjoyed it! Second has been a tiger claw and will continue practicing. Here's a small (and terrible) clip of the turtle just prior to finishing: http://youtu.be/P1apN58NRPU?list=UUE7Z3_YKW9ApH9qVLASpdsQ

And hope you can see these photos:

I have several tools that I use for other interests that will be useful: typical Dremel and flex shaft, another "generic" no brand Dremel look-a-like (but much more powerful!), a micro motor set, and lots and lots of burs (diamond and TC).

Hope to make new friends and learn more things here with you guys and share my experience with you.

Thanks.

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How much for your services?

On 2014-11-17 02:13, Atomic Tiki Punk wrote:
How much for your services?

Sorry I don't think I understand...

I think he wants to know how much you sell your artwork for if
you do sell your art stuff.

Nice work, and welcome to TC!!!

On 2014-11-17 05:23, OSSEUS NATURA wrote:

On 2014-11-17 02:13, Atomic Tiki Punk wrote:
How much for your services?

Sorry I don't think I understand...

Just a little joke in reference to your comment "and was immediately hooker" (unintended meaning "a prostitute")
I see your working on your English, so this was a bit of a unintentional funny remark
but you're doing just fine & welcome to Tiki Central!

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Don't worry, most Americans don't understand ATP's humor, so GROG doubt someone from Spain (or any other country) will fair any better.

Very nice carvings. GROG like.

"but your doing just fine & welcome to Tiki Central!"-----you're not your----The Spelling Police

[ Edited by: GROG 2014-11-17 22:29 ]

Damn you to hell, Grog!
Ok I will go back & fix it.....

On 2014-11-17 22:27, GROG wrote:
Don't worry, most Americans don't understand ATP's humor, so GROG doubt someone from Spain (or any other country) will fair any better.

Very nice carvings. GROG like.

"but your doing just fine & welcome to Tiki Central!"-----you're not your----The Spelling Police

[ Edited by: GROG 2014-11-17 22:29 ]

The Spelling Police might want to note that the word "fair"
in GROG's opening line above should have been "fare"

. . . . . . . . . . . . kraken

Oh snap!

Oh... Where was my mind?! Hooker??? Hooked it should have been ! hahahaha Mind wondering corrected!

Well the fact that I live in Spain don't mean that I'm Spanish, now does it? hahahaha Though I am 50%

I'm half breed 50% American/Spanish. Lived half my life abroad, Belgium, Saudi Arabia, Spain, France, Germany, UK... so many countries but then again who's counting!

Proud of my heritage, and will not deny my half breed... then again, aren't we all half breed one way or another? Proud of my spelling/grammar too and in 3 different languages: French, Spanish, English. Enough politics...

Many thanks for your comments. It encourages me to continue. I feel that every piece that I carve has a bit of me in it; I have considered selling them and my entourage also encourages me to do so but I don't know...

I'm now working on two new sea turtles I guess just to prove to myself that this was not a first timer luck thing. Will see!

More to continue...

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Hello everyone. New tiki carver here. I'm going to do my best to read and search before I start asking lots and lots of questions. Seen some awesome pictures on here.

TiKi421 why aren't you at your post?

I am at my post! Frankie's Tiki Room with my wife bamalamalu and fellow patrons hang10tiki.

Great to meet u guys
Cheers

Jon

hang10 you gettin cut from your diet dude, look like you bout to carve up some tasty waves.

Porpoise
:)

Started at 242lbs
Now 215lbs
16 to go Bruddah

Cheers

Good job hang10. I am down 50# and have about 2 more small children to loose so I can have one of my hips replaced...Yee Haw!!

Osseus...your turtle caving is great. If you do end up selling, I know many of us here on TC would be interested. Nice job for teaching yourself off of YouTube.

Aloha to all the other new folks, happy to have you on board.

Greetings from the great and chilly Northwest! Nellekona here, I've been lurking for a few years but all signed up now, and hoping to get some feedback on my tiki hut as well as some other projects I'm sure fellow rhum minded folks will find interesting. I'm also bringing this part of the world in on what to me has been a labor of love; the worlds only Hulaquarium! Let me know what you think, and if there's another out there, show us yours! Thanks!

Looks great....post in the Home Bar section and show us your whole space...welcome to TC.

Aloha
Ok, I'm in

Mrs.Hang10Tiki
:)

Welcome Mrs.Hang10....I assume you are into sewing. What is your specialty?

Vampiress- I am into quilting and appliqué. :)
Here are my last two pieces

This one is in our home bar

I made this one for Jon to give away in the latest art swap

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Welcome to the fray, Mrs H10!

Nice to see you, SewTiki - Love those pieces!

Aloha to everyone new!

Newbie from Tampa, FL here - saying hi.

Hi there, floridadiver! Hope you enjoy our tiki board.
You'll soon see that it's very personal at times. Much
more so than most boards this large.

A big Aloha to Mr Bamalamalu and, Sewtiki, Thee Spousal Unit! Your sewing skills are awesome, my wife loved dat tikibob appliqu’e.
Cheers

Aloha fellow tikiphiles, I am glad to be a part of this site to share information and learn a lot. Mahalo

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Hey TC'ers! Jay Brooks here, returning to TC after a long hiatus (originally joined in 2004 - hypnotiki). I quit my day gig to stay at home with my new boys and that has allowed me to kick my carving addictions into high gear. I've been carving like mad and have been hitting local art shows and fairs under the Aloha Texas Tiki Co. name trying to spread tiki far and wide here. I hope to meet you all and share new carvings as they take life. Can't wait to get inspired by all you have to offer... I also may post some Clouseaux stuff as we come out with new releases and such. Many Mahalos y'all!

Aloha e from the Big Island Tiki Centralites! I wanted to introduce myself and invite you to listen to a holiday Christmas tune created by your truly. I'm a steel guitarist who has lived in Hawaii for almost three years now. I live in a tiny town called Honomu, it's about 15 miles north of Hilo on the east side of the Big Island. Population 500! Many people have visited my town on the way to the famed Akaka Falls. It's a land of steep cliffs, pounding waves, winding roads, forgotten sugar mill ruins covered in vines, and rural tropical splendor.

Picture yourself in the evening on the lanai in a quiet village on the Hamakua Coast, the east side of the Big Island. With a lilikoi margarita in hand, you hear the sounds of distant ocean surf and the mesmerizing conversation of coqui frogs. Warm breezes blow by scented with cloves, night jasmine, ocean, and sugar cane mixed with wild kalhili ginger from upcountry meadows. It's the holidays on the Big Island! Mele Kalikimaka to all!!

https://soundcloud.com/huliluna808/the-christmas-song

Greetings to all at TC, as with others I have been a lurker here for some years now and decided that I needed to become an true TC member and contribute. My interests are in all things Polynesian, with a love for Maori Art and of course Tiki. I've had a blast following Wendy Cevola's thread in the Creating Tiki sub forum and am exited to be part of her wish list #5.

Thanks to all here and I look forward to getting to know the TC community.

Tyber Tiki

Nui Umi Umi, Thank you both for the nice compliments. :)

Hey all, nube here. Can post pics later but I am building a tiki bar in my basement.
The bar is L shaped and I have built a cane bamboo front for it using cane from my
backyard. I have bought a couple of red cushioned bar stools from Steinmart as well.
The ceiling is a cedar lattice with puck lights sticking out casually every once in awhile.
I plan on doing the other side of the room by painting the walls dark blue, adding white
Christmas lights as starfields, perhaps with some LED's thrown in. The bottom half of
the wall I plan to use reed rolls (Menard's) to make a fence. Also, I plan on building
a sort of tiki walk in hut that has corner poles, half height sides, thatched roof,
and 3 sided couch with table in middle. Going for the night at the beach effect.
Big problem I have is with behind the bar. I have the kitchen drain which comes down
and sticks out about 8-10 inches, also have a window at the top to the left of that.
Ideas?
I have old guitar/pa speaker boxes thinking of using them with lighting for shelves.
Will need to re-do the bar top also as it is flush with the front and sides and needs
to stick out about 8 inches. Maybe bamboo flooring or stone or something. Have though about
stone for the back wall also.

Hi, I'm Rob, I've been making tiki drinks since 2000ish in college when my girlfriend bought me the first two Beachbum Berry books. Now that I'm a grown up I love having a fancy blender, filtered fridge ice-maker that crushes ice and all the ingredients required... things I only dreamed of in college. I joined cuz I have a few questions, enjoy the drinking!

On 2014-12-29 21:00, SewTiki wrote:
Nui Umi Umi, Thank you both for the nice compliments. :)

You're welcome, say hello to Mr. SewTiki.

Hey guys! I've been following along for many years now and didn't realize that I had never joined up! I've been collecting tiki accoutrements for a while and I'm finally putting together my very own mid-century style basement tiki lounge! I have tons of questions so I'll be spending even more time on here than before! Thanks for everything.

Hello, I'm Juan Cena. I'm probably best known as a commenter on Deadspin. I also post at The Outhouse and BellGab.

I have a Pinterest page called Luau Cindor. It's about my dream tiki-themed sports bar with a focus on NBA and College basketball. It has a lot of great Tiki and b-ball related pins, along with music, and photos from Asia, Oceania, Africa, and other exotic places.

http://www.pinterest.com/sosbeedog92/luau-cindor/

"It's about my dream tiki-themed sports bar with a focus on NBA and College basketball"

Oh my you are new.

Sports bar and tiki, It does not, I mean you can't, it won't?

If video killed the radio star, then Sports bar killed the tiki bar star.

What the hell, good luck, welcome.

Juan Cena, you got some learning to do.....

Tiki Bars and sports don't usually mix well. On the other hand, the Tiki references on the Luau Cindor Pinterest page are indeed worthy ones.

Here's one way to look at it.

Adding sports to a Tiki bar is bad.

Adding Tiki to a sports bar is good.

I think the killer is that sports is a loud cheering environment, while
tiki is (or should be) a more cool lounge type thing. (That buzzer kills the vibe)
A place where you and your associates plan to whack rival family's
to gain control of the west side. (Movie Casino reference)

Tiki bar = mixed drinks / Sports Bar = Beer and a shot.

Tiki bar food = exotic dishes from the far east / Sports bar food = Wings from Buffalo.

Sports types are more likely to associate Party City with tiki than say Witco, Not you, just sayin.

But hey if you can put the two together and love it go for it.
Me, I'm more smoky quite tiki lounge type.

Good luck.

Welcome to TC, Juan Cena.

something like this?

Uh oh! You're gonna cause some folks to clutch their pearls! The tiki between the TV sets needs a cap on sideways.

um, no he doesn't. i'm not allowed to watch tv if i like tikis?

I think tiki and sports can mix... As long as the sports are surfing, fire-eating, and semi-competitive zombie-imbibing.

Also - new here, too. But not new to tiki.

AK