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03/02/2014
Aloha to my carving brothers an sisters. I've been concentrating on learning the tiki mug process since I've been on TC. Although I have yet to comment in this section I have been following and enjoying every post. I started carving a few years ago and still do it when I get time. I just finished the Marguesan tiki a few days ago. I also transformed my backyard into my own utopian island. I'll post images in the backyard tiki bar section.
Mahalo for checkin it out, Pierre [ Edited by: Tiki Republic 2014-03-02 13:24 ] [ Edited by: Tiki Republic 2014-03-02 13:47 ] |
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03/02/2014
Welcome aboard Tiki Republic, cool tikis and environment indeed! |
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Tiki Republic
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03/02/2014
Thanks Dan or Wendy. I'm familiar with your posts in the mug category. I really admire your work with the tiki mugs. You guys make me wanna jump on a flight to Sacremento to visit and learn what I can from you. Pierre |
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03/02/2014
looks like you're havin' fun. 8) is that you in the pic bro? |
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Tiki Republic
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03/03/2014
Yep, that's moi! I went to town on that backyard. I'll post pics in the backyard bar section tomorrow. I have a beach party once a year that my friends ask me about all year round. Guess they need to get their island on real bad, lol! |
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03/03/2014
Nice job on the tikis, and good looking back yard. We've got a couple things in common - we both live in the Phoenix area and both have dreads! Keep up the good work... |
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03/03/2014
You've some good carves going AND a nice quiver of surfboards as well. Looks like a great place to hand out. |
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03/04/2014
Busy busy Cheers |
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03/11/2014
nice carves and awesome backyard! love the marq! |
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Tiki Republic
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09/09/2014
After two freakin years of learnining on how to make tiki mugs I decided to get some carvin in. Not that I don't love the the mugs that I created, I just needed to get some carving outta my system.
Left side Right side. Mahalo. [ Edited by: Tiki Republic 2014-09-08 19:31 ] |
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09/16/2014
Nice Work |
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09/16/2014
Nice Work!!!! |
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09/16/2014
that last one looks kinda familiar! I recently did one just like it. lol.. |
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Tiki Republic
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09/18/2014
Thanks Nice Work! I like what you're doin as well. The ice bears, ice tikis, food carvings...all your stuff. Glad to see another tikiphile jump in. If you're lookin for more inspiration check out Tiki Magazine. Welcome aboard. PJC5150, I like what you and 4WDTiki do. I am pushing myself to a new limits as appose to just knocking out generic tikis. There's a huge and growing Polynesian community out here. I wanna pay them respect by creating tikis that they would like to have. That last piece was just practice to what I'm about to start on. Bill Collins if your reading this let me know. I'm an airline employee and can find my way to Lihue just to check your work out in person. Mahalo |
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Tiki Republic
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01/14/2015
My computer took a crap just after I posted the last tiki. I've carved a couple of tikis since then due to gettin ready for the Aloha Festival comin in March. This is the only one that I have on this iPad. I have been enjoying everyone else's posts via my phone though. Keep the tikis comin! I'll post more of the others when I'm back in business! Mahalo [ Edited by: Tiki Republic 2015-01-13 18:09 ] |
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01/14/2015
awesome work! |
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Tiki Republic
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01/14/2015
Thanks nicework. I've been diggin your work as well. I'm up at 3:45 am to be at work by 5am. I work 10 hour days now. I wish I had more time in a day to carve. I'm pushing forward though.I'll be knockin out more here real soon. Committing to a booth at a Polynesian Festival in March has me pumped. Keep up the good work. Your experience as an ice carver shows in your work. I liked the recent one with the frog. That waz tha shiznit! |
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Tiki Republic
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04/13/2015
I've been busy spendin time at the grind, building a website, creating a fb page, blogging and hustling to promote Tiki Republic. That didn't keep me from viewing what you guys have been up to though. It also didn't keep me from carvin. I've tried to expand my skills by carving in different styles.
Mahalo y'all. [ Edited by: Tiki Republic 2015-04-13 20:44 ] |
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TheBigT
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04/13/2015
Nice stuff TR!! Hard to get any carving done when ya work for a livin huh? |
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Tiki Republic
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04/14/2015
Big T, I just went through all your pages and was very impressed. There are a lot ideas there that I have in my head. I have a stash of palms that I'll be carving into full body Hawaiian and Marqs similar to what you've done but on a larger scale. |
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Tiki Republic
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07/02/2015
Some of the goodies that I've been working on lately. |
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07/03/2015
You've got something for every one there. |
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Tiki Republic
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07/03/2015
Thanks will carve. I don't know what to expect at this event so I did something as you mentioned...something for everyone. |
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Tiki Republic
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05/09/2016
After spending time away working on designing the website, blog, designing the Tiki Republic mug and other stuff I decided to get back to what started it all. A palm tree had gotten too tall but more importantly the roots had started to crack the pool. They owners had that bad boy cut down but told the trimmer to leave 8 feet. They then contacted me and wanted to know if I could carve an 8 foot Easter Island moai on site. I checked it and even though it was about 8 inches off the back wall I was all in. I was in a zone and this was about 3 hours later. When it was finally done they named it "Dumb Dumb". [ Edited by: Tiki Republic 2016-05-09 13:16 ] |
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05/10/2016
A tall one, good job looks great. |
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Tiki Republic
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09/07/2016
I haven't been posting on TC because I got super busy designing my own site Tiki Republic, fb page, carvin, kickin out a tiki mug... I also work for a major airline and been jumpin globally. Check out the tiki bar that I ran across in Italy. It's in my blog page at Tiki Republic. Some of the retro tikis that I carved for Oasis this year. It's not 115 degrees outside anymore. Arizona summers are a biatch for carvers! It's down to 100 this week so got some carvin in. Just finished this Marquesan Fertility God. Tiki photbomb! As always, mahalo. [ Edited by: Tiki Republic 2016-09-06 19:29 ] [ Edited by: Tiki Republic 2016-09-06 19:30 ] [ Edited by: Tiki Republic 2016-09-06 19:35 ] |
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09/08/2016
Atta boy TR, work looks great, but it was better to see in person! Enjoyed meeting you. |
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Tiki Republic
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10/06/2016
Newest Hawaiian tiki. It's about 3 feet tall. |
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12/05/2016
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12/05/2016
Those are looking good. |
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12/09/2016
Tango Lookin good |
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Tiki Republic
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12/21/2016
Six foot Hawaiian "Warrior" tiki.
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Tiki Republic
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02/16/2017
Just some of the goodies that I've been getting ready for the Arizona Aloha Festival, Tempe, Arizona, March 11-12. It's a free event from 10a to 5p both days. http://www.azalohafest.org You can find me at: http://www.facebook.com/tikirepublicbypierremosley Oh yeah, the Tiki Republic mugs have been excavated from the jungles and are available at the website. I'll also have them at the Arizona Aloha Fest. |
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02/17/2017
Lookin Good Bruddah |
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Tiki Republic
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08/08/2017
The Arizona heat, 100 degrees easily doesn't stop the focused carvers. |
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Tiki Republic
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08/28/2017
It's hot as hell in Arizona. The temperature outside has finally dropped below 110 degrees. I was outside starting to hallucinate thinking that I was in Hawaii. I then started feelin tribal before I passed out. This is what I found when I came to. Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/78282/59a484ee.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=a4882858d2f0cdc4b8f6aa29d7d2c854 Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/78282/59a48589.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=04d0c0f2be8ae505d9c21e245155d174 Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/78282/59a48645.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=35ebe46dc5e5183f3fd045929ee021a5 Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/78282/59a486ad.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=43472449a5c0e11bab68b372ecf97bea |
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08/28/2017
Cheers |
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09/09/2017
Nice work Pierre, don't know how u do it in this heat! |
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09/13/2017
Nice job on the mug! |
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10/05/2017
Newest member of the Tiki Republic. Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/78282/59d59222.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=084b3b91885ba7c34bc79424a0d92114 Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/78282/59d59282.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=951de89cbb2e91913c5713e26abaf2da Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/78282/59d592b8.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=f7c253d4f6cb3c3bc6393c2084373053 Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/78282/59d592e4.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=0750f98ad3af8d779ca639b819275d21 This is a hand carved Hawaiian tiki from Mexican Fan Palm. Like many of the tikis you see displayed in the islands, this is a tiki complete with the tribal designs on the back. On the front is a tiki face. Tikis generally represent protection. I gave this one a large nose for sniffing, meaning it can sense danger before seeing it. On the back is a large tribal design at the top resembling an upside down bush. This is the Hawaiian symbol for royalty. The row of small curls symbols are named Koru. Koru represent harmony and new beginnings. Polynesians highly regard the ocean as their final destination when they pass away, therefore the ocean can represent death and the afterlife. The ocean has a dual meaning in that it also represents a food source, fertility, and persistence. The ocean is the complete lifecycle. The Spearheads are common images used to express courage, dominance and willpower. When the tribal designs a placed adjacent to one another they create greater meanings. I consider myself a student of tiki and of Polynesian tatu. I have a lot of friends from the Hawaiian islands, Tonga, Samoa, New Zealand the Philippines and more. Learning as much as I can about the different islands keeps me continually searching for accurate information. As asked, I then try to pass that information along to educate the masses in what they're looking at when they see my tikis. Anything less is disrespect to all of them. You can find me at http://www.tikirepublic.com, on fb as Tiki Republic by Pierre Mosley and I'll post the tikis here as well. Mahalo, Pierre |
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10/07/2017
Nice stuff Pierre. Love the tone of your stains. And the leaf work on that mug - awesome! |
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Tiki Republic
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10/07/2017
Thanks BigT, I wanted a mug that had multiple colors and a lot of detail. It's suppose to resemble a tiki coming outta the utopian jungles of the Tiki Republic. I also named it "Outta the Jungle" as a metaphor. With the detail and multi colors, hopefully it will stand at in the jungle of collectors tiki mug collections. [ Edited by: Tiki Republic 2017-10-07 07:53 ] |
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Tiki Republic
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11/16/2017
Just finished this bad boy. I would like to dedicate it to all my friends from Hawaii and to those into the island lifestyle. As much as I hate to see it go it has already found an island home in the valley (Phoenix, Arizona). #tikirepublic #badasstikis #hawaiiantiki #arizonacarver Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/78282/5a0cf31b.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=e1d2427ed2d9a73a4ad205f4e72939c2 |
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11/16/2017
Nice work TR! |
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Tiki Republic
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10/20/2018
Startin to gear up fo festival season. Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/78282/5bca761b.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=911e53ea55b926e457350da2b0f4bf57 Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/78282/5bca7a23.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=ef3aa7990acb8854d6433793b0d28674 Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/78282/5bca7a36.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=de4dbd80c53ddf71b5ed06323daa50fd Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/78282/5bca7a45.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=dcd7d949663ab21df602cc2bdcc5fe2f Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/78282/5bca7a51.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=d9681270b127562c4ccdf6c0bc4a14c2 Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/78282/5bca7a5e.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=d7f7b9ec6c70aba8034484441e82548a |
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Tiki Republic
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04/24/2023
Here's a few of the carvings while I've been away.
Gotta go, gettin ready for the 2023 Arizona Tiki Oasis. Mahalo Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/78282/6445d1fbcecd5.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=d61f29bb931cad5448377d488d304014Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/78282/6445d1fb2311b.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=c1b74fe8971b2a196bf16e761dc5d215Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/78282/6445d1f50c290.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=90d923cf68c6dbec0f01dd9de448b95bImage Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/78282/6445d1fb9ca78.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=d0bac3b6224f237dda1d6eb8bdca8c81Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/78282/6445d1f5e22a3.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=490791c1fe609f4e733da7c019046727 [ Edited by Tiki Republic on 2023-04-23 17:50:48 ] [ Edited by Tiki Republic on 2023-04-23 17:54:03 ] |
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04/24/2023
Nice stuff. Good job. |
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04/24/2023
Love the degree of detail on these. Spectacular is an understatement! |