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Wendy Cevola - Began on 01/10/2025 - Todd Locker's black velvet wish in progress. New photos often.

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danlovestikis posted on 06/12/2023

From shirts to rooms. We fixed up the Tiki Jungle Room after getting rid of some furniture. 1000 (20)1000 (21)DSCN7559

Psycho Tiki D knew we like the tapa cardboard and gave us a roll. We now used it plus some fabric from Kihei, Hawaii to decorate the corner of the Tiki Jungle Room. 1000 (31)1000 (34)1000 (35)1000 (37)1000 (39)1000 (52)1000 (53)10000 (125)P1080222

Cody McAllister made us shirts from the same fabric and now we can blend into this wall! 4 (9.2) Cody McAllister shirts

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MadDogMike posted on 06/12/2023

Looks great Wendy!

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Or Got Rum? posted on 06/12/2023

"...But there's a pretty little thing Waiting for the King Down in the Jungle Room...."

Looks Great!

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danlovestikis posted on 06/13/2023

MadDogMike, Or Got Rum? As Elvis would say, "thank you, thank you very much!"

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danlovestikis posted on 06/14/2023

At 2022 Tiki Oasis Arizona I found this puzzle. I gave it to my friend Leah and she put it together and glued it so we could hang it in our garage. We have now completed this wall.

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danlovestikis posted on 06/22/2023

Soon I'll be posting the steps to my latest black velvet painting but first we went on a trip. We visited Mendocino and Fort Bragg. It was our first time there and I'm already wanting to return. Here are a few photos, the best are from the Mendocino Botanica Garden.

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It's great to go someplace in California that is so cool. Topped out at 58 degrees each day. Thank you for the visit.

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hang10tiki posted on 06/24/2023

Wow

Great pics

Love the hats

That food looks :

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

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danlovestikis posted on 06/27/2023

Thank you hang10tiki.

It's time to start sharing the steps for my latest black velvet painting done for Chris Powell. He has a tiki bar with three friends that is located in Texas. They each have their own style of tiki pole to hold up the thatch roof. Chris has has had a mug made, a tatto and now a painting of his special tiki. Here are the reference photos he sent to help me do his painting. 900 (1)900 (2)900 (3)900 (4)900 (5)900 (9)Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/649a4f96b527e.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=c41a95f4b9c56e7d292de0d9980bc44c900 (10)Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/649a4f8f12d1a.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=570f1507e8ee928634cf1c70b2b807c7

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danlovestikis posted on 06/30/2023

More steps for Chris Powell's black velvet wish. I'm doing his tiki set in a tropical garden. First I've started with his signature tiki. I paint and then use a spike to scratch the paint to make it look old. Here are the first three layers. I'm not done with the tiki but it's time to work on the foliage for a while. 900 (11)Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/649e395b8f616.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=3019ae6f0e980a9edfb8808a2551accf900 (13)Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/649e395c32195.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=c99aa284af267f62e551c833ed676251900 (18)Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/649e395c9c6c7.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=3a57d8cc32a9b28dac39134eff5d2b98900 (19)Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/649e395c0ef38.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=49f515c99b8a3663d1dbdc691f6edb2d900 (22)Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/649e395a62aeb.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=686c0ead5200fd375def50ad8970ac51900 (23)Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/649e395ccfcda.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=8bde18663a8823fa19773d5632cdac16900 (24)Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/649e395df1858.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=c050c8fef3da0fbba48b7a80d29b5916900 (26)Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/649e3960649bf.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=6dd2bcafa4003a97d2220995b455d8b9900 (28)Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/649e395f92696.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=b8cd62aba7d02b6a38a1768d02ff7149900 (29)Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/649e395ff3d3a.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=0ac567fdc849d8d900b13436c82f8ecd900 (30)Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/649e395e678ec.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=e20266dabc9ea55d5994166a21bf9226900 (31)Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/649e3960d1cf4.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=0ab97626401a2a9c52d0bca24a0a948a900 (33)Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/649e395e45176.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=10fe001012e0e18def545088a21ae5ee900 (35)Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/649e3962af908.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=f588ce4aa0d93b9cf6f9b33c9ce70a73

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Hamo posted on 06/30/2023

This piece is shaping up very nicely, but for some reason I almost wish it looked more like this:

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danlovestikis posted on 07/01/2023

Hamo you have a good eye, I agree with you.

It takes a lot of layers for paint to show up on black velvet. Here are a bunch of those layers. 900 (24)Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/649f92376b35f.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=39b1a3d1387daf0b3773c4441588b711900 (29)Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/649f923a82498.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=cf9aa1210370dfda294bb3bd727d8796900 (31)Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/649f9238755ba.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=896c8bbd872b2d4d7dc1c322a472d89c900 (34)Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/649f923aeed31.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=5ba73bb983b694b805e420a08aa33ef6900 (36)Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/649f923ab0317.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=46ff1a9fdc6d234e4c0bccfd54d1e803900 (41)Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/649f923862e6e.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=493416392d4640f302279791ea582422900 (43)Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/649f923ad0497.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=b35f3ed345785c708e15bbc333271e34900 (46)Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/649f923ac5b89.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=348e14abf978a0f588a81a4cd5acc3d7

Doing Monstera leaves was a challenge the first time when I did them for Ari in Japan. Wouldn't you know it they were requested again by Chris. I just keep on trying.

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hang10tiki posted on 07/02/2023

If you were a cast member on Game of Thrones

Your name would be

“Queen of black velvet”

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danlovestikis posted on 07/02/2023

hang10tiki I think the Queen is Gwen Rosewater. I wish you were on FB to see her work. Thank you though for thinking if me in this way, you made me smile.

More steps on Cris Powell's black velvet wish.

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danlovestikis posted on 07/03/2023

The black velvet wish for Chris Powell is finished and framed. I sure miss the "views" section on TC. As it is I can't tell if anyone looks at my posts unless they comment which has always been rare. Oh well.

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The helper photos he sent to me showing his signature tiki. 900.5Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/64a38437a52ad.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=cb73ecccd54cf6c45b49419f6e1b3647900.7 (5)Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/64a38437d10b8.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=e7d7efc2ca1df69a6eb134763c35f8c0900.8 (10)Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/64a38436578f6.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=485ed67ff18882c93c14b6d6740f283c900.65 (4)Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/64a384375e644.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=7094be4efef45bdf9f31d3962cd34490His BarImage Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/64a384367a0af.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=481133b0bf77a76523d425abd7ceb0c9

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Will carve posted on 07/03/2023

Agreed, Not getting a comment is one thing but knowing someone had at least enough interest to look at it is enough for me.

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Prikli Pear posted on 07/03/2023

Looks great! I'll look for it the next time I visit Four Kahunas (it's not close so that may be a while, but still...)

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danlovestikis posted on 07/04/2023

Will carve I love numbers. People who don't join were still counted when they stopped to look. Losing that has been a bummer. Thank you so much for your comment.

Prikli Pear that would be so much fun if you also took a photo to share here. I have fun keeping a file in my computer of my art showing up in posts. The world of tiki just rocks.

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rum on the rideau posted on 07/05/2023

Looks wonderful Wendy. Chris will love this.

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danlovestikis posted on 07/05/2023

rum on the rideau thank you. It ships to him today.

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danlovestikis posted on 07/05/2023

Ancestory.com introduced 3 cousins who hadn't even known about each other. My grandfather had 3 wives and mine was the last one. He had 21 children in total, my mother was his last child.

Now a descendant from the first wife and one from the second wife have come from New Mexico and Ilinois to visit. Ruth the great great grand-daughter is a professional watercolorist, she gave us all a lesson.

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She also brought Dan and I a gift of one of her original works of art. I framed it and hung it in the tiki jungle room next to the chair she had sat in during our reunion.

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We felt connected and loved each other right away. We also had a son, a daughter and a husband at the reunion and those words apply to them as well.

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Hamo posted on 07/06/2023

Obviously artistic abilities run in the family.

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danlovestikis posted on 07/09/2023

Hamo, thank you. She's a professional. My other cousin is a sketch artist for fun. I really enjoyed meeting them and learning about all their capabilities.

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danlovestikis posted on 07/15/2023

We went to a thrift store, and I found a temporary tattoo arm sleeve for $1! I have bought these in Tahiti. They are a good reference. Dan's arm is too hairy to put it on so into a art drawer it went. DSCF2419Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/64b2f81125e46.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=ec3b392fcdd40cfb7ce908f66eeaae4f

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danlovestikis posted on 07/19/2023

Downsizing has the domino effect. All of a sudden, we have electric cords showing and we need to cover them up. Meanwhile we might as well thicken the jungle foliage too. Best part vines were on sale this week.

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danlovestikis posted on 07/19/2023

OK, I am reading to start posting my progress on my entry into the swap.

I went through my frames and picked one out. I decided to paint a Kava Kava Man from Easter Island.

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I didn't have a lot of time to get this done so I picked out a subject that I had painted for myself. So I've had practice doing this guy. It is acrylic paint on black velvet. summer TC swap (1)Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/64ae231fb3d88.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=9d63f09a51becc063b8b9380d147ec6f

Painting on black velvet means one layer let it dry and then the next layer on and on. summer TC swap (3)Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/64aec7a5b9d6c.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=f5ab6b4b9b66b017089059e385fb9fd1summer TC swap (5)Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/64aec7a793d2e.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=7203264f7f415bef1e5d65516d98ef19

When doing the layers I pull a pick through the paint so that it has the texture of weathered wood grain. summer TC swap (6)Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/64aec841bd042.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=b045319d3d72068d792fec97872e53c5

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Time to post some more steps on my Kava Kava Man painting.

I mapped out the design and then started layering. summer TC swap (10)Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/64b020b237979.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=5d59e9d3f870e660348d7b670234c841 summer TC swap (11)Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/64b020b06654e.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=34c117cb5f96c2aea4d591c642d0532c summer TC swap (14)Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/64b020b0de764.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=7353bd3d9ec5bc68395db8925a43fe9c summer TC swap (16)Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/64b020b1b4bfa.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=72ddaf78f794fe9f925f0e8ba13971f4

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Done and ready to frame. 5 (1)Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/64b499fe4b9cd.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=60c39b08c4c0dc44db8c0503c6fe81125 (2)Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/64b499fd21b32.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=272c2443cf8ad69589eb79884706714f6 (1)Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/64b499fc440ec.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=c650ea596421945e72e635158e713550 I have never liked to put my name on my art. I try to hide it in the bushes but there's none here so I primed a paint pen and wrote it along the edge where it will exist but not show up. 6 (2)Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/64b499fc38e90.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=2289cb37ac8ae2153f6eb59a931cb12f Before framing I use painters tape to clean off lint on the black velvet. 6 (3)Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/64b499fe8d0c3.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=fee0735c9791405eb385f00a6b4843cb Since the frame is deeper in the center I decided to use a wire. I'm showing all the little steps I've learned over the years. First use a nail to start the hole. Then to screw in the eyes I use a nail, less stress on fingers. Then I hammer the eyes to the center so they don't stick out further than the frame. The rest is easy to see. 6 (4)Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/64b49b5f4a5c2.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=adbb8e673af56a3eb5ecce4fc0e973ec6 (5)Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/64b49b2edfda8.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=f62be5c092b151480919c1ae35efde9e6 (6)Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/64b49b5de88ee.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=2f26c5e20fb7f2215d646e62e1d1432a6 (7)Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/64b49b5d73aba.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=fb4ae39089809ead5c5e7f4b7d0812576 (8)Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/64b49b5ed75a5.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=dfb58ed717e2d2a68a697764d7a703226 (9)Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/64b49b61581dd.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=5723ca648556f511d76f40e3a2b696426 (10)Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/64b49b5faf4b5.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=29953f7d38ab08a12345d07b9a598f928 (1)Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/64b49b60b3ad7.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=362c4323047b721721685c46f12f63f28 (2)Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/64b49b6072c00.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=edfe3798a894a1cd3d6294568ac30b198 (3)Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/64b49b6059473.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=32ac9df2450fef896308edde7938b180

Just waiting for 7/23/23 for swap day.

[ Edited by danlovestikis on 2023-07-19 17:05:09 ]

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danlovestikis posted on 07/20/2023

Dan emptied two shelves in the tiki jungle room. He asked if we could take down the mugs in the nook (while we are still young enough to climb up ladders. I said yes and he got right to work. After the mugs, shelf and wood strips were taken down. I puttied the holes twice, second time adding texture. Then I painted. We re-hung only the painting and I used tiny nails to secure it in place. Then we put the mugs on the shelves and in the dark photo, sorry, we put plants. Then in two other shelves we one mug that didn't fit and the first mug I made as a crawl mug. Nook redone and Zombie mugs into jungle room 7 19 23 on fb tc (1)Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/64b87aa034651.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=b33f8dab9ce3c009d47b2dd32f3579c1Nook redone and Zombie mugs into jungle room 7 19 23 on fb tc (2)Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/64b87a95cd851.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=58d0e14247fa6429a796bb39654940f0Nook redone and Zombie mugs into jungle room 7 19 23 on fb tc (4)Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/64b87a96cff74.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=601aeb034e281a6eabbcf8a3dc2a4be9

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Another room that needs nothing done. Time to relax.

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danlovestikis posted on 07/21/2023

Psycho Tiki D aka Duane held a tiki event. Dan and I went. At the event he gave me a Disney Bowl, that had Goofy badly damaged and glued together but was missing parts, to repair. Here area few of the steps of puttying (with Elmer's Wood Putty), sanding and painting to bring it back the best I could.

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danlovestikis posted on 07/31/2023

Joshua Bell came all the way from San Francisco to visit a friend, swap our art and to visit the Jungle Bird in Sacramento. A fun filled day for sure.

I made replica of the Tiki Bob in San Francisco before it was returned to its original colors. In addition to taking swap photos we too photos of the green Tiki Bob. It visited it's birth place! DSCN8308.1Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/64c7f2b4ea8ab.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=4d5d5004137ad3ce87df00d587b69ef5DSCN8309Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/64c7f2ba5db19.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=290371214b96f3e99c0e0e9b0d085804DSCN8310Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/64c7f2ba6ddd8.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=5faa84d576b7edc4398d18e4901cde1bDSCN8311Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/64c7f2ba8c58d.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=f1c400534bc7efc09771df35449b4e2bDSCN8312.2Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/64c7f2b58eca9.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=adc18c973244cb131f1d8943897cff15DSCN8313.3Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/64c7f2b6a457b.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=a5d34d5a359d670f3e595cacd7ea4794DSCN8314Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/64c7f2baab6d9.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=33effb5eee67bb2fef428d777d00c3a2

Dan moved a bowl and he had the perfect location for Joshuas outstanding creation. DSCN8315Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/64c7f2bb3120d.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=358eed29c4cb06b5993be5d8fff33934 Thank you Joshua, for the visit and the wonderful tiki totem pole, Wendy

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hang10tiki posted on 08/02/2023

Wow

What a great page

Love the family art visit

The tiki tattoo find was awesome, Dan-0 should shave one arm and let you ink it up

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hang10tiki posted on 08/08/2023

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danlovestikis posted on 08/10/2023

This was fun to find. Thank you hang10tiki.

We went to a new antique/craft store to see Mahalo Tikis new booth. Soon he'll have a second one at another location. Here's how he has it set up at Bliss on R st in Sacramento, CA. Bliss R St.  (7)Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/64d54ecb25797.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=5c8d4df60050ce0de9d27fb58e254ee9Bliss R St.  (8)Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/64d54ecb52c28.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=87a75b6b37d6043c11890143bcfc211fBliss R St.  (9)Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/64d54ecab9f04.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=b50e75a4d6b3d97455a36107f0635170

While there in another booth I found a wonderful tie dye shirt. Bliss R St.  (11)Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/64d54ef189fc2.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=330e647db19df7f55ef3358df2d4ca00

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danlovestikis posted on 08/13/2023

Aloha Sunday in Old Town Elk Grove, CA. They hope to do it each month on the 1st Sunday. Hawaiian Food and Booths. Aloha Sunday (1)Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/64d908dc47dda.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=9158fad124bf0ff9f2889b76db35d4c4Aloha Sunday (2)Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/64d908e0028af.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=7f3da725c1c913dc86f64aa71d3762b3Aloha Sunday (3)Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/64d908dc47ae5.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=3c476156326cbe248f59dacbad1ff444Aloha Sunday (4)Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/64d908dca4540.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=b55fc55aa22e46889ad665461dc90b97Aloha Sunday (5)Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/64d908dd036e0.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=5cb64ec2982d27436fb9f1f0be62a1eaAloha Sunday (6)Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/64d908dd757f1.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=85ec248ef171c7133af1514453172455Aloha Sunday (7)Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/64d908dc6bb44.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=7083bb2b35fd46ad54bf5c4e2d016bceAloha Sunday (8)Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/64d908e01c78b.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=a409a6bafaad4ff646b9b65a3ee72f8e

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hang10tiki posted on 08/23/2023

U 2 sure are busy

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danlovestikis posted on 08/29/2023

We try to play every day. I'm so happy you could tell.

On 8/9/23 Dan and I went to Calistoga first and then on to Napa. I wanted to visit a Geyser that I hadn't seen in over 47 years and then to see the new Tiki Exhibit by Otto and Baby Doe called Tiki Dreams.

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Then it was onto Napa. The Tiki Dreams exhibit is everything you could hope for. Well presented, interesting and so much fun. They even took over the Museum Gift Shop with something for everyone's budget. Mugs to clothing.

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The trip was just marvelous. Next to the museum is a golf course. I had found it on-line showing the restaurant there had a beautiful view. Lakeside Grill. The food was excellent. We were seated on the patio.

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When we went to leave, I found a keyless car starter. I didn't need a joy ride, so I turned it in to the bar tender at the restaurant. Then we headed home. A perfect day. DSCF2727Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/64ed485ed73d7.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=bd1d643bdb12274ab0b2d27e83b34c98

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danlovestikis posted on 08/30/2023

We made a trip to Carson City, Nevada. We visited Robert E. Coleman and saw how he is setting up his ceramic studio. To get him on his way I sculpted and molded this Tiki Bob pumpkin back when I sold him everything. He is casting and cleaning them, and they are looking really good.

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Hamo posted on 09/02/2023

The exhibit looks very good. Nice to see more of your work making it into displays.

Huell went to Old Faithful thirty years ago: https://blogs.chapman.edu/huell-howser-archives/1994/11/08/water-under-pressure-californias-gold-501/

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danlovestikis posted on 09/03/2023

Hi Hamo, we used to not only watch Huell's show we used to mimic him all the time. He was a comedian without trying.

Here is a show I stumbled upon. Episode 7 DSCN8549Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/64f3e88139a47.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=37a07d6d22c09cfca9a4a8cf30a50440 It's on Peacock. I saw a Bamboo Ben sign and a whole collection of Frankoma. This was so much fun. I was afraid that at the end all the tiki things would be gone. Nope just displayed really well.

Only the last two photos show the house after the "fix". The rest are of the house "before". DSCN8545Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/64f3e8b72a947.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=84503efbee9e29201d8ca781454a4003DSCN8548Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/64f3e8b6e78c0.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=2d8f9e89c8df14ecd187086ad992a857DSCN8550Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/64f3e8b74b848.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=b041cb0f552a61de3f5a5fb1112f47aeDSCN8551Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/64f3e8b949a0b.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=23d5cc82da6c7b7594baede95b3088a9DSCN8553Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/64f3e8b8e678a.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=53fda9e46a4327f818e4de1327b65765DSCN8554Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/64f3e8b6dc3a1.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=85dc886ff78e82b752237662d121abc3

I hope you all can watch this episode. Cheers, Wendy

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hang10tiki posted on 09/04/2023

Awesome

Saw this today

And though of u

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danlovestikis posted on 09/04/2023

That's so cool. Next visit I would like to look through it.

Guess what I have a mug coming out this month!!! I will start putting up the steps tomorrow. I am not the manufacturer just a hired sculptor.

Cheers, Wendy

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danlovestikis posted on 09/06/2023

I have a story to tell and a new mug to be released this month.

Part 1

Jonice Frank the daughter of the Frank family who opened Frankoma's in 1933 was a friend. Together with Gecko'z South Sea Arts we brought back her War God. She has passed on but Frankoma's Pottery Company has survived with Dennis Glascock as the owner. frankoma from marlene crossImage Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/64f88e0c2fc4b.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=d8dbcefac7afa995c687a7ed1b75a8f7

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Here it is years later and I do a black velvet wish for Ryan Stowe and he tells Dennis he should contact me about making a mug for Frankoma Pottery Company. Ryan Stowe hooked me up with Dennis Glascock (1.1) (1)Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/64f88e92304f6.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=e360a8b882c08d48bc3ff33ef2384f32

Dennis said Why not and now we have a mug coming out this month. 325292469_703482688092191_3869033679788064762_nImage Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/64f8914c5fc98.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=c003bffbb6220a05039aa83db06496c4

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danlovestikis posted on 09/06/2023

Joniece Frank designed this tiki for a few bowls and more salt and pepper shakers.

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Then there was a devastating fire (photos on page 1 of this thread). One little tiki survived and she sent it to me. A shaker that survived the Frankoma Fire (1)Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/64f89a6b01033.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=1b5c2aab8916d9e528ea72ebd9788aae

Mike Loterbauer taught Dan and I how to make molds from this one little tiki. That started my ceramic history. 28 Mike Loterbauer (1)Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/64f89ae2d1ba3.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=ddc4d732eefa12457e72e7badf695b17 28 Mike Loterbauer (2)Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/64f89ae277f42.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=64eb15b2af967fbed4a9a95019ba5b51

I made a few bowls and salt and peppers. Bowls made by Wendy Cevola (3)Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/64f89a6b4e664.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=237d318a5be3edd50616d7e59f79797e Kyle Lankford war god and shakers Frankoma (5)Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/64f89ac4c4a4b.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=71078e03d014abdf48688ade335e7bc7

Now that Frankoma Pottery Company owned by Dennis Glascock has asked me to sculpt a mug for them I thought of something Dan had said. "Wendy there shouldhavebeen a mug made of this design". Dan was right. Guess what I have done.

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MadDogMike posted on 09/06/2023

Great story! I'm glad they went with you to design that mug, can't wait to see it!

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danlovestikis posted on 09/07/2023

MadDogMike, thank you. I will post sculpting it tomorrow.

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hang10tiki posted on 09/08/2023

Hi Wendy

I didn’t buy the book, just saw it and thought of you. That’s awesome about the Frankoma mug, can’t wait to see it.

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danlovestikis posted on 09/08/2023

hang10tiki it's so much fun to work clay again. Here is the start.

Years ago Dan said there "shouldhavebeen" a mug version of the Frankoma saltshaker. I thought so too but never got around to it. Now I have taken the design by my friend Joniece Frank and turned it into a mug. The mug will be released on September 22nd and 23rd right from the company. More information about that to be posted as I post photos of the process.

Once I decided and had the OK from the owner of Frankoma Dennis Glascock I went to work to do my part which was the sculpt.

I figured out the size I would need to sculpt with the cast shrinking 10%. The shakers always fall over so I asked if I could add a base and would he please put FRANKOMA on the front. OK again. Then he said where to we cut the top for the opening, and I drew that too. DSCN1717Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/64fa8b3bf2033.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=a9f8ca09bfe4ed772e0f3187d9bd52aeDSCN1718Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/64fa8b3b25a00.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=daccf9c6396d2ca9466faa9dddbcaa23P1060982Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/64fa8b4039a8c.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=1749634a256f4ae024e5c23a1a2e4e2bP1070205Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/64fa8b40f3b5b.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=8642a968237c5252e0bd30d9a80fb21a

Next I bought the clay that Dennis prefers for sculpts and began the long process of making each slab stick to the next. I love to use a vegetable chopper for both cutting and pounding. DSCN2098Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/64fa8d0419c7b.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=cc4bf07e6af40d9cf6167a600e9d4fbcDSCN2100Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/64fa8d0560b59.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=393f2a631fed646c2b34e92ee932523eDSCN2101Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/64fa8d040287a.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=09fa01b0f13d7a02ae7f2972f0244930DSCN2103Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/64fa8d04cb35a.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=a10845efa6338e4cad9fc02963e963f9

Then I began to cut the clay to shape it for the mug. Dennis requested the base be square, so I remembered to not cut off the corner. DSCN2109Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/64fa8d6b29288.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=fbdbb7c649c86a8000c6b6f38f0c1305

One step at a time.

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danlovestikis posted on 09/09/2023

Part 4: the carving of the clay begins.

I started the sculpt on 9/2/22. It took 28 days to finish. Here are some of the first steps. It is harder to copy someone's work than it is to invent your own. I have to be careful so that if Joniece Frank were alive today she would be happy with this mug. She and I had a lot of fun together with Gecko. DSCN2110Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/64fbda6d5fedb.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=7dffc57de665bb3c935b6cd0ca31dbebDSCN2112Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/64fbda6cd41f9.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=4d7c9418059daacd5e42a0fa83a013a4DSCN2130Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/64fbda6cab5e4.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=4f136ee9453bde633bdd13b3625d4eb5DSCN2135Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/64fbda6ad7c29.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=977ea6bded99f86874c91fefd0cc8cbcDSCN2161Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/64fbda6a3f0f7.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=27c1fb62c9d3950112d178e5f6b20378DSCN2163Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/64fbda6b1e7b0.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=caacb846ab91046c7d4725792474fb6eDSCN2176Image Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/64fbda6a92f6e.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=12b05bbaf374adff33f108ebffa5d292

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danlovestikis posted on 09/10/2023

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danlovestikis posted on 09/11/2023

Part 6 of sculpting the Frankoma mug. Doing the head.

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