I made a tiki out of Cheetos! 02.04.10, 3rd St. Promenade Santa Monica! Video link posted!

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T tobunga Tiki Socialite Joined: Apr 12, 2008 Posts: 1235	T tobunga Posted posted on Thu, Feb 4, 2010 9:53 AM THIS JUST IN... Here's the link to the video for this event! http://info.break.com/static/live/v1/pages/sponsors/cheetlism/cheetlism.html Aloha everybody! In what may be the final step of Tiki De-evolution, I created a tiki out of Cheetos. Break.com is producing a promo spot for Cheetos, featuring artwork created from the nuclear-orange snacks. My neighbor works for Break, and suggested me as one of the four artists involved. I proposed a tiki made from Cheetos, and they liked the idea! The creation of the tiki was taped a couple days ago, and all the artwork goes on display at an outdoor art event (also part of the promo spot) today at 1pm on the 3rd Street Promenade in Santa Monica. It will be set up in front of Footlocker, at 1300 Third Street Promenade (between Santa Monica Blvd & Arizona). I know it's horribly last minute, but that's, apparently, how I roll. Here's the tiki near completion. it's 32" high and 14" wide, made from a paste of Cheetos, water, and paper... yummy! I'll try to post more pix soon! http://ericoctober.com [ Edited by: tobunga 2010-02-05 08:44 ] [ Edited by: tobunga 2010-04-07 12:53 ]
R ravenne Member Joined: Jul 07, 2005 Posts: 1015	R ravenne Posted posted on Thu, Feb 4, 2010 9:57 AM that is too cool! how long did that take to create? I will REALLY try to make it down today! :D
M Murph Member SoCal Joined: Jul 11, 2006 Posts: 843	M Murph Posted posted on Thu, Feb 4, 2010 10:03 AM Way cool! Ok that explains the Cheetos at the Rumpus Room last night and your orange complexion.
LLT little lost tiki Tiki Socialite Orange,CA-right near the Circle! Joined: Jun 12, 2006 Posts: 7763	LLT little lost tiki Posted posted on Thu, Feb 4, 2010 10:05 AM What color are your fingers? :)
C croe67 Tiki Socialite Joined: Jan 05, 2003 Posts: 1202	C croe67 Posted posted on Thu, Feb 4, 2010 10:13 AM That is just SO cool!!!!! I'll bet your fingers are still Cheeto-colored! lol
Z Zeta Member Atlantis/Basque Country/Spain/Mexico Joined: Feb 13, 2007 Posts: 2105	Z Zeta Posted posted on Thu, Feb 4, 2010 10:15 AM Jeje... :) Me gusta!
G GROG Grand Member (1 year) Tujunga Joined: Jun 21, 2006 Posts: 7283	G GROG Posted posted on Thu, Feb 4, 2010 10:22 AM Don't let BigTikiDude near it or he will eat the head off of it before the judging begins. He's done it before.
CJ Coco Joe Member Los Angeles Joined: Sep 27, 2008 Posts: 724	CJ Coco Joe Posted posted on Thu, Feb 4, 2010 10:30 AM This is awesome! Reminds me of having a orange penis when I was young
L leleliz Tiki Socialite NorCal Joined: Sep 02, 2008 Posts: 1982	L leleliz Posted posted on Thu, Feb 4, 2010 10:42 AM Oh its the combination of two of my favorite things..Eric October art and processed cheese snacks! Awesome Eric!
TS Tiki Shaker Grand Member (8 years) Menifee, CA Joined: Jun 28, 2008 Posts: 775	TS Tiki Shaker Posted posted on Thu, Feb 4, 2010 11:12 AM Awesome, you do the coolest stuff. You already create tons of tiki art out of nontraditional materials, but this takes the cake!
T TikiG Tiki Socialite Riverside, California Joined: Jun 17, 2008 Posts: 1560	T TikiG Posted posted on Thu, Feb 4, 2010 11:21 AM Tiki-DEVOlution?!!? uhm, okay - this IS pure tiki-pop expression. Leave it to Eric to pioneer THIS poly-pop genre :wink: Bloody genius this is...can a Velveeta tiki be very far behind? Spam moai? (and yeah! Murph was right - this explains the bag of Cheetos at the Rumpus Room last night) I can't be in Santa Monica in person today but I'm there in spirit. Cheers! [ Edited by: TikiG 2010-02-04 11:40 ]
T Tobor64 Grand Member (1 year) Burbank, CA. Joined: Jul 13, 2009 Posts: 402	T Tobor64 Posted posted on Thu, Feb 4, 2010 12:01 PM An instant classic! I can't imagine your sorting process to find all those symmetrical Cheetoes for the border.
STCB Sabu The Coconut Boy Tiki Socialite Carson, California Joined: Aug 20, 2002 Posts: 2813	STCB Sabu The Coconut Boy Posted posted on Thu, Feb 4, 2010 12:03 PM What happens if it rains today?!
TT Tonga Tom Grand Member (1 year) 2 mi. south of the Hut Joined: Sep 24, 2009 Posts: 1194	TT Tonga Tom Posted posted on Thu, Feb 4, 2010 1:22 PM Sorry we couldn't make it today Eric. It's good to see a larger photo of that tasty looking tiki.
M MadDogMike Grand Member (8 years) The Anvil of the Sun Joined: Mar 30, 2008 Posts: 10862	M MadDogMike Posted posted on Thu, Feb 4, 2010 1:39 PM ericoctober, YOU ROCK!!! Coco Joe, that's what happens if you read Playboy and eat Cheetos at the same time
T tobunga Tiki Socialite Joined: Apr 12, 2008 Posts: 1235	T tobunga Posted posted on Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:50 PM Mahalo Everybody for your kind words of support! ravenne: It took five very messy hours to crush the Cheetos into a paste with water and shredded paper, and then sculpt the tiki out of the resulting goo! Murph: Yes, the mystery of the Rumpus Room Cheetos solved... and I guess my orange complexion too, but that just might be my natural pallor! Kinny and Caroline: My fingers were a very sticky orange, and the goo totally stained my fingernails. I clipped my nails when I got home, and later Manuel found an orange nail clipping in the bathroom sink... freaky! Zeta: Glad you like! Er... are there Cheetos in Spain? GROG: Well, fortunately, this tiki is less edible than Kirby's Rice Krispy moai, unless anyone wants the extra roughage of the shredded paper! Coco Joe: Uh-oh... don't want to think about what you were doing in yer youth to have orange nether-regions! leleliz: Can I dare to hope my artwork edges out processed cheese snacks as one of your favorites, even just by a teeny bit? Tiki Shaker: Mahalo! This takes something, I'm not sure it's "the cake"... although that does give me an idea for Twinkies tikis... TikiG: Oh yeah, I guess it is Poly, and definitely Pop... not sure I'm pioneering anything, though! Tobor64: The puffy Cheetos turned out to be eerily very similar in size and shape, so that was one of the easy parts! Sabu The Coconut Boy: Fortunately, it didn't rain, but I think the plan was grab the art and head for cover if it did! The Cheetos dress would have dissolved into something much more revealing! TongaTom: Thanks for your kind use of the adjective "tasty" to describe the tiki... up close, it did not look too yummy, especially as it dried out! MadDogMike: Thanks fer clarifying what Coco Joe was up to in his youth! Here's pix of the event today: Here's the set up for the show: A Cheetos dress, constructed and modeled by the lovely Maria (this piece was quite a big hit!): A Cheetos spider and web (the spider was very cool!): A screen print on a ground of ground Cheetos (it looked like orange velvet!). One last shot of my Cheetos tiki... it looks gigantic in this pic! I'll post a link to the promo clip when it's up on line! Mahalo fer lookin'! Yer pal, Eric October http://ericoctober.com [ Edited by: tobunga 2010-02-04 17:52 ] [ Edited by: tobunga 2010-02-04 18:57 ]
K KAHAKA Tiki Socialite San Jose, CA Joined: Mar 03, 2003 Posts: 875	K KAHAKA Posted posted on Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:10 PM That's hilariously cool. My students would tear that tiki to shreds in minutes! Awesome job!
R RevBambooBen Tiki Socialite Huntikington Beach Joined: Nov 12, 2002 Posts: 7942	R RevBambooBen Posted posted on Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:32 PM AWESOME!!!
L leleliz Tiki Socialite NorCal Joined: Sep 02, 2008 Posts: 1982	L leleliz Posted posted on Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:54 PM Eric my love of your artwork outweighs my love of processed cheese ten fold! glad it didnt rain :wink:
V VampiressRN Grand Member (1 year) Sun City Lincoln Hills (NorCal) Joined: Nov 23, 2006 Posts: 6166	V VampiressRN Posted posted on Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:58 PM Very orange...very funny...very crunchy...now I'll always think TIKI when I eat cheetos.
W WooHooWahine Grand Member (8 years) Mission (Impossible) Viejo, Ca Joined: Mar 04, 2005 Posts: 3457	W WooHooWahine Posted posted on Thu, Feb 4, 2010 8:21 PM WooHoooo! Eric that is Tiki-rrific! I am going to use the pic for show & tell with the kids at school tomorrow. They are going to love it :)
JW Jason Wickedly Tiki Socialite LBCTIKI Joined: Jan 01, 2008 Posts: 704	JW Jason Wickedly Posted posted on Thu, Feb 4, 2010 10:31 PM Just as I suspected Eric...you can make a Tiki out of ANYTHING! Nice job!
B BettyBleu Member Island Oasis Backyard (So Cal) Joined: Jun 20, 2003 Posts: 225	B BettyBleu Posted posted on Thu, Feb 4, 2010 11:56 PM I LOVE it! Pure genius!
BY Bambú Yoo-hoo Member The Nairobi Room, Umgawa Reef Motel Joined: Jan 28, 2009 Posts: 101	BY Bambú Yoo-hoo Posted posted on Fri, Feb 5, 2010 1:46 AM Hey, tobunga... Super-Creative! Well Done! Here. You've earned this........ ...Gwan! Just one last Cheeto for old time's sake, eh? :D
B Babalu Tiki Socialite Lemon Grove Joined: Nov 19, 2006 Posts: 2518	B Babalu Posted posted on Fri, Feb 5, 2010 1:40 PM FREAKIN' RIGHT ON!!
BK Big Kahuna Member SoMass Joined: Apr 11, 2007 Posts: 2486	BK Big Kahuna Posted posted on Fri, Feb 5, 2010 6:15 PM Only in California! :lol: Eric, your creativity never ceases to amaze me! That is very cool.
H hiltiki Tiki Socialite Hollywood, calif. Joined: Jun 10, 2004 Posts: 4256	H hiltiki Posted posted on Fri, Feb 5, 2010 6:29 PM Fun, fun, fun.
A abstractiki Tiki Socialite Lodi, CA Joined: Aug 29, 2009 Posts: 606	A abstractiki Posted posted on Fri, Feb 5, 2010 8:14 PM Bravo!
T TikiMango Member Satellite Beach, FL Joined: Jun 17, 2008 Posts: 798	T TikiMango Posted posted on Sat, Feb 6, 2010 6:11 PM Wow! I agree, you can make a tiki out of anything. What's next, oatmeal, grits... Spam?
Z Zeta Member Atlantis/Basque Country/Spain/Mexico Joined: Feb 13, 2007 Posts: 2105	Z Zeta Posted posted on Sat, Feb 6, 2010 10:31 PM Yes, there is chetos in Spain and in Mexico. I am a Libra too. :)
1 1961surf Tiki Socialite Newport Beach, Ca . Joined: May 03, 2007 Posts: 2065	1 1961surf Posted posted on Sat, Feb 6, 2010 10:57 PM Nice job as always Eric.You are at my old stomping grounds when I lived in SM.
P Polynesiac Tiki Socialite San Pedro, CA Joined: Jan 29, 2004 Posts: 2099	P Polynesiac Posted posted on Sun, Feb 7, 2010 8:22 AM crazy! only you could pull this off eric! your creativity is endless. hopefully you'll drum up some good business from this!
T tobunga Tiki Socialite Joined: Apr 12, 2008 Posts: 1235	T tobunga Posted posted on Sun, Feb 7, 2010 6:14 PM KAHAKA & WooHooWahine: Great! get the kids into tikis through their love of Cheetos! Bamboo Ben: Mahalo! Only wish I could construct stuff out of bamboo with a fraction of your talent! All I got is Cheetos! leleliz: Yay! I win over processed cheese! VampiressRN: Maybe I've gotten other not-tikiphiles to think of tikis and Cheetos too! Jason Wickedly: I can make a tiki out of anything, except, apparently, wood! BettyBleu: Yes, I suppose its a genius of wacky, cheesy proportions! Or an Illness... haven't figured out that one yet... Bambú Yoo-hoo: I haven't sworn off of Cheetos, as long as they're not mashed up into a goo! Babalu: Mahalo... hey, how about a tiki mug made out of Cheetos? Would a glazed Cheeto survive the kiln? Big Kahuna: Correction: Only in LA! Perhaps SF, too... hiltiki: Fun, and gooey, gooey, gooey! abstractiki: Mahalo! I was thinking of making a minature Stockton Islander out of Cheetos and original Islander bamboo... what do you think? Zeta: Are they called Cheetos in Spain and Mexico? The promo spot producer is from New Zealand, and he never heard of them before producing this spot! 1961surf: Funny, I never get to Santa Monica much... the traffic out that way is deadly... I call it the 405 divide! Polynesiac: Mahalo! Yes, Hoping to get both me and tiki out there to the masses, via Cheetos! (Or Cheetos Snacks, as we learned to call them on the shoot!) Mahalo fer lookin'! Yer pal, Eric October!
B Babalu Tiki Socialite Lemon Grove Joined: Nov 19, 2006 Posts: 2518	B Babalu Posted posted on Sun, Feb 7, 2010 9:01 PM On 2010-02-07 18:14, tobunga wrote: Babalu: Mahalo... hey, how about a tiki mug made out of Cheetos? Would a glazed Cheeto survive the kiln? :lol: Actually, Cheetos are extremely flammable...they burn kind of like if you were to rub Vaseline on a cotton ball - POOF! - flame on! Try putting a match to a Cheeto and see what happens...kind of a stinky burn though...a good bar room trick...
IK Iokona Ki'i Member SoCal Joined: Nov 14, 2008 Posts: 816	IK Iokona Ki'i Posted posted on Mon, Feb 8, 2010 3:32 PM How fun Eric! You never cease to amaze!
T tobunga Tiki Socialite Joined: Apr 12, 2008 Posts: 1235	T tobunga Posted posted on Wed, Apr 7, 2010 12:53 PM THIS JUST IN... Here's the link to the video for this event! http://info.break.com/static/live/v1/pages/sponsors/cheetlism/cheetlism.html http://ericoctober.com [ Edited by: tobunga 2010-04-08 20:48 ]
TT Tonga Tom Grand Member (1 year) 2 mi. south of the Hut Joined: Sep 24, 2009 Posts: 1194	TT Tonga Tom Posted posted on Thu, Apr 8, 2010 11:13 AM The link isn't working. :(
T tobunga Tiki Socialite Joined: Apr 12, 2008 Posts: 1235	T tobunga Posted posted on Thu, Apr 8, 2010 8:49 PM Link fixed! Mahalo!
CA crazy al Tiki Socialite CA Joined: Jun 25, 2002 Posts: 1876	CA crazy al Posted posted on Fri, Apr 9, 2010 7:09 AM nothing but awesome!
TT Tonga Tom Grand Member (1 year) 2 mi. south of the Hut Joined: Sep 24, 2009 Posts: 1194	TT Tonga Tom Posted posted on Fri, Apr 9, 2010 8:19 AM Super cool!!! ...and "Flamin' Hot" (Cheetos that is).

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