3D Printing: my Tiki Bob collection and the search for a Classic Chicago Tiki Sculpt - Other Crafts

H horgaloha Member Joined: Jun 21, 2007 Posts: 7	H horgaloha Posted posted on Thu, Nov 5, 2015 4:50 PM Calling all Chicago Tiki Historians! Earlier this year I created the Tiki Bob's Kapalakiko Skyline barware set, which is free to download here for your home 3D printer: http://cubify.com/store/design?reference=29LYXA983X (also available here: http://www.horg.com/tiki/) Tiki Bob's face is iconic for the San Francisco Tiki scene, and its history. I want to do a similar set for Chicago, but I am unable to find something that is as iconic and historical as Tiki Bob, that just says "Chicago!". One idea is using The Picasso (just because it has a somewhat tiki-ish vibe to it to me), but i'm wondering if there's perhaps something better. Any advice, Tiki Experts? For that matter, I'd love to get suggestions on the "Tiki Bob" equivalent (if there are any) for the Los Angeles area, too! Researching online about the cultural history of tikis and headdress adornments invariably led me back to Tiki Central and the incredible wealth of knowledge within. So it's only natural I go to the source to help me with the next set!
D danlovestikis Grand Member (8 years) Joined: Jun 17, 2002 Posts: 9216	D danlovestikis Posted posted on Thu, Nov 5, 2015 7:50 PM Wow, love those swizzles. It would be fun to have a 3D printer to play with. Good job on the Bobs. Wendy
UT uncle trav Tiki Socialite Kalamazoo Joined: Apr 27, 2005 Posts: 2466	UT uncle trav Posted posted on Sun, Nov 8, 2015 4:24 AM Great work !!! How about the famous Braney West tiki from Trader Vic's Palmer House Location in Chicago?

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horgaloha Posted posted on Thu, Nov 5, 2015 4:50 PM

Calling all Chicago Tiki Historians!
Earlier this year I created the Tiki Bob's Kapalakiko Skyline barware set, which is free to download here for your home 3D printer:
http://cubify.com/store/design?reference=29LYXA983X
(also available here: http://www.horg.com/tiki/)

Tiki Bob's face is iconic for the San Francisco Tiki scene, and its history. I want to do a similar set for Chicago, but I am unable to find something that is as iconic and historical as Tiki Bob, that just says "Chicago!". One idea is using The Picasso (just because it has a somewhat tiki-ish vibe to it to me), but i'm wondering if there's perhaps something better. Any advice, Tiki Experts?

For that matter, I'd love to get suggestions on the "Tiki Bob" equivalent (if there are any) for the Los Angeles area, too!

Researching online about the cultural history of tikis and headdress adornments invariably led me back to Tiki Central and the incredible wealth of knowledge within. So it's only natural I go to the source to help me with the next set!

D

danlovestikis Posted posted on Thu, Nov 5, 2015 7:50 PM

Wow, love those swizzles. It would be fun to have a 3D printer to play with. Good job on the Bobs. Wendy

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uncle trav Posted posted on Sun, Nov 8, 2015 4:24 AM

Great work !!! How about the famous Braney West tiki from Trader Vic's Palmer House Location in Chicago?