TONGA HUT KON TIKI 70th Anniversary Art Show & Parking Lot Sale Sunday, April 2nd!

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T tobunga Tiki Socialite Joined: Apr 12, 2008 Posts: 1235	T tobunga Posted posted on Tue, Feb 21, 2017 9:23 PM Spring has sprung and the KON TIKI Expedition celebrates it's 70th anniversary. Sounds like a good reason to have a PARTY!!! Please join us Sunday April 2nd @2pm for our next Parking Lot Sale and Art Show. Theme: the KON TIKI Expedition The bar opens and vending begins at 2pm. Tonga Tom will be spinning tunes outside. Durango's Tacos will be there too! JASON LEE AND THE BLACK TIDES play inside at 6pm. Here is the vendor line up: Jungle Modern Ceramics Black Cat Atomic Treasures Killer Tentacle Octopus Eric October Stilettoed Devil Black Lagoon Artworks Gavin Graves' Tiki Tiki Gonzo Tiki Al Red Belle's Boutique Ron Monster Clee Sobieski RaraBird Daveck David Davis TikiSwag Ms. Formaldehyde Come Hither by Cece Boney Betty All of the vendor spots are taken, please email me at [email protected] or PM me here to be put on the wait list. Here is the line up for the Art Show so far: Michael Sbicca Ron Monster Clee Sobieski Heather Welch Eric October Jordan Dobbs Rosa RaraBird Muerto Arte Logan Madison Jonathan Morrill Yamini Patel Paul Ordonez Black Lagoon Artworks Pie-Eyes Still accepting submissions, drop me a line if you want to get onboard! http://ericoctober.com [ Edited by: tobunga 2017-03-11 18:54 ] [ Edited by: tobunga 2017-03-30 20:03 ]
T tobunga Tiki Socialite Joined: Apr 12, 2008 Posts: 1235	T tobunga Posted posted on Sat, Feb 25, 2017 12:33 PM Aloha Everybody! Here is the vendor line up: Jungle Modern Ceramics Black Cat Atomic Treasures Killer Tentacle Octopus Eric October Stilettoed Devil Black Lagoon Artworks Gavin Graves' Tiki Tiki Gonzo Tiki Al Red Belle's Boutique Ron Monster Clee Sobieski RaraBird Daveck David Davis TikiSwag Ms. Formaldehyde Come Hither by Cece Boney Betty All of the vendor spots are taken, please email me at [email protected] to be put on the wait list. Still accepting pieces for the Kon Tiki art show, updates coming soon! Mahalo! http://ericoctober.com [ Edited by: tobunga 2017-02-25 12:35 ] [ Edited by: tobunga 2017-02-25 18:31 ]
T tobunga Tiki Socialite Joined: Apr 12, 2008 Posts: 1235	T tobunga Posted posted on Mon, Mar 6, 2017 4:23 PM Aloha everybody! Here is the line up for the Art Show so far: Michael Sbicca Ron Monster Clee Sobieski Heather Welch Eric October Jordan Dobbs Rosa Still accepting submissions, drop me a line if you want to get onboard
T tobunga Tiki Socialite Joined: Apr 12, 2008 Posts: 1235	T tobunga Posted posted on Fri, Mar 10, 2017 8:08 PM Aloha everybody! Here's one of the pieces I'll have in the Art Show. It's the original painting I did for the poster/postcards, but before I added the Tonga Hut tikis and the text. It's based on the poster for the Academy Award winning Kon Tiki documentary from 1950. Plugging away on more stuff, hopefully I'll have more to post soon! Mahalo! http://ericoctober.com [ Edited by: tobunga 2017-03-11 18:49 ]
T tobunga Tiki Socialite Joined: Apr 12, 2008 Posts: 1235	T tobunga Posted posted on Sat, Mar 11, 2017 6:53 PM Two more artists joining the Art Show line up: RaraBird Muerto Arte It's gonna be awesome! See everybody on the 2nd!
T tobunga Tiki Socialite Joined: Apr 12, 2008 Posts: 1235	T tobunga Posted posted on Sat, Mar 18, 2017 10:53 PM Here's a detail of something I have in the works for the Art Show... it's part of a larger piece... this is a close up of a shot glass that has a miniature Kon Tiki raft sailing on the rim. Picking it up from In The Kiln after the bisque fire in a few days, fingers crossed the whole piece turns out OK... I'll post more progress shots if all goes well!
F finky099 Tiki Socialite Orange County, CA Joined: May 15, 2012 Posts: 542	F finky099 Posted posted on Sun, Mar 19, 2017 10:34 PM Cool idea, Eric. A buddy and I have talked about wanting a mug/bowl that took the form of the Kon-Tiki expedition raft. I dig the idea of the raft traveling round and round the top of the mug here. :) Did I miss something about the Hut's anniversaries? I thought it just had it's 55th in 2013? Cheers! :drink: Ryan
T tobunga Tiki Socialite Joined: Apr 12, 2008 Posts: 1235	T tobunga Posted posted on Fri, Mar 24, 2017 5:00 PM Hey Ryan! This event celebrates the 70th anniversary of the Kon Tiki Expedition... that voyage took place in 1947! More great stuff in store for this show with lots more artists going the Art Show: Logan Madison Jonathan Morrill Yamini Patel Paul Ordonez Black Lagoon Artworks See everybody on the 2nd!
T tobunga Tiki Socialite Joined: Apr 12, 2008 Posts: 1235	T tobunga Posted posted on Sat, Mar 25, 2017 2:15 PM Here are some Kon Tiki pendants I have in the works. They just need the clear glaze and a firing and they'll be ready to go! See everybody on the 2nd!
B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Tue, Mar 28, 2017 10:43 AM To emphasize the theme of this month's parking lot sale and art show, for the first time on public display: It will be like the Kon-Tiki itself is parking in North-Hollywood! :wink:
T tobunga Tiki Socialite Joined: Apr 12, 2008 Posts: 1235	T tobunga Posted posted on Tue, Mar 28, 2017 9:37 PM WOW!!! That is freakin' fantastic, Sven!!! Can't wait to see it in person! Here's another of my humble tributes to the Kon Tiki Expedition. It's a bowl celebrating the Expedition. The bowl is in the shape of the Raroia Atoll where the Kon Tiki raft made contact with Polynesia. The raft is a separate piece, on the rim of a shot glass. I've had this piece in mind for a a very long time, and this show was the perfect opportunity to finally create it! The atoll and raft are not to scale. If you look closely at the middle of the upper part of the atoll, you will see a line that I included that represents an airfield landing strip for planes to take off and land on the atoll. See everybody on the 2nd!
B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Tue, Mar 28, 2017 10:08 PM A fine example of creative dedication and unique follow through to a concept!
M MadDogMike Grand Member (8 years) The Anvil of the Sun Joined: Mar 30, 2008 Posts: 10861	M MadDogMike Posted posted on Wed, Mar 29, 2017 6:36 PM Nice atoll Eric! I don't get to see much of your art anymore
DB Doctor Bombay Member No Bikini Atoll Joined: Nov 12, 2012 Posts: 9	DB Doctor Bombay Posted posted on Thu, Mar 30, 2017 7:35 AM Nice work, Eric!
T tobunga Tiki Socialite Joined: Apr 12, 2008 Posts: 1235	T tobunga Posted posted on Thu, Mar 30, 2017 8:00 PM Mahalo for the awesome complement, Sven! I'm quite pleased that it came out so well! Hey Mike! Outside of posting my stuff on event pages, I've been too busy to catalog what I've been up to lately... there's just too much stuff!
F finky099 Tiki Socialite Orange County, CA Joined: May 15, 2012 Posts: 542	F finky099 Posted posted on Thu, Mar 30, 2017 9:12 PM Eric- thanks for clearing that up about the 70th anniversary. Can't believe I didn't put that together after seeing your Kon tiki shot. By the way, love that atoll bowl and the pendants. I won't be able to make the sale but would love to buy two or three of those pendants. I've read Kon Tiki, see the original doc and of course watched the new movie that came out a couple of years ago. I'm an amateur Kon Tiki enthusianst! Wish I could be at the Hut to celebrate. Cheers! Ryan :drink:
ETG Enchanted Tiki Guy Member West Hollywood, CA Joined: Aug 14, 2008 Posts: 144	ETG Enchanted Tiki Guy Posted posted on Fri, Mar 31, 2017 3:50 PM Eric, I hope to make this Tonga Hut event, but if I don't have a blast!! Looks to be a great time!
T tobunga Tiki Socialite Joined: Apr 12, 2008 Posts: 1235	T tobunga Posted posted on Sun, Apr 2, 2017 12:37 AM One last piece finished in time! A Kon Tiki Book mug! I wasn't sure I'd get finished in time (and the last one I tried kinda blew apart in the kiln), but I picked it up today, and I'm excited it came out so well! See everybody at the Hut! http://ericoctober.com [ Edited by: tobunga 2017-04-02 00:39 ]
MAM mike and marie Tiki Socialite Sunken Studios \| The Current Year Joined: Jun 24, 2008 Posts: 442	MAM mike and marie Posted posted on Sun, Apr 9, 2017 12:17 PM How did it go? Any pics of the show?
H heylownine Grand Member (1 year) Agoura Hills, CA Joined: Oct 05, 2008 Posts: 978	H heylownine Posted posted on Wed, Apr 12, 2017 5:11 PM I don't have a ton of photos, but I did take some pictures of some of the entries in the Kon Tiki art show. And let's close out with Big Mo, just because. -- kevin

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