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I'm on my way to my 9th Tiki Caliente.
After burning I went back in with a Dremel to expose the bare wood in the deep portions.
Some individual shots.
These last two have been my best.
I did a bit more finishing on this panel.
I did "Webster" about three years ago.
Things are changing and getting more fall like on Frog Island.
Also worked this large and heavy slit gong looking ash log.
The back is kind of serpent looking.
It is a take on an ancient drum from the Micronesian area.
A long way to go, but I'll finish it this year.
Monday, February 20, 2012
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
I went and saw an all-time favorite of mine last night at Dantes. The Secret Chiefs 3 are a great instrumental band and did a fantastic one hour set combining all kinds of instruments, sounds, and influences. A lot is very middle eastern sounding, with some surf, spaghetti western, metal, and punk. One guy played the keyboards, guitar, violin, and trumpet all with a crazy sort of vail over his face. I was also surprised that the opening band was U Sco, locals that I had seen a few weeks ago. They are another instrumental band that matched up with SC3 very well, but I can not say the same for the headlining band Dengue Fever. They play a 60s sort of Hanoi rock with a Cambodian gal as lead singer. Very syrupy soft sound that brought the mood down too much. A highlight of the evening was the guy (girl?) dressed in brown galoshes, tight leggings, brown vinyl raincoat open at the chest, an "F" on his t shirt (fly person?) and a cloth green bug mask. The mask was open at the mouth so it could drink a Pabst 16 ouncer or three.
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"Moises"
"Headly"
"Elevator Going Up"
"Rhythm Fish"
"Cannibal Drums"
"Head Hunter"
"Randy"
"Sawyer"
"Curly"
"Chief"
Untitled.
Untitled
"Sunny"
Untitled.
"Bedpost"
"Chicken of the Sea"
"Eruption"
"Maminal"
"Sundial Lyle"
Necklace Holder
"Footstool"
"Wingo"
An oar for my wife to hang her tiki necklaces from.
Untitled
"Mingus and Miles"
A eucalyptus piece for the Tiki Central Art Swap 2020.
"Potbelly"
A carving to match fabric from Dawn Frasier.
Untitled.
The other side.
"Eye of the Tiki"
"Voodoo Organist"
"Tiki Time"
"Skully"
"Walden"
"Moe"
"Kileauea"
Side cut-outs.
"Art"
Untitled as of yet.
The other side.
"Bernie"
"Rowen"
"Fez"
"Pierce"
"Precarious Perch"
"Lure"
Parrot.
"King Ohmyohmyoh"
"Orlando"
"Kamejiro"
"Yarnell", a Feather Light paddle.
"Nightmare in Mahogany"
"Porter"
"Stan"
"Koo"
"Clayton"
"NoBobs"
"Navigator Unknown"
"Webster"
"Link"
"Long Pig"
I'll figure out a face soon, this week.
Buoy Boys.
"Red"
"Ku"
"Many Menehunes"
"Nemo"
"Sawyer"
"Top Knot"
"Chance"
"Upside Down" was a commissioned piece.
"Foxtrot" is named for the antique store where he was purchased.
"Captain Fritz"
"Gretsch"
"Dewey"
Bad Medicine"
"Mr. Devlin's Luau"
"Lily"
Tiki Central art swap piece "Seasons".
"Benny"
"Joaquin"
"No Wake"
"Jack"
"Restless Natives"
"Skeptic"
Tiki Central art swap piece "Enchanted Tiki Room"
"Bardoon"
"Darwin"
"Punchy's Brother"
"Mark"
"Medley"
"Lloyd"
The middle jelutong piece is the only shot I have of "Ward"
"Herb and Al"
"Koko"
"Brunswick"
Tiki Central art swap "Hawaiian Shirts"
"Totem"
"Cannibal's Cauldron"
"Nina"
"Pele Lani"
"Orson"
The top.
"Tsuga"
"Ben"
Lighting by TikiSkip.
"Dyson"
"Lonnie"
Tiki Central Swap
"Orville"
"Makemake"
"Tika"
"Nelson"
"Maka Puke"
"La Tsunami"
"Barry"
"Lauderdale"
"Eaton"
"Bernie"
"Ron"
"Stu"
"Surfin' Bird"
"'Ohiki" (Hawaiian for sand crab)
"Power"
"Juan and Atu"
"Beatrice and Giovanni"
"Airic"
"Bob"
"Jared"
"Toma"
"Tiki Kabob"
"Tiki Kabob 2"
"Flip"
"Paddleman"
"Lucy"
"Growth Pole"
"Kit"
The Real Jimbo
"Sufferin' Bastard"
"Black Clouds"
"Two Tikis"
"Brett Lambo"
Jimbo, Claude, Juan and Atu, Lombardo, and Airic.
My favorite carving tools.
"Lombardo"
"Jimbo"
"Claude"
"El Boracho"
"Hans"
Whitey's Frog
Legba
Mehevi
Group photo
Flip
Ali'i
Dick (Deadeye)
Willard and Ben
Gus
"Dong Clock"
Felix
Orin
Frog Island Tikis
About Me
- Frog Island Tikis
- I started carving tikis in 2000 after a trip to Maui. I love and appreciate Polynesian culture, but rather than follow traditional ways, I put my own rather twisted view on the matter. I build each tiki with a protective edge to watch over the owner's well being. Most of them are of redwood or cedar, but my brother-in-law Jimbo brings me excellent palm from California. I start with a chainsaw and then really get into them with chisels, files, and knives. I have read that the ONLY way to breath life into an idol is through use of hand tools, but if primitive man had access to a chainsaw I know he would have used it. Tikis are for fun. Mahalo- CY