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ATLbladerunner — All My tikis
Published: 2006-11-30 00:52:36 +0000 UTC; Views: 5156; Favourites: 94; Downloads: 60
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Here's all of the tikis I've done over the last few months all piled on top of my dining room table. After I get the small photo files I'll begin posting the ones that I haven't already. Just wanted to let you guys see what's been occupying my time lately.Related content
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Awesome stuff, interesting to see them all laid out like this.
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Glad you like them! Appreciate the faves!
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Love these! The bird poop one is my favorite.
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He seems to be one of the favorites! I sold about half of those when they were in the show, and he was one of the first to go. BTW, I've been working the past couple of weeks on characters for your book! I'll send you what I have so far when I get my main computer back online. I'm gonna try and whip out several more too!
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Looking forward to recieving them! ^__^
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thanks man! Appreciate the fave!
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You're welcome. I saw Tikis all over the place when I was stationed over in the Pacific.
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Which branch were you in?
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thanks for your service!
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Oh, you're welcome. It was fun for the most part
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I have a friend in the special forces who just got back from a 15 month tour in Afghanistan where he's been training Afghani troops. I could never in a million years do what he does (I get bent outta shape if there's no high speed internet) but he absolutely loves it. His wife always says "the more miserable he is, the happier he is."
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These are awesome!
Seeing that there are so many of them, I feel the need to play favourites. Frankenstein, and that chimney ones are really well designed and quite funny - I also like the one with the bird. I like how you can interact with the Frankenstein tiki too.
Personally I consider plywood really difficult to paint on, but you did such a great job. Hope you didn't give them away!!
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Oh no, I didn't give them away, but I haven't sold them all yet! The Frankenstein one is my favorite too, and I thought he'd be the first one to sell, be he's waiting patiently on the gallery owner's office wall for his time to come around again! And a lot more people than I thought really liked the bird too, even though he was one of the simpler ones. Thanks for the watch and the faves!
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Oh they're exhibited somewhere? So you do this professionally?
And no worries. They're all gorgeous.
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Depends on your definition of "professionally". 
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Oh...oh wow. I love these so hard.
I would pay some serious $ for one of these if I had any to spare 
Would you mind explaining your process? Are these wood? I'm so curious...
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What I do after laying it all out and deciding which pieces I want seperate, I cut the main mart of the mask out of 3/4" MDF, which is kind of a new fangled particle board. Then I'll cut out the other parts, usually eyes, horns and stuff like that, out of 1/4" plywood. After priming everything I paint it and piece it together as best I can using glue and screws, and on most of these I tried to hide any sign of fasteners, screws, or nails. I usually use another small 1/4" thick block underneath the raised pieces to give more depth. Glad you like them and thanks for the watch and fave!
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They're really awesome...did you end up selling any of these?
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I sold 4 of them at the opening show, the rest I moved to another small gallery in the mountains north of here, but so far no takers there. Maybe a bit too weird for the country folk.
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Thanks man! Glad you like em and I appreciate the fave!
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what did you mount them on? or are they painted on boards?
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They're all painted on 3/4" MDF and 1/4" plywood.
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Sorry i haven't been around much but I wanted to tell you that I thought your tiki series was fucking badass! Incredibly clever designs with wonderful paint schemes. Really really ingenius stuff! I think the industrial one is my favorite!!!
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That seems to be one of the faves of the series Glad you dig them and appreciate the fave, NSoS!
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These are fooking unbelievably splendid. PROPS man, I'm totally diggin on these. TOP NOTCH!!!
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Thanks pal! Glad you like them!
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Thanks! he's one of my faves too.
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They're all acrylic on wood, cut with a bandsaw or scrollsaw. Glad you like them!
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I WANT THEM ALL OF THEM AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!...i like them , yeah
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Glad you like em, appreciate the fave!
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love the level of creativity in them
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I think they have medication for that.
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migh have to get me some of that
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There's a great by the President of the United States, something about Bobby Brady and the Tiki God, it would go great playing while presenting these.
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LOL! I musta missed that one! I do know the Peaches song though. Appreciate the fave, Chris!
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Haha they look great Ben, my fave has to tbe the octopus looking one & the last two-great expressions.
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Thanks Erin! I'll be posting the individual pics soon!
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I love these things! They remind me of the type of art you'd see riding inside a Coney Island spook house!
I love'em!
You should do one of Vincent Price. A tribute to that Brady Bunch episode he was in with the tikis.
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