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twin marquesan free standers carved, by tiki thomas |
tikithomas08
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From: San Diego CA
|  Posted: 2008-06-27 5:50 pm Permalink
I carved my first tiki at the 2007 tiki oasis. since then I have been obssesed with carving. I have loved tikis all my life, and i have been drawing and painting before i could even write my name. So here are some tikis i have carved, as well as some paintings, and other art projects. Im also a graphic designer, my company is Screaming Tiki Graphix. That stuff can be seen at http://www.myspace.com/screamingtiki
for the most part everything in this thread is for sale, unless otherwise noted, so if you see something you dig and want to buy, send me a PM. thanks for looking!
-Tiki Thomas
heres the first tiki I carved at the 2007 oasis
heres tiki #2 i carved at the tiki land chop. It traded it for a sculpture to a fellow artist
back of it
heres tiki #3 I carved as a gift for a friend
Heres a painting I did, its a strain of different cultures tikis, its acrylics on wood, SOLD
heres another painitng i did of Ganesh, not tiki, but i digg it
heres a little tiki i carved out of a chunck of palm, i call it a fish god, but this pic was taken before i carved the gills on it
heres some little palm wood masks i carved, about the size of your hand. the marquesan one is sold
painted this surf board as part of the mainlanders 1st aniversary art show
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more to come, i just need to resize and upload the pics
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tikithomas08
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From: San Diego CA
| Posted: 2008-06-27 5:51 pm Permalink
heres a shrunken head painting I did, acrylics on wood
tiki #4?
back of no.4
green mask i painted, its on the lid from a human powered submarine i help build...go figure, its next to my guitar so you can see the size
drunk tiki bob painting, acrylics on wood
tiki i carved out of the base of an oolldd palm frawn, then i painted it in with red, looks like something that was charred by a volcano
heres a charcoal drawing i did of a fink lookin surfer, this was my first time using charcoal
mr.bali hai painting, i like this one because i painted it right in the middle of the jessoed paper, its not matted on it
heres an in progress shot of my latest tiki "idol of the jivaro" tiki #5? its still has to be stained, and i have to finish painting the hair and detail on the shrunken heads and do the stiches on them
close up of the shrunken head, still need to paint the hair, detail, and stiches
side view, the heads go all the way around the base
close up of the front of the base
heres another little palm wood mask i carved, this one about the size of my fist, this ones is being transformed into a belt buckle,i dug out the back and got the buckle, i just need to attach the two
Im REALY stoaked with this peice. I sculpted the shrunken head out of clay, made a plaster mold, then did a latex casting. then i painted it, added hair, put the little bone through the nose,stiched up the mouth and lips, and tied in some feathers and beads. some of the beads i actualy got from the amazon when i was there last summer! its going to be mounted on a coconut shell base i made. im going to be making a few of these this summer, and yes, they are for sale
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seeksurf
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From: Buckley, WA
| Posted: 2008-06-27 9:57 pm Permalink
Nice! So much art in you. Yes let it out.
The painting with all the tikis Love it!
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Cammo
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Joined: May 18, 2006
Posts: 1807
From: San Diego
| Posted: 2008-06-28 07:00 am Permalink
Astounding work, especially for somebody who can't spell "medium"!
Thom-Thom and friend showed up at the 2007 Oasis with a uke and bongoes, serenaded the whole Chop group, and then grabbed a log each and slammed through 'em without breaking for a chat. I kept wondering when he was going to pause & go look at the rest of the Oasis booths, but he was hooked good.
Great work, man, imaginative as heck; you get a free Danger Mask pendant, hit me up for one next time.
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tikithomas08
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Posts: 528
From: San Diego CA
| Posted: 2008-06-28 3:00 pm Permalink
thanks seeksurf and cammo
haha i dont need no edjumacation!
sweet thanks dood, ill be sure to hit you up at the next chop
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4WDtiki
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Joined: Aug 03, 2004
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From: Omao, Kauai
| Posted: 2008-06-28 5:41 pm Permalink
Damn, that's a lot of nice art in one post! 
I really like that painting with all the different tikis! I like the palm frond chunk with the red paint! And that charcoal piece is sweet, you NEED to do more charcoal! Maybe a tiki next time.
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Babalu
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From: Lemon Grove
| Posted: 2008-06-28 6:32 pm Permalink
Excellent Stuff! Way to go Thomas! Great to see you up and posting!
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Benzart
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From: Port Saint Lucie, Florida
| Posted: 2008-06-28 7:06 pm Permalink
Yo, Thomas. Awesome stuff, more like Way Excellent. Love the Shrunken head on the tiki and the one by itself.
Great work.
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tikithomas08
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From: San Diego CA
| Posted: 2008-06-28 10:06 pm Permalink
4WD,Babalu, and Benz
many thanks for the kind words!
4WD, i think im going to start doing more charcoal stuff because its allot cheaper then paint, and im always short on cash. and ive got a sketch i did of a tiki thatll be perfect for the next peice
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Cammo
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From: San Diego
| Posted: 2008-06-29 06:28 am Permalink
He means:
4WD, I'll be doing more charcoal stuff, because it's a lot cheaper then paint; and I'm always short on cash. I have a sketch I did of a Tiki that'll be perfect for my next piece.
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blindy the pirate
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Joined: Jan 21, 2008
Posts: 160
From: Tallahassee FL
| Posted: 2008-06-29 08:12 am Permalink
That surfboard is awesome. It wasn't until the first close up pic that I saw it was tikis on top of tikis on top of tikis. Very cool.
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surfintiki
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Joined: Sep 30, 2004
Posts: 1561
From: S. Chatham, MA
| Posted: 2008-06-29 08:41 am Permalink
COOL! Great stuff, and SO much of it. Surf, Tiki, guitars...what else could ya want? Definitely post the shrunken head tiki pics, gotta see that.
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mieko
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Posts: 531
From: San Diego
| Posted: 2008-06-29 4:15 pm Permalink
Yay Thomas! I'm so glad you finally got a thread going and all your pictures up! Your stuff looks great!! Really digging the Bali Hai guy, he looks great.
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HOUSE OF KU
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Joined: Apr 15, 2005
Posts: 537
From: TIKILAND, USA
| Posted: 2008-06-30 03:11 am Permalink
Awesome work Those Tiki on Tiki images would make killer fabric! Mahalo for posting..... Freddie
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Billy the Crud
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Joined: Jun 02, 2007
Posts: 996
From: San Diego
| Posted: 2008-06-30 04:28 am Permalink
Thomas......Freakin A, man. The shrunken heads on the tiki you were working on at the Masonic chop blew my mind. Aint been done, sept fer you.
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