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Tiki Kaimuki
Grand Member (4 years) 
Joined: Sep 25, 2006
Posts: 813
From: OAKLAND, baby
|  Posted: 2009-09-10 4:06 pm Permalink
If you see Woody's lamps at the FI sale, jump on them quick. It took a couple minutes for people to see them hanging in Kubar at Oasis, but before you knew it they were disappearing quicketysplit. There were a lot of people who were thinking about buying and came back only to be disappointed that the lamps were sold. With all of the work he puts into each lamp, he is almost giving them away with his great prices. Buybuybuy!
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Babalu
Grand Member (5 years) 
Joined: Nov 19, 2006
Posts: 2498
From: Lemon Grove
| Posted: 2009-09-10 8:52 pm Permalink
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On 2009-09-10 16:06, Tiki Kaimuki wrote:
It took a couple minutes for people to see them hanging in Kubar at Oasis, but before you knew it they were disappearing quicketysplit.
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Rightfully so!! These lights are just AWESOME!!
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1961surf
Grand Member (3 years) 
Joined: May 03, 2007
Posts: 1893
From: Newport Beach, Ca .
| Posted: 2009-09-10 11:09 pm Permalink
Wheres mine Woody???
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KAHAKA
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Mar 03, 2003
Posts: 756
From: San Jose, CA
| Posted: 2009-09-11 07:45 am Permalink
You guys are awesome. Thanks for the compliments! It was my first Oasis so I didn't know what to expect sales wise, but I was pretty darned happy with the result. Every dime I made went back to tiki artists... Never seen so much amazing stuff for sale all in one spot... I couldn't resist! Luckily my wife loves the stuff too.
61surf... You're next on the list my brotha!
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1961surf
Grand Member (3 years)
Joined: May 03, 2007
Posts: 1893
From: Newport Beach, Ca .
| Posted: 2009-09-11 12:39 pm Permalink
No worries Chad..I was just busting your balls.Your lamps all well worth the wait.
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1961surf
Grand Member (3 years)
Joined: May 03, 2007
Posts: 1893
From: Newport Beach, Ca .
| Posted: 2009-12-07 01:05 am Permalink
New pics posted on page 10 featuring red and green bulb varitations I was experimenting
with for Christmas holidays .They look so good I may have to switch the bulbs more often.
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KAHAKA
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Mar 03, 2003
Posts: 756
From: San Jose, CA
| Posted: 2009-12-31 4:55 pm Permalink
Happy New Year to Tiki Central! I'm hoping to get busy on more lamps in 2010. I've been pretty lazy, but I've got the itch step it up a notch.
Here's one of my most recent lamps. I made 2 for Smuggler's Cove like this. The first was too big for the A-frame, the 2nd is an exact replica, and seemed to fit a lot better. (The original is for sale if anyone is interested... According to Notch and Martin, it hung in the A-frame for roughly 3 hours, so it definitely has some of the Smuggler's Cove Mana!).
Thanks to Anita from "Married with Dinner" for granting me permission to use her photo...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/marriedwithdinner/4157579778/in/set-72157622931498286/
Here's to a solid new year!
Mahalo,
Woody
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NOTCH
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Apr 23, 2006
Posts: 500
From: San Jose.Ca
| Posted: 2010-01-01 8:34 pm Permalink
That's A fact folks! Kahaka made two lamps for us and the one up for grabs was indeed up at the Cove during the build out, so snag this on up quick before its Gone,Gone,Gone!
And have An Awesome New Year!
Cheers!
Notch
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tobunga
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Joined: Apr 12, 2008
Posts: 896 | Posted: 2010-01-02 11:19 pm Permalink
Awesome, awesome stuff, Woody! Your lamps are just incredible!
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KAHAKA
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Mar 03, 2003
Posts: 756
From: San Jose, CA
| Posted: 2010-02-18 7:42 pm Permalink
Thanks Eric! Good to see ya at the Tikiyaki show. Man, that Islander painting you had there was more than amazin'!
I just finished this one today. Made a run to OA and couldn't wait to get movin' on a new one.
I love the shape of Sepik drums, dig that cool hour glass shape (Babalu, I know you do too!). It's about 22" tall, and 12" at the widest. I think the tapa is Fijian (atleast the parts with the print look Fijian)... the center of the tapa is a nice shade of brown, and the outer edges of the tapa are white with designs, which I trimmed down to triangles. I used the same tapa for the lamp I did for Smuggler's Cove. The ribs on the side are rattan, wrapped with rope and tapa. Had fun with this one.
Mahalo for lookin',
Woody
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tikiskip
Grand Member (6 years) 
Joined: Nov 26, 2005
Posts: 2079 | Posted: 2010-02-18 8:23 pm Permalink
Nice design!!
I would love to be able to "Make a run to OA"
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KAHAKA
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Mar 03, 2003
Posts: 756
From: San Jose, CA
| Posted: 2010-02-18 9:55 pm Permalink
Thanks Skip! Well, it's a 5 hour drive, not just down the street like it is for some TC folks! I'd love to have scored all the Kahiki goodies you have, so I guess there's a trade off for everything. Ha.
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Trad'r Bill
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Oct 14, 2008
Posts: 450
From: Hercules, CA
| Posted: 2010-02-18 10:54 pm Permalink
Sick as always Kahaka - you are a master!
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tikiskip
Grand Member (6 years)
Joined: Nov 26, 2005
Posts: 2079 | Posted: 2010-02-19 04:36 am Permalink
Very true!!
I saw a piece in a magazine about an old Samoan lady
that made Tapa.
Wanted to go on vacation there and see how she does it.
Can't be that hard.
Its getting that hand made look of pounding each image into
the cloth, thats the trick.
Love the rattan accents.
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KAHAKA
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Mar 03, 2003
Posts: 756
From: San Jose, CA
| Posted: 2010-02-19 4:04 pm Permalink
Hey, we should have a tapa making gathering like the tiki carving "Chops" that TCers have. We could call it a "Beat"... and wear dark shades, berets, recite poetry, and call each other 'cool cats'.
Or not.
I still like the idea of making some tapa, though!
Just about done with another lamp... will post pics later.
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