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Kahaka's Tapa Tiki Lamps- Tangaroa Lamp |
LoriLovesTiki
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Joined: Jul 03, 2011
Posts: 846
From: NJ
|  Posted: 2013-03-07 4:29 pm Permalink
Beautiful lamps! I'm so sorry about your loss, too bad you didn't get to visit her but she would be proud of your work, it's fantastic!
I'm going to go to Tiki Iniki in August when I'm on vacation in Hawaii and I'm super excited!
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Lori
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tigertail777
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Joined: Nov 25, 2004
Posts: 665
From: Oregon
| Posted: 2013-03-08 4:01 pm Permalink
Sorry for your loss, you are keeping the flames of their legacy alive in the wonderful work you do. Seriously beautiful lamps.
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KAHAKA
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Mar 03, 2003
Posts: 818
From: San Jose, CA
| Posted: 2013-03-10 6:28 pm Permalink
Mahalo for the kind words! Tiki Iniki is gonna be somethin' with Bamboo Ben at the helm of the bamboozling.
Here are pics of the latest lamps, completed. The boxy one is spoken for, but the pointy number is for sale. PM me if you're interested! It's hard to see in the pics, but the bottom of the lamp with the pointy shells is purple and has little green sea glass pieces in there. The shells glow purple slightly from the resin that seeped inside them.
Mahalo!
Woody
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mp
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Mar 12, 2009
Posts: 449
From: Nor Cal
| Posted: 2013-03-10 9:57 pm Permalink
Amazing Woody! Again.
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KAHAKA
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Mar 03, 2003
Posts: 818
From: San Jose, CA
| Posted: 2013-05-07 9:49 pm Permalink
Aloha!
TC member Forgotten Tikiman requested a custom lamp, for which he chose elements from some lamps I've done before. Here's the finished product. Fun project!
Mahalo Steve!
Woody
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NOTCH
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Joined: Apr 23, 2006
Posts: 506
From: San Jose.Ca
| Posted: 2013-05-10 10:48 pm Permalink
Hats off to you my friend!
Thanks for all the support for designing beautiful lamps for all the tiki bar build outs that I work on.
Mucho Maholos.
Cheers.
Notch
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tikilongbeach
Grand Member (first year) 
Joined: Aug 05, 2011
Posts: 1282
From: Long Beach, CA via Dallas, TX
| Posted: 2013-05-14 1:29 pm Permalink
Awesome lamps! I really admire your work.
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Atomic Tiki Punk
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Joined: Jul 19, 2009
Posts: 5886
From: Costa Misery
| Posted: 2013-05-14 3:40 pm Permalink
Really nice work!
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littlegiles
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Joined: Jun 08, 2003
Posts: 663
From: Lancaster, SC
| Posted: 2013-05-14 6:17 pm Permalink
Some amazing talent there.
Dale
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Canvas
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Jan 15, 2013
Posts: 38
From: Sydney, Australia
| Posted: 2013-05-14 6:20 pm Permalink
OMG, the blue seaglass ones! Amazing colour.
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KAHAKA
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Mar 03, 2003
Posts: 818
From: San Jose, CA
| Posted: 2013-06-02 11:56 am Permalink
Thanks guys. I'm excited to try out some new styles this summer and play around with some resins and carvings. Lots of IOUs to do, then time to get ready for Tiki Oasis!!
Here are a few I finished this week.
MAHALO!
Woody
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Polynesiac
Grand Member (first year)
Joined: Jan 29, 2004
Posts: 2079
From: San Pedro, CA
| Posted: 2013-06-03 12:43 pm Permalink
Man, Kahaka, just when I think you've made the best lamp ever, you make another one to top it! Glad to hear that your lamps are hanging at many prestigious tiki bars and home tiki spaces!
Do you keep any on-hand, or are they mostly commission pieces?
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Atomic Tiki Punk
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Joined: Jul 19, 2009
Posts: 5886
From: Costa Misery
| Posted: 2013-06-03 1:47 pm Permalink
Really, Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Nice work!
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danlovestikis
Grand Member (6 years) 
Joined: Jun 17, 2002
Posts: 4654 | Posted: 2013-06-03 3:56 pm Permalink
This thread should be made into a book. Your lamps are probably the best that this planet has ever seen. Totally terrific, Wendy
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KAHAKA
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Mar 03, 2003
Posts: 818
From: San Jose, CA
| Posted: 2013-06-07 09:57 am Permalink
Wendy, I'll take compliments like that all day. How can that be topped? You're the best!
Polynesiac braddah! Mahalo plenty. I don't usually have any on hand unless I prepping for Oasis. I owe several to my buddies right now, so I'm gonna get going on those this summer. I like IOUs because then I get to try out new styles, and my pals have to take what they get! Haha.
Atomictikipunk!! You are really, really, really, really nice! Cheers!
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