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La Esquina Del Tiki!
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Joined: May 23, 2007
Posts: 42
From: Bloomington, MN
|  Posted: 2007-06-02 06:58 am Permalink
He's here! Stained glass tiki #1! After many months of kicking around the idea of making stained glass tikis I finally to decided buckle down and make one. To start off with I plan to make a series of small (8 to 11 inches tall) suncatcher style tikis and make them available for sale (pricing will be difficult as it took me WAY too long to put this little guy together). At a later date I may make some larger window panels. For these first ones, though, I went with the suncatcher style because they will easily hang in your windows as opposed to a large stained glass panel, the price to ship should be reasonable and they will be easy to ship without fear of damage.
Sorry for the bad picture. I had to throw it into the scanner because my wife is out of town with the camera. I'll post sunlit pictures later so you can see how neat he glows.
So, what do you think? Would this cute little guy look great hanging in your window? Any particular styles you would like to see?
Thanks,
Chris
Here he is with some sunlight behind him. His big red eyes are starting to creep me out!
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VampiressRN
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From: Sin City Lincoln Hills (NorCal)
| Posted: 2007-06-02 08:13 am Permalink
I LOVE IT!!!! Nice job for your first tiki....keep em coming. 
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La Esquina Del Tiki!
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Joined: May 23, 2007
Posts: 42
From: Bloomington, MN
| Posted: 2007-06-02 09:52 am Permalink
Thanks Vampiress! Can't wait to do more... Stay tuned.
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Tiki Kaimuki
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Joined: Sep 25, 2006
Posts: 813
From: OAKLAND, baby
| Posted: 2007-06-02 2:45 pm Permalink
Really nice work there. I would love to replace the fake(stick on) glass panels we have in our living room with some tiki inspired glass. Looking forward to seeing more work!
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La Esquina Del Tiki!
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Joined: May 23, 2007
Posts: 42
From: Bloomington, MN
| Posted: 2007-06-03 10:40 am Permalink
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On 2007-06-02 14:45, TIKI KAIMUKI wrote:
Really nice work there. I would love to replace the fake(stick on) glass panels we have in our living room with some tiki inspired glass. Looking forward to seeing more work!
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Thanks Tiki Kaimuki. Maybe someday I could help you out with the fake stained glass in your living room.
Chris
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Clarita
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Joined: Sep 26, 2006
Posts: 1234
From: BA Arg
| Posted: 2007-06-05 11:30 am Permalink
Hola la esquina del Tiki! Nice work!
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Mr&Mrs BPHoptiki
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Joined: Nov 25, 2006
Posts: 128
From: Burbank,Ca.
| Posted: 2007-06-05 11:55 am Permalink
¡Eso es muy bueno! What a great idea!
Mrs Hoptiki
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Sneakytiki
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Joined: Mar 31, 2003
Posts: 1795
From: Boise, Idaho
| Posted: 2007-06-05 11:27 pm Permalink
Well done! Using the vertically grained brownish glass simulates the wood grain of a real tiki, brilliant!
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suburbanpagan
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Joined: Jan 02, 2004
Posts: 797
From: southern cal
| Posted: 2007-06-06 09:49 am Permalink
Great design and glass color choices!
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La Esquina Del Tiki!
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Joined: May 23, 2007
Posts: 42
From: Bloomington, MN
| Posted: 2007-06-07 3:03 pm Permalink
Thanks for the great comments everyone! As I've been looking at it I think the red eyes make it look a bit too alienish. So I was thinking the next tiki will be just browns to reflect the "carved from wood" look.
I'll also update the picture so you can see him with some light behind him.
Chris
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Sam Gambino
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| Posted: 2007-06-11 07:50 am Permalink
What a cool stained glass piece.... This is the first I've seen this thread. Colors and design are cool too. Thanks for posting.
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La Esquina Del Tiki!
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Joined: May 23, 2007
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From: Bloomington, MN
| Posted: 2007-06-11 10:04 am Permalink
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On 2007-06-11 07:50, Sam Gambino wrote:
What a cool stained glass piece.... This is the first I've seen this thread. Colors and design are cool too. Thanks for posting.
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Thanks again Sam.
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frostiki
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Joined: Aug 14, 2006
Posts: 434
From: Mobile, AL
| Posted: 2007-06-11 10:48 am Permalink
The stained glass is great, I can't wait to see more from you.
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La Esquina Del Tiki!
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Joined: May 23, 2007
Posts: 42
From: Bloomington, MN
| Posted: 2007-06-11 2:08 pm Permalink
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On 2007-06-11 10:48, frostiki wrote:
The stained glass is great, I can't wait to see more from you.
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Thanks Frostiki. Hopefully it won't be too long before I post my next one.
Chris
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La Esquina Del Tiki!
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Joined: May 23, 2007
Posts: 42
From: Bloomington, MN
| Posted: 2008-03-20 2:45 pm Permalink
After some encouragement from Mr and Mrs Cheeky Half I have decided to do some design studies in stained glass.
First is some bamboo. Here it is after intial rough cutting. I am doing this free-from, working only from a sketch. I will grind these to fit and will assemble them, then start cutting glass for some dead bamboo in the background, and then finally some black glass to represent the darkness deep in the bamboo forest.
Mahalo,
LED Tiki
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