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TikiDaye
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Joined: Mar 26, 2010
Posts: 124
From: Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
|  Posted: 2010-05-04 01:15 am Permalink
Eric,
awesome and inspiring as always!
quick question: when sculpting for the resin biz card holder and your pendants, what are you using as a medium for the sculpt? wax? if so, what kind?
I do some sculpting myself and would love any insight you might offer...
peace,
Jason <><
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tobunga
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Joined: Apr 12, 2008
Posts: 896 | Posted: 2010-05-04 11:22 am Permalink
Thanks Jason!
Not sure that I can offer anything that could be considered insight, but I can tell you I use Sculpey!
It's a polymer clay that you can bake in your oven. You can pick it up at any art supply store!
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Hiphipahula
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Joined: May 27, 2006
Posts: 2376
From: The Valley! Female, leo,fav color pink.
| Posted: 2010-05-04 1:33 pm Permalink
It's all very impressive works of art Eric, you just keep getting better and better. I enjoy the uniqueness that you strive to make in every piece and your a hit! Thanks again for all that you do and create for us as collectors, tikiphiles and of course all that you willing create for our bars and shows, you make us a hit!
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bigbrotiki
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Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 10566
From: Tiki Island, above the Silverlake
| Posted: 2010-05-04 7:21 pm Permalink
The paper model of the Islander is amazing! That'll show them, WE can resurrect the Tiki temples "they" tear down!
And I love the I-phone painting: Ideal to play "What Tiki lounge did that come from?" You picked some real special ones:
The Steve Crane bowl, the napkin from the Kapu Kai, the swizzle from Harvey's, the candle holder from Aloha Jhoe's...
So did you notice the "Tiki Baby" in the Lattitude 20 sign/matchbook in that other thread? Ideal for a plush Tiki, I'd say! 
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tobunga
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Joined: Apr 12, 2008
Posts: 896 | Posted: 2010-05-04 9:00 pm Permalink
Mahalo Kelly! I'm blushing! Just trying to do my part to keep tiki culture alive!
Sven, glad you like the Paper cutout Islander! I'm working on the full color version of it now.
I did see your comment in the Hop Louie/Islander thread, and a plush version of that tiki is a great idea!
I was considering doing a pendant of the little tiki, and probably will if I ever get around to it!
I already depicted it in a painting that I did for abstractiki that I included when I drew his name in the mug swap from earlier this year. I used the matchbook cover from the other post as a guide for the painting, and images from his urban archaeology for some of the other logos.
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TikiDaye
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Joined: Mar 26, 2010
Posts: 124
From: Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
| Posted: 2010-05-06 01:25 am Permalink
Eric,
Sculpey... right on. I use sculpey as well, still getting used to it though. Do you sculpt everything pre-bake or do you do some carving/sculpting after it is baked? Sorry to bug you but I love all the crazy stuff you create...
Peace,
Jason <><
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