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Helz
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Oct 31, 2004
Posts: 416
From: Westminster, CO
|  Posted: 2010-05-05 5:46 pm Permalink
It seems like a while since we've posted out here, seems we always end up spending our time in the studio working on stuff. However, since Hanford was kind enough to build this new space, we thought it would be good to take this opportunity to post some pics of our past and current stuff.
When we first got hooked on the Tiki, we did a few carvings but then moved into making mugs (the journey can be seen here.
But for brevity, I thought I'd start by posting some of our older designs....
P-1 Volcano Mug
P-2 Tourist Cup
P-3 Tiki Bub
P-4 Tourist Bucket Mug
P-5 Volcano Bowl (This was a design we've had for a while, but finally just got it into production this year)
C-1 Biter Mug (collaboration with GMAN)
E-1 Fraternal Order of Moai Hot Rod Hula Hop 4 Event Mug
And here’s some of our newer stuff:
P-6 One-Ring Bamboo
P-7 Two-Ring Bamboo
P-8 Three-Ring Bamboo
P-9 PopTiki Logo Mug
P-15 Tourist Bowl
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Helz
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Oct 31, 2004
Posts: 416
From: Westminster, CO
| Posted: 2010-05-05 5:48 pm Permalink
...and to continue on, here’s a look at the new stuff for 2010:
P-11 Moai
P-12 Ku
P-13 Standard Tiki Surf Club
P-13D Deluxe Tiki Surf Club
And finally….the pride of our 2010 collection:
P-14 Standard Hei-Tiki
P-14D Deluxe Hei-Tiki
We hope you enjoy seeing these as much as we do creating them.
Thanks for looking!
- Helz n' Pop
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danlovestikis
Grand Member (8 years) 
Joined: Jun 17, 2002
Posts: 5245 | Posted: 2010-05-05 6:17 pm Permalink
Terrific Web Page, thank you for the opportunity to buy your art, Wendy
PS I hope our box is on the way soon!
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bigbrotiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 11351
From: Tiki Island, above the Silverlake
| Posted: 2010-05-05 9:19 pm Permalink
Indeed, you are using the spirit of both, traditional Oceanic art and mid-century Polynesian pop, and are creating unique and new designs with this tradition in mind! Not all modern "Tiki" artists know how to do that. My compliments!
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leleliz
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Sep 02, 2008
Posts: 1981
From: NorCal
| Posted: 2010-05-05 9:30 pm Permalink
Really enjoy your pieces..the moai especially.
Hope you share more and more often!
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little lost tiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jun 12, 2006
Posts: 7609
From: Orange,CA-right near the Circle!
| Posted: 2010-05-05 10:22 pm Permalink
THAT KU AND DELUXE HEI-TIKI ROCK!
there's a nice sense of gentle humor running through a lot of these Clever creations!
Bravo!
A batch of Winners!
Thanks for sharing all these with us!
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GROG
Grand Member (first year) 
Joined: Jun 21, 2006
Posts: 6925
From: Tujunga
| Posted: 2010-05-06 11:13 am Permalink
Yay!!! GROG like.
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lilusako
Tiki Centralite
Joined: May 05, 2010
Posts: 55
From: Placentia, CA
| Posted: 2010-05-06 12:43 pm Permalink
Thanks for sharing your work! I really like them, esp. the Moai and the tourist bowl.
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ZeroTiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Feb 02, 2009
Posts: 825
From: Rohnert Park, California
| Posted: 2010-05-06 9:54 pm Permalink
Hokey smokes!
This is some eye poppingly good stuff!
Forgive me if I drool a bit here...
~Zero
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Babalu
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Nov 19, 2006
Posts: 2505
From: Lemon Grove
| Posted: 2010-05-07 10:39 am Permalink
Great work POPS! 
It's also great to see you playing around on TC again!
Keep posting.
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woofmutt
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Mar 26, 2002
Posts: 2610
From: Seattilite Telstar
| Posted: 2010-05-08 11:34 pm Permalink
Yep, the Deluxe is swell.
I really dig the bamboo mugs (which I missed before). They have a nice Golden Age elegance to them, it's an aspect of Tiki that's often overlooked.
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tikieruption
Member
Joined: Feb 20, 2008
Posts: 4
From: Mai Kai town
| Posted: 2010-05-09 10:11 am Permalink
Glad ur going to Hukilau - i'd love to get a grey p-11 Moai - see u there - brian
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Helz
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Oct 31, 2004
Posts: 416
From: Westminster, CO
| Posted: 2010-05-15 1:32 pm Permalink
First off, let me just say thank you to all of your for your kind words. We really appreciate that people understand our work, and like what we're doing.
When we're sitting around the studio discussing new designs, we're always aiming to make mugs that look as though they could have been used it one of the great Tiki temples of yore. Many times as Pop is working on a sculpt, he'll ask us..."Does that look like an old mug?" It's an aesthetic we've always loved, and are glad that people see that in our work.
To share a bit more, here's some pics of some of our one-offs and test proofs we've done recently.
First off is the first picture of our P-10 Little Bub that just came out of the kiln this week.
We're retiring the production style P-3 Tiki Bubs, but we still wanted to make the same design, so we shrunk it a bit to fit in your hand better. The one on the right is the P-16 Bitsy Bub that we're planing on having for next year.
And here is a few pictures of different glazes we tried on our Ku mug before settling on the one we chose.
And finally, a alternate version of our logo mug:
When I get a chance (probably after the Hukilau ), I'll try to dig back some more and find some more pictures of some of the older mug variations we did, and some of the carvings/non-mug stuff we did early on as well.
Thanks again for looking!
Helz
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danlovestikis
Grand Member (8 years)
Joined: Jun 17, 2002
Posts: 5245 | Posted: 2010-05-15 2:43 pm Permalink
Our bitzy bubs just arrived and we love them. Thank you for the pins too. Wendy
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little lost tiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jun 12, 2006
Posts: 7609
From: Orange,CA-right near the Circle!
| Posted: 2010-05-22 10:26 am Permalink
And finally, a alternate version of our logo mug:
Now THAT is beautiful!
Excellent one offs!
It's always fun to see those..
Like looking at an artist's rough sketches and thumbnails...
you can see a bit of the brain behind the mug...
You kids have truly captured that aesthetic of the old time mugs of yore...
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