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BARNEY WEST in DISTRESS! or How to bring an old salt back to life! |
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Joined: Jul 29, 2009
Posts: 289
From: Wisconsin
|  Posted: 2012-10-12 5:13 pm Permalink
That is priceless...thanks for the updates. CONGRATULATIONS...one important beautiful artifact saved.
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littlegiles
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Joined: Jun 08, 2003
Posts: 401
From: Lancaster, SC
| Posted: 2012-10-12 7:33 pm Permalink
WOW! That is amazing. Such a great thing to see.
Can't wait to see him set up in his corner shrine.
- Dale
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Bora Boris
Mr. Unreasonable
Joined: Mar 25, 2005
Posts: 2401
From: Boogie Wonderland
| Posted: 2012-10-12 7:52 pm Permalink
Excellent!
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bigbrotiki
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Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 10561
From: Tiki Island, above the Silverlake
| Posted: 2012-10-13 12:35 am Permalink
MOST excellent, indeed! I just could not imagine in what way this Moai would be "polychromed" in a tasteful and fitting manner - among all Tikis, a Moai strikes me as needing to be MONOchrome - but Leroy did it! He again has proven himself as the only living veteran of mid-century Tiki who still has the "secret knowledge" of how to do it like they used to. Palmer looks ancient, with a patina that could be from the 50s or the 1500s.
The old O.A. way of polychroming was the fine art of applying color to the carved artifacts in such a manner that they looked aged. The colors chosen were earthy and washed-out looking, with dirt rubbed into it, not bright and primary. Leroy has used color more liberally in his own art, in a folk art manner, like Mexican or other island tourist art, but for Polynesian pop in the mid-century style, the only way to go is the muted, aged look of primitive art.
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8FT Tiki
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Joined: Nov 30, 2003
Posts: 1172
From: Kansas City, MO
| Posted: 2012-10-13 1:57 pm Permalink
Awesome finished result! The info plaque is a very important touch. You are now in posession of something that has been lovingly created and re-created by 2 of the legends. Not too many others can say that! CONGRATS and show more pics when he's home. 8FT
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Dustycajun
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Joined: Nov 16, 2007
Posts: 3916
From: Santa Barbara, CA
| Posted: 2012-11-02 12:52 pm Permalink
What a great story, congratulations on an amazing recovery. Here is the postcard that shows the Barney West in its original form at the Palmer House.
DC
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Gran Poobah
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Joined: Oct 03, 2012
Posts: 3
From: Capo Beach CA
| Posted: 2012-11-02 6:55 pm Permalink
Wow, new to this forum and I was at OA 6 weeks or so ago and remember seeing this in the workshop and wondering what it was. I am so stoked to see what Leroy was able to do with it. When I saw it.....it was ROUGH. I mean rough. Absolutely amazing. Cool factor is off the scale.
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happy buddha
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Sep 13, 2008
Posts: 87 | Posted: 2012-11-02 8:56 pm Permalink
Pretty sure the famous postcard tiki is a different one from the one that was resurrected. Look at the facial details.
That one may be lost to the ages, but glad this one will be standing strong for years to come! Congrats.
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tiki1963
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Joined: Sep 12, 2003
Posts: 196
From: los angeles
| Posted: 2012-11-04 11:34 am Permalink
yeah. i immediately went to that old postcard when he came in hoping he'd be somewhere in the background. apparently, there were a few Barney pieces at the Chicago location including masks and whatnot.
now, i have to find one with the top-knot!
i've been super busy and not able to get to his display. it took three people to get him upright!
here's a spooky teaser in the meantime...
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atomictonytiki
Grand Member (8 years) 
Joined: May 14, 2002
Posts: 1267
From: Bangkok
| Posted: 2012-12-18 06:01 am Permalink
dear Santa claus can I have for Christmas an update on palmer?
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