
Well-Done Cartoony Tikis
I’ve sometimes been heard to disparage certain tiki designs as being too “cartoony,” but this actually is not my complaint. Great, goofy, stylized tiki designs have … Continue reading Well-Done Cartoony Tikis
I’ve sometimes been heard to disparage certain tiki designs as being too “cartoony,” but this actually is not my complaint. Great, goofy, stylized tiki designs have … Continue reading Well-Done Cartoony Tikis
This past spring, I had the great pleasure of spending a few days with Tiki Beat‘s Marcus Thorn, and his wife Yvette. Marcus is a fantastic … Continue reading Australian Tiki Carver Marcus Thorn
Bay Park Buzzy has posted a series of images of lovely stamps from New Zealand, dating from 1915 through the 1980s, featuring Maori imagery. Images depicted … Continue reading Tiki Philately: Kiwi Postage
Australia’s tiki scene has been slowly gaining traction, as the tikiphiles are finding each other. Now comes word of a tiki event in Sydney, at the Sugartime cabaret at 24 Oxford St., in Darlinghurst, Sydney. The event will feature several burlesque performances with tiki themes, and a velvet painting of a live model will be created during the night. Another highlight is a live tiki carving by Marcus Thorn of Tiki Beat. There will also be a performance of a Cook Island hula by a dance troupe, and the decor of Sugartime will be turned tiki for the evening. According … Continue reading Sydney: The Tiki Taboo
This was knitted by a girl in New Zealand, and she based it on Maori tiki designs. I must admit that I wouldn’t have recognized it … Continue reading Knitted Maori Tiki
New Zealand artist Dick Frizzell is a “renegade pop artist,” offering new perspectives of pervasive imagery. In the above piece, Mickey to Tiki Tu Meke, he … Continue reading Dick Frizzell’s Mickey to Tiki Tu Meke