Post #243429 by Aaron's Akua on Mon, Jul 17, 2006 12:45 PM

Thanks Chip & Andy, Satan's Sin, lanikai, Pablus, & Jungle Trader for the insight.

Just to clear things up, Jungle Trader is correct and I did talk to Sven, Leroy, and Bob about doing a replica of Leroy's awesome tiki on page 242 of the BOT before I got started carving:

On 2004-11-20 22:08, Aaron's Akua wrote:

I owe a favor to my friend Randy. Repayment will be in the form of this tiki carving. I gave him my copy of the BOT, and this is the carving that he picked. I really love this tiki... It just seems to leap off the page. So, to keep it on the "up & up", I asked permission from both Sven and Leroy. Here's their responses.

**From Sven: "Please, go ahead, I see the whole Book of Tiki as a blueprint for the Tiki revival."

From Leroy via Bob van Oosting: "Aloha Aaron. I talked to LeRoy this morning and he said it's fine with him. It's available for all to copy---enjoy! Bob."
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So, with Sven and Leroy's approval, I got started...

Yeah, that's how cool these guys are.

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My original question was regarding a tiki I am starting that would use some pictures in "Arts of the South Seas" (published in 1946) as inspiration material. I'd like to post a photo or two of some of the pages/pictures in the book as part of a carving progress post, but only if it does not violate copyright laws to do so.

"Arts of the South Seas" is mentioned in the BOT as a book that inspired many tiki artists back in the tiki heyday, including Barney West. The Trader Vic's logo was also copied straight out of this book.

Even as I write this, I just noticed that Sven has a full color copy of the cover of "Arts of the South Seas" shown on page 247 of the BOT, so maybe I will just ask him about it.

Thanks again!

A-A