TIKI MODERN: Apologies, Comments, Critique and ...questions - General Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Mon, Sep 24, 2007 10:03 AM Thanks everyone, it is really good to feel like I came thru with numba 2! It was a tall order to match my first effort, The Book of Tiki, but it seems I have succeeded :) . This, I must say, is due to a large degree to the Tiki Central community and some of its exceptional hunters and collectors, like Mimi Payne (puamana/arkiva tropika) and Sabu the Coconut Boy, and many others, who strengthened my work with their findings. I tried to name as many as I could in my acknowledgments and apologize to all that recognize their finds in the book and are not mentioned. I assembled most of the "Book of Tiki" out of my own collection and research, plus the archives of a tight knit group of urban archeologists like Jeff Berry, Dug Miller, Pete Moruzzi, and other friends in the Tiki subculture. We all worked in pre-Internet times, when there was no google or e-bay, and even the word Tiki was unknown. Thrift stores, yard sales, flea markets and used book shops were our hunting grounds. When the BOT got done, it seemed that that most of the best material was used, and the story was told. But, thankfully, the BOT educated and inspired a whole new generation of Tiki seekers and collectors, whose burgeoning interests were aided by the speedy development of the Internet and e-bay and such sites as Tiki Central, and who appreciated my work and thus allowed me to pick and choose from their findings. To the novice, the sheer mass of imagery in both, the Book of Tiki and TIKI MODERN, might make it seem that these materials are easy to come by, and that Tiki culture was always around, But anybody who ever looked for original, vintage Tiki material knows how rarified these discoveries really are. It is very rewarding to not only have raised Tiki awareness, but also to now return the favor of giving to many of my supporters, and seeing them and those who are in the know to be thrilled with the results. Mahalo, and long live Tiki, Your Sven Kirsten [ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2007-09-25 00:06 ]

Thanks everyone, it is really good to feel like I came thru with numba 2! It was a tall order to match my first effort, The Book of Tiki, but it seems I have succeeded :) .

This, I must say, is due to a large degree to the Tiki Central community and some of its exceptional hunters and collectors, like Mimi Payne (puamana/arkiva tropika) and Sabu the Coconut Boy, and many others, who strengthened my work with their findings. I tried to name as many as I could in my acknowledgments and apologize to all that recognize their finds in the book and are not mentioned.

I assembled most of the "Book of Tiki" out of my own collection and research, plus the archives of a tight knit group of urban archeologists like Jeff Berry, Dug Miller, Pete Moruzzi, and other friends in the Tiki subculture. We all worked in pre-Internet times, when there was no google or e-bay, and even the word Tiki was unknown. Thrift stores, yard sales, flea markets and used book shops were our hunting grounds. When the BOT got done, it seemed that that most of the best material was used, and the story was told.

But, thankfully, the BOT educated and inspired a whole new generation of Tiki seekers and collectors, whose burgeoning interests were aided by the speedy development of the Internet and e-bay and such sites as Tiki Central, and who appreciated my work and thus allowed me to pick and choose from their findings.

To the novice, the sheer mass of imagery in both, the Book of Tiki and TIKI MODERN, might make it seem that these materials are easy to come by, and that Tiki culture was always around, But anybody who ever looked for original, vintage Tiki material knows how rarified these discoveries really are.

It is very rewarding to not only have raised Tiki awareness, but also to now return the favor of giving to many of my supporters, and seeing them and those who are in the know to be thrilled with the results.

Mahalo, and long live Tiki, Your Sven Kirsten

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2007-09-25 00:06 ]

Post #334581 by bigbrotiki on Mon, Sep 24, 2007 10:03 AM