Post #411820 by BeezleBug on Sun, Oct 5, 2008 4:15 PM

Yes, I've always loved the high-density quality of the tiki establishments I've visited over the years.

The puffer didn't make it into the first shots. Here's a flash photo of what's over the right side of the desk...

He's at the top (I assume it's a he). He's around 10 inches long. He's not a lamp at this point, but I suppose I can convert him if the mood moves me. I liked the fact that his eye holes were covered over with canvas instead of having those glue-on google eyes. I picked him up on E-bay awhile back for a reasonable amount. I also have an antique taxidermied 12 inch Brazilian piranha on another shelf (although he doesn't qualify as Tiki).

I painted the mermaid last year and made the frame with a hot glue gun and leftover beachcombed shells and beach glass. I picked up the Shag litho, "The Boardmeeting," back in 2000. I also have a Shag "Tiki Planet" poster from 1999 in another part of the room.