Post #279941 by JohnnyP on Sat, Jan 20, 2007 5:36 PM

Here is a fish tank stand with a little different twist. The stand we had didn't look too tiki, let alone tropical. I wanted something with some more flair. I've some of you guys carving trim and liked the look and I wanted the lid to be unique. I like the New Guinea art style so after a lot of though I decided to model the top after a PNG long house. I carved the roof finals and gable masks in loose PNG style. The trim is more Polynesian, but most tiki bars mixed styles anyways.

Even though we were trying to move to Florida, with the housing market here the way it is, it doesn't look like that will happen for a long while, so we deiced to bring a little of the tropics to us. The tank is a little murky yet, but should clear up in a few days.

Hope you like

It is visible from three sides and it sits in the center of the room. The other end hides the filter box and equipment.

A view of the roof showing the slanted ends New Guinea long house style.

Figure on one end - bird figure

The other end - human figure

The door handle to the filter box.

Some trim detail - shows a jellyfish centerpiece.

I did a search here and didn't find another tiki related fish-tank stand. Since this was unique I thought I would post it here instead of on my carving thread.

Thanks for looking,

JP

[ Edited by: JohnnyP 2007-01-20 18:05 ]