(click the Ooga-Mooga logo to see my tiki mug collection!)My collection has certainly grown though.. i've not updated my Ooga Mooga for a while!
First off though, i'm going to post the mug that is on my all-time biggest want list. It's the "Tangaroa" by Gecko. The link i've posted goes to Ooga-Mooga where there are a bunch of pics of the many, many versions of this mug. The ones i want are the anatomically correct ones, damn it, not the ones on ebay right that are the "female" versions (ie: no male genitalia). Gotta have the genitalia! :-D
The post @ Oooga Mooga.
Some ideas for mugs and unfortunately BROKEN mugs from
Tiki Central . . .
But first off, a warning:
(Somebody wrote this in the same Tiki Mug Misfortunes Topic): Here's how I brought my own heartache -- my first tiki mugs -- I put them in the DISHWASHER! And was amazed to find them crumbling before my eyes (after a few washings). Must always wash them by hand --
Now on to the ideas . . .
--- All this tiki misfortune almost brings a tear to my eyes. This reminds me of a visit I was lucky enough to make to Bosko's place last year. He has what looks like a graveyard of broken mugs strewn thoughout his property. Super rare vintage mugs that I would kill for...broken in pieces then half buried in mud like landscaping art...dozens of them. The poor little tiki guys sort of looked like the living dead. It was a little creepy, but mostly cool.
--- Has anyone been saving the broken tiki pieces to make a mosaic? It'd look pretty interesting with all the different glaze colors & bits of tiki faces peeking out.
--- I was thinking along the same lines. Or perhaps wet sanding them flat and turning them into wall hangings. It all depends on the break.
--- But hey, the good news is you can make a groovy Hawaiiana bar top with the pieces!
--- The wife came up with a great use for broken mugs or just about broken anything that is Ceramic...it gets planted in our flower garden. Actually it all livens up the garden and give our friends something to talk about when we are hangin' in the back yard!
--- Shoulda done what I do...make something else out of them...make a mosaic tile piece for your bar.... or piece them together and make a funky scultpure...hell, I even pieced together two broken volcano bowls... one became a planter and the other became a lamp...Just can't bring myself to throw them away...
--- Quickset Resin!!! Save yer pieces, and put em back together people! So they may never hold a drink again, but they can regain some of their greatness!
--- got a box for the broken ones. Heres a broken westwood, used to frame a postcard of picasso, bardot, and picasso's traveling tiki buddy. (no pic unfortunately)
--- I might have to mend my wasteful ways and start looking at broken mugs as raw materials for new projects and not just shattered vessels. It's kind of like re-incarnation. The book PAD by Matt Maranian has an interesting use for mugs (damaged or not) on pg. 13 called "cocktail mug bas-relief". You make a plaster cast of the front of your mug to use as a mold to create a solid 3-D image. you can then reshape them, paint them and use them in whatever way suits you. In his book he frames his in a diamond shaped bamboo frame with a grass mat or reed background.
--- I reckon all these broken bits should be collected up, mixed together and then re-assembled into some freaky frankenstein style mugs/works of art. Might end up with something cool coming out of all this heartbreak and suffering.
--- *(My note: i just DON'T get this though!)* It was real fun Smashing the signed Shag mugs!!! The Shag mugs alone that I used would have gone for 4 times the amount of the bar on ebay. The bar only sold for 695.00. It was all about the tiki, man!!!
The front logo was made from about 20 different mugs. A piece or 5 out of each mug. The bar top was a melted lava feel with more mug parts in it, Tiki Farm drink coasters and there was a piece of mohogany on it for a mixing area with signed hang tags and cards from events under heavy poly. The bar itself without all of the extras would sell for 695.00 in my store but, this was an art show and it was "all about the tiki!!" and, still is!!
--- When I've had the good fortune to win an eBay item at a crazy low price, I've told the seller that my winning price was too low, and that I'd send them my max bid after I receive the item and find it to be in good condition. Each time the seller was happy, and I received the item intact and well packed. It's easy to drop $5 or so in an envelope and send it back to them. Cheap insurance to get a mug in one piece.
One of my fave Tiki artists is Thor. A few years ago, the Canadian Navy paid for me to fly to Honolulu to visit with my Navy son whose ship was docked there for a few weeks. My first time ever in Hawaii! I got to see my son AND my beloved Hawaii! Aaaaand, i got to go to the brand spanking newly opened Thor Store! (I think it was 2006-ish?)
