Things to see
Designer and sculptor Richard Page of UME Toys was inspired to start creating tiki art after his daughter rekindled his memories of Disney’s Enchanted Tiki Room.
Now two months into his new obsession, Rich has done numerious drawings and sculptures and is preparting to make toys out of his designs. His UME toys blog has a [...]
Finally, somebody at Disney has gotten off their butts and sent out details about the Walt Disney World Shag 40th Anniversary merchandise signing event scheduled for this weekend. There are still no images of the merchandise (other than the park map print revealed in January), but at least we have Sometime this morning Disney updated [...]
Columbus, Ohio’s Kahiki Supper Club Restaurant was one of the greatest tiki temples ever built. Sadly, the building was torn down in 2000 and replaced by a Walgreens when the owners decided to concentrate on their frozen foods business.
Today, Shagmart has released “Last Days of the Kahiki”, a new print by the artist Shag which [...]
The worlds of sci-fi and low-brow don’t cross very often, but when they do the results can be severely smile-inducing.
Dr. Who fan and do-it-yourselfer Kevin P. Roche created this stunning and hilarious Tiki Delek for the Gallifrey One, North America’s annual Dr. Who convention. It took first prize in the Masquerade of Mandragora costume presentation, [...]
Chris Sanders, the co-director of Disney’s Lilo and Stich, (and Dreamwork’s How to Train Your Dragon) unsurprisingly has a thing for Hawaii. In his post-Disney career, Sanders is creating art that continues to showcase his interest in the 50th state. Recently, Sanders worked with the folks at Atomic Monkey to release Aloha Maile, an [...]
Way back in 2007, we first reported that this might happen, and finally its become a reality: hipster/tiki artist-extrodinare Shag (a.k.a. Josh Agle) has been tapped by Disney to create imagery for a new line of merchandise celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Walt Disney World and the Disney Crusie Line. The success of his previous [...]
Close friend and vintage Hawaiiana store Playground Zero owner Jon Pez recently went to his local flea market and returned with an amazing piece of artwork that will be of particular interest to Walt Disney Word fans and especially those that love the Polynesian Resort.
It seems Jon met an artist that made a living creating [...]