The Tiki Master Makes His Mark in Vegas
Last week, we announced that Dennis Mathewson would be making an appearance at the AWFS show in Las Vegas with Anest-Iwata.
They decided to provide something very unique at the show - a special Tiki carving created completely in the duration of the show. The Tiki was named TIKI-SAN (in honor of our Iwata friends in Japan) and it took about 25 hours to finish.
Dennis enjoys hand-carving tikis and says ‘The sound of carving a tiki is a deep primal pounding that’s engaging and hypnotic”.
Dennis adds a touch of detail.
Anest Iwata provided the spray equipment and sponsored Dennis at the booth…
…which makes sense since Dennis uses their spray equipment on his tiki projects.
After the carving is complete, Dennis uses his Iwata airbrushes to add color in key areas to finish the effect.
TIKI-SAN all finished and ready for its future home. Aloha.
All images in this post are copyright of Dennis Mathewson - © 2007 Cosmic Airbrush. Used by permission.
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August 22nd, 2007 14:13
[…] Wow, these are cool. Dennis’ vibrant colors make for beautiful rendering of these mysterious creatures. It’s something of a departure from the tikis that Dennis most known for. […]
December 18th, 2007 23:15
[…] * Dennis Mathewson from CosmicAirbrush.com goes to the AWFS show. We also covered this event last July and you can learn about it here. […]