11 Oct

New Tiki Tees for the King’s Slaves

Posted by Cleo
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You can't be seen just wearing any old thing on Tiki Island, uh-uh. The King simply would not have it.

It became apparent recently that some new Red TIki threads would not go astray. While our previous tees have been good to us, we've realised a few things. Firstly, slaves can never have too many colours. Secondly, more colours equals good colours. Thirdly, it is inappropriate for slaves to don only strategically-placed coconut shells. Ninthly, slaves have both fronts AND backs. (Thanks to the Red Tiki King for gentle prompts regarding both points three and ...

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8 Jun

Tiki Showcase at Outré Gallery

Posted by RoBozmo
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Any chance to drink some delicious Sailor Jerry Rum, look at sweet tiki art, mingle with hip guys and gals and drink even more rum and the Red Tiki slaves are there! So when we heard that all these things were happening in the one place we jumped at the chance to go along to the Tiki Showcase at Outré Gallery.

 
The gallery was buzzing from the minute we walked in until the end of the night (when the rum barrels ran dry). The showcased tiki art, sculptures and mugs saw a return to tradition, focusing on amazing handcrafted items which appeal to the most ...
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24 May

Australia’s Biggest Morning Tiki!

Posted by Claire Debonair
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On Thursday the 24th of May, the Red Tiki King’s slaves came together over sacred scones, ruby gem bread, tarantula-mingtons, lemon lava rocks, coconut puffs, sweet wahine cupcakes and boiling hot cups of tea in aid of raising funds for the Cancer Council’s Australia's Biggest Morning Tea (or Morning Tiki, as we like to call it).

We slaves were more than happy to part with our treasure for a good cause, and if you’d like to join in donating, head over here: http://wa.cancercouncilfundraising.org.au/personalPage.aspx?registrationID=424485
 
If you’d like to ...
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11 Apr

We Love What We Do and It Pays Off!

Posted by Ella
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It’s been nuts of late on Tiki Island. Never before have we had so many people interested in working with us and wanting to know what we can do. If you want to know more about us then this post is for you!

Since being a finalist in the South by Southwest Interactive Business Awards last year, getting shortlisted in the MacFarlane Awards http://mcfarlaneprize.com/ nabbing another Awwwards 'Site of the Day' and featured on the Shopify examples page http://www.shopify.com/examples we’ve been inundated. Certainly can’t complain.

Although our Tiki Island base is ...

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13 Mar

Getting Tactile with Letterpress

Posted by Cleo
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The Red Tiki slaves were thrilled to get a very up-close-and-personal look at some letterpress and specialty finishing techniques, thanks to the friendly crew at Pilpel Print. We have always had an undeniable affection for the craft of letterpress, and never miss any opportunity to lovingly stroke some paper!

Grinning like proud parents, we got to witness some beautiful old Heidelbergs whirring into action, churning out flawless foiling and embossing. The sights! The smells! The lovely results that came straight off the press and into our adoring hands! We were ...
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23 Jan

Sharma’s Solo Exhibition

Posted by Claire Debonair
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Us Tiki Slaves are proud as spiked punch and we need to tell you all about it!

Our extraordinarily talented designer Sharma Heylen-Silvia (known to us as Sharma Llama) is currently exhibiting her artwork at The Wild Fig in Scarborough (Corner of Brighton Road and The Esplanade) from now until the end of April.

Sharma is our beach-loving wahine, growing up in Geraldton and spending any spare time she has in our glorious Indian Ocean – so it’s no surprise a lot of her work is inspired by the beach and surfing culture. One of her biggest sources of inspiration are ...

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