Tiki Oasis photos

Jo David posted this fun shot of the booth in full swing on Flickr. Boy that takes me back... now I can't wait for next year.

Check out more of his shots from the event here.
Why don't my photos ever look that good?

Tiki Oasis Prep

Well we survived the move to a new home just in time to start cramming for Tiki Oasis. The booth was pulled out of storage and set up for a test run on Sunday. Joe and Tiny did the honors. They also added a few pins for the umbrella height and to replace the broken pulley system.

We also added some collapsing shelves to hang from the cabinets to increase storage. Those should come in handy this weekend. I will try to take some photos of the booth in various stages at Tiki Oasis.

July Update

The booth has been put on the back burner while we deal with other projects. We can do this because the booth is actually at a stage that can work for the event. If we find some extra time we will return to expanding the cabinets and facade. That all depends on how the rest of this month goes.

Weekend Update

Umbrella: DONE - optional: add some embroidery
Umbrella Frame: DONE - optional: coat of paint, bamboo sleeve
War Club Extensions: DONE - optional: trim and file brass fittings.
Stand: DONE - optional: try to improve epoxy finish

Our focus is now on to the display cases as we work to strip down the bamboo matting so we can trim, re-weave it into one long roll and back it with fabric for stability.

Then we need to create the four cabinet sections for the back part of the booth.

still going

We're halfway thru Sunday and are in the thick of it.

The Dormers have been painted with much help from Troy's talented hands.
The warclub spine extensions are about done except for perhaps a bit of trimming

The whole shebang has been assembled and tested open and closed.
The table top was decorated with a vinyl design to match the umbrella and got a bit of shading from Maya and is now getting an epoxy topcoat from Joe.

Lesson learned: don't allow me around epoxy

The final leg's damage has been cut off and is ready for its wooden prosthetic.

Still Sewing

Spent some evening time this week on sewing for the umbrella. Finished shaping the dormer triangles and added ties to all of them. Next I need to add some straps to the top.

Next up:

• Decorate the table and seal it
  
• Decorate the dormer triangles
  
• find a capitol for the umbrella
  
• Fix the last leg
  
• Add height pin

Then we can move on to the cabinets of the booth.

Another Weekend Push

Well another weekend is over and once again we made some progress. There were a few missteps as well. We're changing directions on a few elements and more than once we measured once... and "cut" a few times.

The recap:

• The Umbrella skin has been sewn, and test fitted, and finished. It looks like washing the fabric did shrink it a bit but I had compensated for that when I cut the seam allowance.
  
• The beam extensions have been cut and dressed and only need support plates and a clear coat for protection if we're up for it.
  
• The table top was designed and after a few hours of work we decided that we were going in the wrong direction. The detail that we had created just wouldn't have worked on such crappy wood. It is much better suited for paint than carving so we're going to cover it in fabric and seal it with epoxy.
  
• One of the two legs that needed to be fixed has been.
  
• I've started working on the dormer panels. Unfortunately my first design was laid out with the shrinkage considered so I will need to do it again. Painting these should be no problem after doing the umbrella top.

If only I had taken photos today

Now I just need to get caught up on all of the graphic design work I need to do.