Graffiti Stencil Paintings

The Taboo Islanders have been busy this week! We've got a small batch of new original paintings, all made in the stenciled graffiti / street art style. They are available now on our site, ebay, and etsy!

More Woodrow Mugs!

The islanders have finished another batch of unique Woodrow the 2nd mugs. Get one now before they are gone! For sale now in the Taboo Island Ebay Store.

Hand Carved Pendants by Hottiki

The Taboo Islanders are excited to announce a new line of amazing tiki carvings by Orange County tiki carver and artist Hottiki! First off are his wonderful tiki pendants which are available now. Each is hand carved from exotic South Seas wood such as koa, teak, mango monkeypod, rattan and more. No two are alike! They have a great retro modern look - simple, witco like forms with intricate tattoo designs carved in.

You can find them now on our website or on ebay, and watch out for more items coming soon!

Woodrow the 2nd Tiki Mugs by Squid from Taboo Island

The islanders have finally finished their first batch of Woodrow the 2nd tiki mugs by Squid! He is the reworked version of the 2011 Luau at the Lake mug. Each one of these is made as a custom one off with no two alike and limited to the life of the molds. On ebay now as an easy but it now! Check them out here!

Vintage Travel Trailer Signs

Inspired by the recent Mojave Oasis tiki and travel trailer event, the Taboo Island natives have created a whole series of vintage travel trailer signs, using logos and emblems from the actual trailers of the 1940s, 50s and 60s. Everything from classic Airstreams and Shasta Trailers to the fun Flamingo and Serro Scotty campers.

You can see more of them here!

Tiki Bob Vintage Signs

The natives at Taboo Island just finished a small batch of vintage tiki bar signs, all dedicated to one of the most famous Polynesian Pop icons - Tiki Bob! These were produced as part of the Tiki Bob Art Show that was held at the Tonga Hut, North Hollywood in March, 2011. These 1950s graphics come from menus, matchbooks, and signs from that wonderful tiki bar and restaurant in San Francisco.

As always, these wood signs are made out of recycled and reused wood and paint. 100% environmentally friendly!

You can check them out here!

Castaway Ceramics Tiki Mugs by Squid

This just in! - A few crates of Castaway Ceramics mugs by Squid have washed ashore on the beaches of Taboo Island. The local natives were more concerned with the wood from the crates to make some "home improvements", so they've decide to put the mugs up for sale! We have the whole line up for sale now on the website, and at new, lower prices! Check them out here!

3 New Images by Kirby

Well, Kirby took a long overdue vacation to Taboo Island, and he was kidnapped by the natives! He is now chained to a coconut tree to spend the rest of his live painting here. Here's 3 new images that are available now, with more to come later! Presenting "Searching for Surf", "Voodoo", and "Fish"!

Check them out here!

New Gecko Mugs Added to the Website

Aloha!

Just a quick note to let everyone know that we have a bunch of new Gecko mugs added to the website. Some of you may have seen some of these at Oasis, but most are newer designs including PNG drums, bowls, moai, seahorses and more. As a bonus, many of them are even on sale! Pick one up before they're gone. Here's a couple pics:

See the rest here!

Mahalo!

All Rise for the Mystic Imperial Potentate!

Finally, some new dead shriners now available, all with the new and improved lava rock eyeball!

Check them out here!

New Tiki Oasis Sideshow Banners by Thor

Some of you may have already picked these up from us at Oasis, but for those of you who couldn't make it, the Tiki Oasis banners featuring Marina the Mermaid, King Kukulele, Tana the Tattooed Lady and Crazy Al are up on Taboo Island now.

In full character with the 2010 Tiki Oasis Tenth Anniversary theme, "Extravaganza", Artist Tom Thordarson, better known as Thor, has created a series of epic stage banners through hand painted imagery and digital typography to celebrate four of Oasis' featured performers. These banners, capturing the character of both the performer featured and the hint of old style side show art served as both the stage backdrops in large scale and these mini poster prints to commemorate this special event.

Check them out here!

New Thor Original Paintings

Aloha Everyone!

Taboo Island now has a number of Thor original paintings available. There are a few new ones as well as some older ones that we just received from the galleries in Hawaii. All of them are now available at the much lower Taboo Island prices, which are as much as half the original gallery prices! Here's a peek at a couple of the newer ones, which are monochrome studies of larger paintings.

Check out all of them here!

2 New Skull Black Velvet Paintings by Thor

Well, Thor is at it again! Two more new black velvet original paintings, but this time, skull studies. The shrunken heads went quick, so act fast if you want to be one of the few to own a Thor original. These are amazing!!!

Check out the details here!

New Products

Well, I've definitely haven't had the time to update the blog as much as I originally wanted to. Oh, well... This message is just a short one to announce some new products. The natives at the Taboo Island workshop have been busy! First off, we have a new pendant by Squid:

"All rise for the Mystic Imperial Potentate! He has returned from his extensive tour of Shriner conventions and parades on Taboo Island.

This pendant, designed by Squid, is the deluxe version of the limited edition Squll pendant we did for Tiki Oasis 8 in 2008, which sold out very fast during the show. This version is an open edition and is one of the most complicated pendants produced by anyone to date. His aged fez has real velvet flocking and a tattered tassel, and his bloodshot eyeball is made from real coral. After drinking just too many zombies during his trip, his eyeball has started to sag a little, but don't wory, you can always regain his attention by pulling the tassle and watching his eyeball bounce back into place.

Each pendant measures 1.75" tall, has an adjustable waxed cotton cord for your wearing pleasure and is hand made right here in Hawaii. Be sure to check out the other versions currently offered. You will find different colors of skulls (including a "ghost white" and "zombie green" version), as well as variations on the color of the fez, size of the eyebal, color of the tassle, and amount of eyeball droopage. No two are alike!"

We've also brought back an old Thor design in the form of a fridge magnet:

"Here is Thor's classic Easter Island Moai tiki design in magnet form. A set of 3 perfect for the refrigerator or office file cabinet, each 2.5" tall!

Each of these is cast from high quality resin and is hand painted, so colors may vary slightly. Attached to the back is a very strong neodymium magnet, which is way stronger than the usual flexible brown magnets. Hand made right here in Hawaii!"

We these and a bunch of new vintage tiki art prints, there is a lot of new, great stuff that has washed ashore at Taboo Island!