MOTU MIKEY - Makers of tiki stuff & limited edition mugs

Some of my earliest memories involve the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. Pirate mini-golf, the cave train, pennies being thrown into glass chalices. When I was 10, we went on our first trip to Disneyland. I ran to the shop across from the Indiana Jones Ride and handed my mother a life-size rubber skull. She was a little concerned and almost didn't buy it for me. However, what she saw as a morbid souvenir, I saw as my next movie prop, or a display for my shelf; my own piece of adventure straight out of my favorite films.

My love for adventure lead me to pursue photography. I married my best friend in 2019 and we traveled from the tallest peak in the lower 48, to some of the most remote islands of the Marquesas. I couldn't wait to continue this momentum and see the world. Unfortunately, 2020 had other plans. Quarantine fatigue hit fast and I grew restless. I woke up one day with the urge to make something with my hands. Inspired by the art I saw in French Polynesia, I grabbed some air-dry clay and started sculpting a tiki mug. The community was overflowing with encouragement and tips from the likes of VanTiki, Coxswain Dunsel, TikiPop, William Wallace, TikiRob and many others.