Any Flavor Life Saver Ice Shaver

Manufacturer: Taboo Island

SKU: THOR016

Price: $20.00

$75.00 12x16 Limited Edition Giclee - $75 5 in stock
$20.00 8x10 Image Matted to 11x14 - $20 5 in stock
$15.00 5x7 Image Matted to 8x10 - $15 5 in stock
$15.00 8x10 Image Only - $15 5 in stock

Any Flavor Life Saver Ice Shaver

This one is done with kids in mind… or for those who want to feel like one. It’s called ”The Any Flavor Life Saver Ice Shaver”. Shaved ice in Hawaii to a keiki (kid) is like a frosty mai tai to an adult. It’s also a great way to cool off on the warm beaches of Hawaii at just about any age.

I took the idea of an old, bright red lifeguard stand that is sitting on the beach in Waikiki. The Waikiki lifeguard is the ultimate “life saver”. I thought, what if you took one of those and built a contraption that made awesome cones of Hawaiian shaved ice... right on the beach! I thought, ok, let’s put some of those skilled parrots you see all over the sidewalks in town just having their pictures taken and put them to work. So, this “machine” is parrot powered!

If you look closely, you’ll see the parrots teeter tottering on the bamboo perches, which drives the cam wheels. These turn the “bottle teeth” of the gears, which both shakes the dashboard hula dolls for a little entertainment and spins the Samoan knives. As this happens, the stack of ice blocks loaded in the tower feeds the below and one by one are “shaved” into a fine powder. This falls into the upside down beach umbrella where the “scooper parrot” can pack the cones. That bird then flavors the ice by unclipping the clothespin on the hose of the chosen flavor bottle. Now, the finished cone of shave ice is handed to the “server parrot” which walks out to the end of the surfboard and presents the frozen tropical delicacy. What better way to appreciate the magic of a Hawaiian rainbow than to feel like you can actually eat one!

Print Formats:

Limited Edition Fine Art Print - Edition of only 100! - This is a top quality giclee fine art print printed on thick watercolor paper. Each is signed and numbered by Thor and comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.

Open Edition Mini Prints - These are smaller high quality prints archivally printed on thick Epson paper. They are available as the print only or double matted with our hand made canvas wrapped mats.

About Thor:

      Tom Thordarson, or "Thor" as he is best known by both collectors of his work and the growing awareness in the art community, can truly take your imagination on a journey unlike any other. His life as an artist began when he was just old enough to hold a pencil. With his mother being an artist as well, she would hand him paper and pencils to "keep him out of mischief," as she would say. The years spent drawing and painting would soon become a powerful tool to communicate his intense imagination and endless spirit of adventure in his career to be.
?      In his own words, Thor explains, "Creating my own entertainment and building my own toys was an activity I was highly encouraged to do as a kid. I learned to believe in the real magic and power of my imagination. I believed that if I could draw something with enough passion and thought, then what would stop it from becoming something I could touch or walk into one day?”?
      "My entire childhood was filled with endless curiosity, drawing and adventure. I loved building tree houses and forts from scrap wood and stuff I could find in my Grandfather's workshop. The experiences that would lead me to what I paint today were inspired by my family's incredibly fun vacations every summer to Hawaii beginning at age 6. I also have two sets of cousins on the Big Island who encouraged me to become a certified diver when I lived with them for many summers growing up as well. So, Hawaii is my second home. I love the sea. I spent endless hours on Maui and Hawaii combing the beaches and climbing trees in the nearby jungles pretending I was a pirate or some ingenious castaway living off the land in a high seas adventure."?
      An honors graduate in Illustration from the prestigious Pasadena Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, Thor was immediately discovered by the entertainment/theme park industry which he remained in for 17 years. His imagination and talents have led him to conceive, illustrate and paint concepts for countless rides and attractions with many major entertainment companies. With strong skills in both team leadership and his art, he served as the Director of Attraction Development at MCA Universal Studios, Hollywood and then as a full fledged Disney Imagineer with his role as a Director/Senior Concept Designer.?
      Among his many assignments at Disney was the task of the concept design for one of the main "E-ticket" rides for the new Tokyo Disney Sea theme park in Japan called, "Journey to the Center of the Earth," a top rated thrill ride currently in operation.?
      Residing now in both California and Hawaii, Thor has put aside the entertainment design industry to focus on his art inspired by those early days of tropical adventures that shaped his art and imagination. "I am painting the fantasies and stories now that I imagined all those years sitting on the beaches, diving in the sea or building hideaways in the lush island jungles," Thor explains. "I am hoping that everyone finds these enchanted places, intriguing contraptions or playful characters I am painting now as much fun to look at, as they are for me to paint. Please feel free to step into them. Come by and share some Aloha spirit with me and I will tell you a few magical tales. The tiki torches are all lit and fluttering in the trade winds.... I will see you on the lanai!"

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