Showing posts with label HIPPIE BAGS. Show all posts
Showing posts with label HIPPIE BAGS. Show all posts

Monday

Famous Key West Hippie Bags

Famous Key West Hippie Bags

PLEASE CALL ON LARGE ORDERS 813 770 4794,ask for Hongkongwillie
We are located at   12212 morrisbridge road ,Tampa Florida 33637   

OUR ADDRESS IS 12212 MORRISBRIDGE ROAD TAMPA FLORIDA 33637
Look for us at Interstate 75 and Fletcher,  exit 266 Tampa Florida Call us at 813 770 4794

Updated September 1 2011

Hippie Bags
Hong Kong Willie Reuse Artist. Artist of the 60’s in the now. Acclaimed Famous Florida folk artist, Living the Life of using objects for many uses. Follow the travels of life.

Charlie's World Fox News 






Artist Born for this time, Lived on a landfill as a child. Reuse Became the way of life. To read the story from the inception of the Name Hong Kong Willie. Famed, by the humble statements from the Key West Citizen, viable art from reuse has found its time. To Live a life in the art world and be so blessed to make a social impact. Artists are to give back, talent is to tell a story, to make change. Reuse is a life experience.
Hong Kong Willie Art Gallery In Tampa, a reuse Art Gallery. Artist Kim,Derek,and Joseph. reuse artist that have lived the life and are meant for the green movement in the world. A gallery that was born for this time. Artist living a freegan life,art that makes a social statement of reuse. Media that has a profound effect in making the word green truly a movement of reuse in the world today and the future.

Google: Hong Kong Willie






Hong Kong Willie. The name of the artist. In 1958 his mother took Hong Kong Willie to an art class. The name started then. An art teacher when doing crafts out of Gerber baby bottles, made a statement, in Hong Kong reuse was common. At that time he thought this was very interesting. His father had low-land, at that time landfills were common also. The county had told Hong Kong Willie’s father, it was safe, but as we now know this was not so. Something can come from bad to be good. Hong Kong Willie the name came from that art teacher impressing on that young mind that objects made for one use could be for many other uses. Hong Kong for the neat concept. Willie for an American name. So for many years Hong Kong Willie had a life of reuse. Hong Kong Willie saw forms in a different light, His life now was meaningful, knowing this was and would be his life. Art made from found objects, making less of a footprint on this world. Art and art teachers, HOW IMPORTANT. For the ones that have, and the ones who have not. Media can be found. Now 50 years later, we know now being green is important. We need to look at this very carefully. Our children and our world need a different understanding. Objects can be used in many different ways. Hong Kong Willie the tons of objects in his life that have been used, without much change, So for that art teacher what she did for my life. Thank You. I still have the Gerber baby bottle till this day. Hong Kong Willie.
Google Hong Kong Willie

Sunday

HANDMADE HANDBAGS, GREEN HANDBAGS.

HANDMADE HANDBAGS, GREEN HANDBAGS.

Updated

June 9 2012



Google: Hongkongwillie





GREEN HANDBAGS. HONG KONG WILLIE,HANDMADE HANDBAGS,





HONG KONG WILLIE ON FOX TV

Monday

BEACH BAG MADE IN FLORIDA,HIPPIE MADE IN AMERICA

BEACH BAG MADE IN FLORIDA. HIPPIE ART GROUP HONG KONG WILLIE, GREEN BEACH BAG MADE FROM USED BURLAP COFFEE BAGS.

Updated

December 21 2010




"I am ready to travel with you. Made for you, there is only one of me. This is my story: I am a Hong Kong Willie Hippy Bag, arriving from one destination, joining you on your life’s journey. On these travels we will find a way that more of us change. As in my purpose and your purpose, we are all meant for many uses."




GREEN HANDBAGS HONG KONG WILLIE
www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6006857&page=1&sect...


BEACH BAGS IN THE NEWS

Bio
Hong Kong Willie. Hippie artist of the 60’s in the now. Hippie artist and Florida folk artist, living the life of using objects for many uses. Look at the travels of life.

Hong Kong Willie. The name of the artist. In 1958 his mother took Hong Kong Willie to an art class. The name started then. An art teacher when doing crafts out of Gerber baby bottles, made a statement, in Hong Kong reuse was common. At that time he thought this was very interesting. His father had low-land, at that time landfills were common also. The county had told Hong Kong Willie’s father, it was safe, but as we now know this was not so. Something can come from bad to be good. Hong Kong Willie the name came from that art teacher impressing on that young mind that objects made for one use could be for many other uses. Hong Kong for the neat concept. Willie for an American name. So for many years Hong Kong Willie had a life of reuse. Hong Kong Willie saw forms in a different light, His life now was meaningful, knowing this was and would be his life. Art made from found objects, making less of a footprint on this world. Art and art teachers, HOW IMPORTANT. For the ones that have, and the ones who have not. Media can be found. Now 50 years later, we know now being green is important. We need to look at this very carefully. Our children and our world need a different understanding. Objects can be used in many different ways. Hong Kong Willie the tons of objects in his life that have been used, without much change, So for that art teacher what she did for my life. Thank You. I still have the Gerber baby bottle till this day. Hong Kong Willie.

Hong Kong Willie Key West Artist and Tampa Tourist Attraction. Hong Kong Willie: Group of artists telling how to use objects for many different purposes. Looking outside of the box, learning to find solutions in a positive way. Complaining without a solution is like trying to wake a dead man. Nothing is going to happen. The solution to leaving less of a foot print on this earth is left to each one of us. Finding the positive side and focusing positive energy is change for the good. Hong Kong Willie has for many years looked outside of the box. Take a look at the other story told by University of South Florida on ways to change and the social impact we all can make. To live and help and not complain and spend that energy to leave less of a foot print is a good thing.

All contributed content © Hong Kong Willie

Thursday

HIPPIE HAND BAG

HIPPIE BAG TAMPA BAY BUCCANEER

HIPPIE BAG TAMPA BAY BUCCANEER

hippie bag
HONG KONG WILLIE HIPPIE BAGS HONG KONG WILLIE
HIPPIE  BAG BY HONG KONG WILLIE
hippie bag show

Monday

HIPPIE BAGS FOR SALE. HIPPIE MADE IN TAMPA FLORIDA. CALL 813 770 4794 . Updated 4/9/2025

HIPPIE BAGS FOR SALE.

Updated July 25 2011




HIPPIE BAGS MADE IN TAMPA FLORIDA












Hong Kong Williei is an artist cooperative in Tampa Florida who work with recycled materials trying to make a positive difference in this world.

Sunday

HANDMADE HIPPIE BAGS

Hippie Bag

Updated July 16 2012

 

Hong Kong Willie

Upcycled Beach Bag

$135.00 USD
1 in stock


Hippie Bag - 
Hong Kong Willie Upcycled Beach Bag
zoom
Hippie Bag -
 Hong Kong Willie Upcycled Beach Bag Hippie Bag -
 Hong Kong Willie Upcycled Beach Bag Hippie Bag -
 Hong Kong Willie Upcycled Beach Bag Hippie Bag -
 Hong Kong Willie Upcycled Beach Bag Hippie Bag -
 Hong Kong Willie Upcycled Beach Bag

Description

HANDMADE

 HIPPIE BAGS ART

"I am ready to travel with you. Made for you, there is only one of me. This is my story: I am a Hong Kong Willie Hippy Bag, arriving from one destination, joining you on your life’s journey. On these travels we will find a way that more of us change. As in my purpose and your purpose, we are all meant for many uses."

Reuse artist.
Hong Kong Willie.Famous Etsy Reuse Artist. Artist of the 60’s in the now. Acclaimed Famous Florida folk artist, Living the Life of using objects for many uses. Follow the travels of life.
updated August 10 th 2010



Artist Born for this time, Lived on a landfill as a child. Reuse Became the way of life. To read the story from the inception of the Name Hong Kong Willie. Famed, by the humble statements from the Key West Citizen, viable art from reuse has found its time. To Live a life in the art world and be so blessed to make a social impact. Artists are to give back, talent is to tell a story, to make change. Reuse is a life experience.
Hong Kong Willie Art Gallery In Tampa, a reuse Art Gallery. Artist Kim,Derek,and Joseph. reuse artist that have lived the life and are meant for the green movement in the world. A gallery that was born for this time. Artist living a freegan life,art that makes a social statement of reuse. Media that has a profound effect in making the word green truly a movement of reuse in the world today and the future.


Hong Kong Willie.Famous Etsy Reuse Artist. Artist of the 60’s in the now. Acclaimed Famous Florida folk artist, Living the Life of using objects for many uses. Follow the travels of life
Handbags made from reuse Burlap Bags. Artist in reuse in Handmade Handbags.The Handmade Handbags making a true green statement. Handbags that have a fashion of a hip style.Hong Kong Willie Handbags are a one of a kind handbag that will be a handbag for this time or a Handbag that you will have the rest or your life.

Friday

HIPPIE BAGS. COOL HIPPIE ARTIST, LIVING GREEN

Hippie Bags on Etsy

Updated July 25 2011


Hippie  BAGS.Hippie Bag made in Tampa. Florida Hand Bags Co. Happy New Year 2010 Hippie Bags , Hippie Bags For sale
WILL YOU EVER ForGet The Name Hongkongwillie . Bing Hong Kong Willie.

Handmade Hippie Bags. Hippy Bags on Bing.

Hongkongwillie, Hippie Bags.Hippie Bags Made Hongkongwillie.
Handbag Handbags Famous green Artist made in America Hippie Bags
Hippie Gallery. email hongkongwillie@hotmail.com Buy now Hippie Made
Click this Link ,You can Buy A Hong Kong Willie Hippie Bag Now. Hippie Art
.
Hippies of the 60's. 
 
Hippie Bags
Artist Born for this time, Lived on a landfill as a child. Reuse Became the way of life. To read the story from the inception of the Name Hong Kong Willie. Famed, by the humble statements form the Key West Citizen, viable art from reuse has found its time. To Live a life in the art world and be so blessed to make a social impact. Artists are to give back, talent is to tell a story, to make change. Reuse is a life experience. To think now of the past and the story of Hong Kong Willie,  Why i have to say it was for a reason.
Hong Kong Willie Art Gallery In Tampa, a reuse Art Gallery. Artist Kim,Derek,and Joseph. reuse artist that have lived the life and are meant for the green movement in the world. A gallery that was born for this time. Artist living a freegan life,art that makes a social statement of reuse.  Media that has a profound effect in making the word green truly a movement of reuse in the world today and the future.


Hippie Bag

 Hong Kong Willie

 Peace Bag

 FREE SHIPPING


Hippie Bag - Hong Kong Willie Peace Bag - FREE SHIPPING
$79.99 USD
1 in stock


Hippie Bag - Hong Kong Willie Peace Bag - FREE SHIPPING
zoom
Hippie Bag - Hong Kong Willie Peace Bag - FREE SHIPPING Hippie Bag - Hong Kong Willie Peace Bag - FREE SHIPPING Hippie Bag - Hong Kong Willie Peace Bag - FREE SHIPPING Hippie Bag - Hong Kong Willie Peace Bag - FREE SHIPPING Hippie Bag - Hong Kong Willie Peace Bag - FREE SHIPPING

Description

"I am ready to travel with you. Made for you, there is only one of me. This is my story: I am a Hong Kong Willie Hippie Bag, arriving from one destination, joining you on your life’s journey. On these travels we will find a way that more of us change. As in my purpose and your purpose, we are all meant for many uses."



Hand Made Bag,By Hong Kong Willie
Shell: Burlap Coffee Bag
Source: Third Generation Coffee Roaster
Stitching: Recovered Yarn
Source: Key West
Handle, Label, Pockets:
Source: Artist Worn Clothing (HKW)
Inner Chambers: 3
Dimensions:
Length(Strap to Bottom)-37"
Actual Length-10"
Width-14"



Black Bird of Key Largo

Tampa Art Galleries Hong Kong Willie Art Gallery
$98,000.00 USD
Black Bird of Key Largo
zoom
“Black Bird of Key Largo”
To Buy Now click this link www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=23489576
The allurement of the winds blowing in the palm trees and the moon shining through and the “Black Bird of Key Largo” looking upon.
Hong Kong Willie
**HONG KONG WILLIE artist Kim Brown, chose aged Florida sawmill stock as canvas. Recovered Brass Hanger: Key West lobster trap rigging. Originally connects and suspends rigging of spiny lobster traps in Key West waters. Candy-like appearance due to multiple protective layers. Assigned number in artist register by Fisherman ID tag, corresponding burn-etched # rear of piece. Key recovered by Robert Jordan, acclaimed treasure hunter: also in identification of piece and artist.
*Prior to shipping, final coating will be applied to each piece.
Dimensions:
24″ L
8″ W
4″ H
Weight: 17+ LB
Green Art For Sale

Dorado The Dolphin

 Original

Hong Kong Wilie Art

 Key West


$4,600.00 USD BUY NOW IF YOU PLEASE CLINKwww.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=vl_other_2&listing_…

Smugglers Cove – Original Preservation Art – Hong Kong Willie Key West Art

$550.00 USD BUY NOW IF YOU PLEASE CLINK ON OUR ETSY SITEwww.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=vl_other_1&listing_…

Indian Dreams – Hong Kong Willie – Original Art

$4400.00 USD
BUY NOW IF YOU PLEASE CLINK ON OUR ETSY SITE www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=28584622
Indian Dreams - Hong Kong Willie - Original Art
Indian Dreams – Hong Kong Willie – Original Art


                                                      
Hippie Bags
                                                              
               



Hippie Bags

Look for Hong Kong Willie on Baidu.


www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6006857
srch.timway.com/cgi/search.cgi?query=hong+kong+willie
twitpic.com/f7qq3
twitter.com/hongkongwillie
www.craftstylish.com/item/51637/hong-kong-willie-on-fox-news
hong-kong-willie-blog.blogspot.com/
www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6006857
hongkongwillie.wordpress.com/2009/10/07/tampa-artist-gall…
hongkongwillie.wordpress.com/2009/10/05/famous-tampa-art-…
hongkongwillie.wordpress.com/2009/09/30/tampa-art-galleri…
hongkongwillieblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/art-galleries-tam…
hongkongwillieblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/tampa-art-galleri…
hongkongwillie.blogspot.com/2009/10/tampa-artgalleries-ho…
hongkongwillie.blogspot.com/2009/10/tampa-art-gallerygall…
apreservationist.blogspot.com/2009/10/tampaartistgallerya…
hongkongwillie.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!6EF8E41893965352!…
hongkongwillie.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!6EF8E41893965352!…
hongkongwillie.vox.com/library/post/green-art-for-sale.html
maps.google.com/maps?q=hong+kong+willie&oe=utf-8&…
www.google.com/search?q=hong+kong+willie&oe=utf-8&amp…
www.google.com/search?q=hong+kong+willie&oe=utf-8&amp…
search.live.com/results.aspx?q=hong+kong+willie&go=&a…


www.deepindex.net/search.php
hong-kong-willie-blog.blogspot.com/
www.blogger.com/profile/03632064914545583081
tampa.creativeloafing.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid:154918


hongkongwillie.vox.com/library/post/hippie-bags-for-sale-…
www.greatgreengoods.com/2008/07/23/hong-kong-willie-keepi…
www.searchme.com/#/&q=hong%20kong%20willie
Hippie Stitched, Hippie bags, With Individuality.
Look for Hong Kong Willie on Yahoo and Bing
www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6006857
www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=13291929
hongkongwillie.wordpress.com/2009/05/27/hippie-stitched-h…
hongkongwillie.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!6EF8E41893965352!…
www.craftstylish.com/item/40697/hippie-bagshippie-handmad…
www.craftstylish.com/item/51661/hippie-bags-handmade-in-a…
hongkongwillie.wordpress.com/2008/11/24/handbag-handbags-…
hongkongwillieartist.blogspot.com/2008/08/hippie-bag-hipp…

twitpic.com/dq0t9
twitpic.com/ezio9
twitpic.com/ejggg
Google Hong Kong Willie  .  Hong Kong Willie ON Yahoo. Hippie Bags Hong Kong Fashion. Look for Hong Kong Willie On Baidu.
Hippie Bags made in Tampa Florida
Hippie Bags,hippie Handbags,handmade handbags
Hippie Bags for sale
Hippie Bags,Hippie Bag,Hong Kong Willie Hippie Bags
Bing Hong Kong willie Hippie Bags
WILL YOU EVER ForGet The Name HONG KONG WILLIE.

Thursday

Tourist Attractions Sightseeing in Tampa, FL

Hong Kong Willie: HONGKONGWILLIE: Things to do - Tourist Attractions Sightseeing in Tampa, FL

HIPPIE BAGS. COOL HIPPIE ARTIST,

Hong Kong Willie: Hong Kong WILLIE THE ARTIST: HIPPIE BAGS. COOL HIPPIE ARTIST, LIVING GREEN

HIPPIE BAGS------HIPPIE BAG HANDMADE

Hong Kong Willie: HIPPIE BAGS------HIPPIE BAG


TOURIST ATTRACTION IN TAMPA

Hong Kong Willie: HONGKONGWILLIE: TOURIST ATTRACTION IN TAMPA

HONG KONG WILLIE ART

Hong Kong Willie: Hong Kong WILLIE THE ARTIST: HONG KONG WILLIE


THE HONG KONG WILLIE

Hong Kong Willie: Hong Kong WILLIE THE ARTIST: THE HONG KONG WILLIE

GREEN SHOPPING BAGS

Hong Kong Willie: Hong Kong WILLIE THE ARTIST: HONG KONG WILLIE GREEN SHOPPING BAGS


MyFox Tampa Bay

Hong Kong Willie: Hong Kong WILLIE THE ARTIST: HONG KONG WILLIE MyFox Tampa Bay | Fox 13 News | WTVT

TAMPA TOURIST ATTRACTION . Updated 8/3/2021

TOURIST ATTRACTION IN TAMPA

Hong Kong Willie: Hong Kong WILLIE THE ARTIST: TOURIST ATTRACTION IN TAMPA

IN THE NEWS GREEN SHOPPING BAG

Hong Kong Willie: Hong Kong WILLIE THE ARTIST: HONG KONG WILLIE IN THE NEWS GREEN SHOPPING BAG

TAMPA TOURIST ATTRACTION



The zen of junk
A Tampa couple devotes itself to creating something from nothing
Published 12.06.06By Alex Pickettenlarge Alex PickettROADSIDE ATTRACTION: Located off East Fletcher Road between hotel chains and high-end office parks is the gift shop and folk art gallery Hong Kong Willie's.Drive south on I-75, look to the right around East Fletcher Avenue, and you can't miss it. The tree appears first, hundreds of buoys wrapped around its branches, resembling a sort of Dr. Seuss-ian Christmas ornament. Then the rest of the 20,000 buoys come into view -- thousands of strands of the multicolored foam balls stretching from the tree to two wooden shacks, hanging from their roofs and walls, and stretched out over the property.

Strewn about the lawn is a menagerie of surfboards, car doors, CB radios, wooden sculptures and painted signs. A 1979 Ford pickup sits in the front driveway, painted with a rainbow of colors, four racks of antlers affixed to its roof. An old stuffed caribou sits in a lawn chair beckoning visitors.

Of the thousands of motorists who pass by this eclectic landmark off Exit 266 every day, few stop in the funky gift shop and Key West-themed folk art gallery that is Hong Kong Willie's. But this is not your typical roadside store selling cheesy Florida magnets and beach T-shirts (although they have those, too). From the moment the owners come out to greet you, it's clear that for them this isn't just a business -- it's a lifestyle.

As I step out of my car, Joe Brown ambles toward me wearing a red Hawaiian shirt and khaki shorts. With his disheveled shoulder-length brown hair and strong jaw line, Brown, 56, looks a lot like Mel Gibson in Braveheart. He ends most of his sentences with "Do you follow me?" and stares with wild gray eyes until you nod in agreement. His 46-year-old wife, Kim, who bears a strong resemblance to Grace Slick, sits near the shop's open sign, branding her latest creation. Wearing large sunglasses, she gives a smile, hardly looking up.

Joe and Kim -- Tampa natives -- bought the half-acre property off Fletcher Avenue and Morris Bridge Road in 1985. For the next two decades, the Browns operated A-24 Hour Bait and Tackle, living on the premises and bagging worms for K-Mart and Wal-Mart to make a few extra bucks. But in 2001, they decided to abandon fish food to pursue the fickle business of art, although they will tell you Hong Kong Willie's was always "part of the journey."

"We were artists," says Joe. "We were born that way. We had no choice. You follow me?"

The underlying theme of Hong Kong Willie's is creating art out of objects destined for the landfill, and while browsing the items, I get the feeling the Browns are trying to make a point rather than a sale.

"Thirty percent of the gifts given will be in the dumpster by next Christmas," Joe says. "Most Christmas gifts will be given because they think they have to. Very few will have a social impact."

Every item at Hong Kong Willie's is either art made out of an object destined for the landfill or products that other companies were throwing away and the Browns retrieved before they made it to the dumpster. But don't call this recycled art. The Browns prefer "preservation."

Recycling implies the material will be used for the same purpose. "If you get stuck in that word, then you get stuck in that form," Joe explains. Instead, the Browns create a whole new use for an item that would have been otherwise thrown away.

Kim looks up from her painting after Joe finishes his long ramble. "We've always been able to take nothing and make something out of it," she says.

Although most people assume Joe is "Hong Kong Willie," he says the name refers to the origin of junk: Hong Kong produces much of the useless merchandise that Americans buy and quickly throw away, he says. So it's up to the Willies of the world -- i.e. the Browns and other conservationists -- to find new uses for the trash.

"All of us who believe what we believe is Hong Kong Willie," Joe says.

The gift shop is a space not much bigger than a tool shed, cluttered with handmade candles, pottery, ceramic figures and deer skulls painted tie-dye style. Joe, who's not content to allow me to wander by myself, darts from item to item, sharing each one's origins. One of the first objects he shows me is an old scuba tank cut in half, stenciled with yellow and purple spray paint with a weighted rope attached on the inside. What would have been a heavy addition to a landfill or junkyard, the Browns now sell as a nautical-themed bell. Another popular item: a used Starbucks Frappuccino bottle filled with sand and shells, and the words "Florida Beachfront Property" written in paint on it.

"Is it really pragmatic to say this had one life -- to have Frappuccino in it?" he says, holding up the $3 gift. "That's not true. You follow me?"

Joe picks up a droopy glass vase -- the result of an Arizona Ice Tea bottle stuck in a kiln for too long. He says it's a collector's item: Only 300 were made and none look alike.

"People really want something that is one of a kind and something that means something," he says, holding up the vase and pointing to a stack of Beanie Babies. "Which one is the real collectible? The one that cannot be copied or the one that is mass-produced just on a small scale? You follow me?"

Most of the materials the Browns work with come from Key West. Every few months they hop in the pickup, drive the 425 miles to the Keys and start looking for the junk no one else wants: used dive tanks, the lobster trap buoys, burlap bags and even old wooden planks from ships or homes destroyed by storms.

In fact, the latter is one of their biggest sellers. They bring back an imperfect piece of lumber, slap some urethane on it and Kim paints everything from colorful fish and birds to old Key West landmarks on it. Every piece is branded, marked with a lobster cage tag and affixed with brass rings or forks with which to hang them. In the building opposite the gift shop, among stuffed animals and fish (Joe was once a taxidermist), 30 of these painted planks hang from the walls.

Customers are few at Hong Kong Willie's, but the Browns say they're doing well. They never try to push their art on anyone, figuring that if someone stops and buys something, it was meant to be. ("A piece of art is a love affair," Kim says.) They count Gaspar's Patio Bar and Grille in Temple Terrace as one of their best customers. Their other business comes from Tampa residents looking to add a tiki feel to their backyards. Among Joe's most popular creations are old car doors outfitted with waterproof speakers. A few Key West bars bought the unique sound systems to hang from their ceilings.

But the Browns are not just content to sell their art to passersby -- they want to live the ideals that inspire their art. The couple is working on getting their business off the electrical grid and powered completely by solar energy. Kim wants to start a coffee and ice cream shop with free wireless Internet to bring in likeminded people. Joe wants to be in the Guinness Book of World Records for hanging the greatest number of buoys to a structure (it's not a category yet). And they're always trying to find new uses for the trash they see lining area roads.

"We're not just sitting out here being weird," Joe says suddenly. "We're actually taking objects and making these thousands of people say, 'What's that?' We're doing it because it's the right thing to do."

His eyes get wide.

"You follow me?"

COMMENTS

RE: The zen of junk

Posted by Freegan on 11.21.07 @ 01:52 PM

It's almost impossible to make a living as an artist and support a family. Hong Kong Willie needs to have another job like the A-24Hour Bait Shop they use to have. That is where lies and threats enter the picture do to the pressure to make money. The truth about Hong Kong Willie is right here: Hong Kong Willie

RE: The zen of junk

Posted by Pat & Bob Jordan on 07.02.07 @ 08:25 PM

the title says it all; appropo of Kim & Joe too. Good people, artists extraordinare

RE: The zen of junk

Posted by DAVID WANG on 03.02.07 @ 01:10 PM

THE TRUE FORM OF ART. WHAT TO REALY SEE.

THE NEWS

Hong Kong Willie: Hong Kong WILLIE THE ARTIST: HONG KONG WILLIE IN THE NEWS




Photo by ALEX PICKETT

BEST PLACE TO BUY $1 KITSCH & $10,000 FOLK ART: Hong Kong Willie’s.
Critics' Pick
BEST PLACE TO BUY $1 kitsch & $10,000 folk art: Hong Kong Willie’s
Exit 266, I-75
[map]
813-770-4794

trees to an old wooden bait house, along with a menagerie of surfboards, car doors and wooden sculptures strewn around the yard. This is Hong Kong Willie’s — a funky gift shop and Key West-themed folk-art gallery operated by a preservationist/artist collective. Inside the former 24-hour bait shop, you’ll find all sorts of one-of-a-kind Florida souvenirs made from recycled materials. There’s something for everyone, from $1 glasses of “Florida Beachfront Property” made from old Starbucks Frappuccino cups to worn wooden planks taken from old Key West landmarks and painted, the latter going from a few hundred dollars up to $10,000.