Born and raised in Hawaii, Henrik Van Ryzin is an artist currently based out of Eugene, Oregon.
He began selling tiki mugs in 2006, with his "Jabber Pod", "Trepanning Skull", and "Log" series.
At first, his work was focused purely on hand-built projects, but he began doing slip-cast projects before too long with larger runs and for events and commercial tiki bars as well as individual sales.