ʻIke Kumu: Hawaiian Woodworks

All kine new mea is stocked on the website go check um, go check um, go

Hunneh girl Holly rocking her Kahawai earrings made of kaua’i milo wood

Hunneh girls support hunneh girls
Holly rocking her milo hair pick

New earrings up on the site!

Starting up production again after taking a mental health break from my last in person market, I’m overwhelmed by the support I’ve been getting and interest in my products
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It means the world to me when people of this place as well as malihini are excited to wear and share the stories connected to these pieces so that they may go into the world as story tellers as well, stay tuned for more goodies to come and before to bookmark the website 🤍

I spy on 💜💜💜 ho’omaika’i on the new product release, can’t wait to get my hands on one

Catch me outside slanging soap and hair picks!
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New designs coming soon exclusively for this market to share place names of

Did you miss my last market? Don’t fret, I have some earrings and pics that will be listed this afternoon on my website, keep an eye on the stories to get a preview and when they’re live 💚

MAHALO to everyone who came out and visited me at my first market ever! Also big mahalo to all the new faces that I got to meet who were visiting or kamaʻāina
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There were a few earrings and picks that made it to the end of the day and will be availed on the website later this week

Hunneh girl repping the kahawai hair picks at the fashion show this weekend! Bringing a bit of Wailua wherever she goes

Piko

Kiaʻi Mauna: Waiʻaleʻale•Nounou•Makaleha

Mio (Thespesia Populnea) is one of the most important trees to the Pacific Island Peoples. The Rich Dark Wood is carved into beautiful bowls, tools and figures. Ropes are made from the twisted bark. Before western contact, these trees were often planted near heiau but now they are becoming more scarce due to harvesting and urbanization.
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The Milo pieces I use are scraps from other wood workers or were discarded from building sites that otherwise would have gone to waste.

Through the eyes of Noun. Frozen in time Since the Goddess Hiʻiaka Chanted him to stone.
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Waiʻaleʻale, the pike of our island from which all of Kāneʻs life giving waters flow through.
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Makaleha, Guardian over Kapaʻa and Kapahi
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All three of these Mauna are meant to be represented in the Kiaʻi Mauna design. If you have pilina to any of these places or are sustained by them, I invite you to share their stories and speak their names.

Did you know? The Wailua River is one of the largest navigable rivers in Hawaiʻi?
Ke Kahawai on Koa

Hauʻoli Lā Makuahine! Wailua was has so many cultural and historical sites. One of which are the famous birthing stones located next to Holoholoku heiau.

HoloHolo essentials

Nounou, silently watching

Milo pieces are always so unique. I can't help but to endow them with very special designs.

Kauaʻi is indeed a land famous with sacred legend-filled sites, it is an island adorned in beauty, of which the famous song says, “Beautiful is Kauaÿi, Perfect in the Calm”