Lei Day 2023 on Oahu

 

Demo and Lei making booths

Photo of different types of Lehua

Long line to see the lei entries.

Laua'e rope.

HFNA Celebrations 2023 preview

Lei Po'o Workshop In Honolulu 4/30/23

This is a great opportunity to create a head lei (lei Po'o) to wear on Lei Day, May 1.  We will be using the "wili" method to create your lei.  Please contact me to sign up and if you refer a friend, who attends for the workshop, I will give you 10% discount on your fee.

2023 pre-Punahou Carnival "Haku" Workshop

After a 2 year break due to Covid, the Punahou Carnival Haku making sessions opened again for 2 days on Jan. 31 & Feb. 1.  It was a reunion and fun time for everyone to be able to get our hands on the lovely floral materials and create works of wearable art.

Sarah

Cory

Christine

Dayna

Cory and Dale

Sue

I was lucky to get my friends who are in the floral industry to join me for the night.  Dale, Cory, Christine, Dayna and Sue.  My daughter Sarah was the photographer.

My first lei po'o of the night.

My second lei po'o.

Sarah's lei

Sue's 3 lei

Dale's lei

On the second night, we were rushed and didn't have too much time to take pics but I did take a short video.

My final 2 lei po'o of the workshop.  It was a fun two nights.

Coconut Basket Weaving with Uncle Onio

 A fun, informative, two hour session with Uncle Onio of Kauai, who taught us how to weave a quick basket with coconut fronds.  Most of the "laborious" parts of stripping the fronds was done by him so that we could start right in with the weaving.

"Poster" for the different uses of the coconut.

Uncle Onio demonstrating.

Constructing the sides of the basket

 

 

Bottom completed

 

Extra length of fronds tucked into sides.

Flipped over to show the bottom of the basket "star."
 

HFNA Wedding Celebration 10/6-8/22 Hilo

 

 

The Wedding Celebration was held in beautiful Hilo.

 

Britney from Haku Maui was the first presenter and gave us a workshop on Lei Po'o (head lei).

 

 

Bruno Duarte of Canada did several beautiful "sculptural" pieces utilizing Hawaiian products.

Lia & Kelsy were a duo from the Big Island demonstrating use of wire techniques.

 

 

Sue Tabbal-Yamaguchi AIFD EMC utilized European techniques in her bouquets.

 

 Lois Hiranaga AIFD showed several lush bouquets.

Dotty Yadao incorporated bromeliads into her bouquets.

 

On the final day, Susan McLeary showed body flowers and a table garland.

 

Tim Farrell AIFD talked about principles and elements of design and added unusual touches to bouquets to make them more interesting.

Final project was held in the Liliu'okalani Garden.  All designers joined in for a pic under the arch designed by Hitomi Gilliam AIFD and flowered by many of the designers.

 

 

Floral Workshoop at Honolulu Museum of Art 10/1/22