The Arts
Bejeweled Sweets Spot
August - September 2011Japan’s fascination with things kawaii helped give birth to the “Deco Sweet” trend of jewelry modeled after cookies, cake, candy and other edible confections. Among the most visible practitioners of this art form is Q-Pot, whose Ala Moana Center boutique is modeled after a pastry or ice cream shop, with bakery counters displaying necklaces, rings…
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Way of Tea
August - September 2011Exhibit Showcases Pieces from the Urasenke Foundation Photography By Mark Arbeit Although the rituAlized wAy of tea as practiced by the Urasenke Foundation appears to be steeped in ancient history, the ideas introduced by tea master Sen Rikyu five centuries ago were nothing less than a revolutionary departure from earlier traditions. Implements from the Urasenke…
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The Art of the Matter
August - September 2011Collecting Tips From a Master Appraiser Photography By Leah Friel Making his way through the lobby of a Waikiki hotel, Philip Jelley, clad in a couture suit, dress shirt and tie, was easy to spot amid the tourists in wet bathing suits and slippers. Jelley is a senior vice president of the famous New York…
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Man of Many Virtues
June - July 2011Anthony Hopkins on His Art in Hawai’i BEFORE RENOWN GALLERY OWNER GLENN HARTE saw his car arrive at the Four Seasons Resort Maui valet, Sir Anthony Hopkins appeared-and asked if he could join Harte at his Lahaina locale for a little chat. Although surprised, Harte wasn’t bowled over. With an artist roster that includes names…
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Carving the Way
June - July 2011A Story Within Every Canoe WHILE OTHERS GO ABOUT THEIR LIVES TETHERED TO IPHONES or dashing from one appointment to the next, Sonny Kaukini Bradley searches for solitude. All the better to heed the sounds and language of nature, he shares. Just as there is a story to the direction of the winds or the…
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Prints Charming
April - May 2011The Art of Textile Design, Revisited GENTLEMEN ABOUT TOWN SHOULD FEEL HONORED (as opposed to violated) when Emma Jewell Howard whips out her camera and snaps a frame with them square in the middle. She’s no pesky paparazzi; she’s merely interested in your shirt. Well, sort of. It’s actually her shirt. Having designed custom textiles…
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Art in Motion
February - March 2011Wave-Inspired at The Waikiki EDITION “THERE ARE TWO PIECES OF ART IN THE ENTIRE HOTEL. That’s one,” says general manager Michael Rock, pointing to an angular conglomeration of stickered, painted, broken surfboards behind the sleek, hand-lathed front desk of the The Waikiki EDITION hotel. The wall-mounted sculpture is the only jagged edge in the otherwise…
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Lo’ihi Rising
December - January 2011He took a chance and sawed the opal in half. That’s what the late Paul Trustman of Holiday Jewelers did, and the result is a one-of-a-kind, award-winning pendant. This year, Trustman posthumously took first-place honors in the Hawaiian-themed jewelry category of Hawaii Jewelers Association’s 2010 Jewelry Design Competition, for “Lo’ihi,” a book-matched pair of picture…
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Christmas Past
December - January 2011Holiday Cheer of Yesteryear IMAGES FROM BISHOP MUSEUM LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES Digging through archives of photos, one thing became very apparent: Hawai’i of yesteryear certainly spared no expense when holiday festivities arose. From Santa surfing into Waikiki and an exquisite Christmas Dinner menu, to Fort Street bedecked in tinsel, charity events for children and a…
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