Pretty excited to share with you the details of my trip to Hawaii; I was invited by the Department of Architecture at the University of Hawaii to do workshops on design as well as present my work at Kara. I don't think a blog-post would do justice to this experience, but here's a short photo-essay:
Here are some other fun things I did:
Some life-truths I picked up:
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| I stayed on a quite part of this spectacular coastline in Waikiki. |
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| Sunrise over the beautiful Kapiolani park and Diamond Head Crater Park |
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| Monday started bright and early at the Dept of Architecture at the Univ of Hawaii |
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| They're working on a small project in branding I did with them over the week. |
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| Loved seeing their stuff lying around; reminds me of my studio desk most days! |
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| We divided them into small groups for reviewing each other's work. |
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| I'm getting ready for my talk here; was super thrilled to see the turnout and the Q&A afterwards! |
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Maria Simon (l) and Erin Yuasa (r) were kind enough to take me on a tour of the University; Maria teaches in the Dept of Architecture; Erin teaches in the Ceramic Dept. Both are fellow alums from my grad school, the Cranbrook Academy of Art.
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| This tree, outside the art department, was incredible to look at! |
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| Erin makes beautiful work about re-purposed clay stepping stones, made in the shapes of found containers |
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| These beautiful stemware by Erin's boyfriend Mark Mitsuda, a talented glass-artist and educator |
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| Erin and Mark in his office at Punahou High School. They were kind enough to take me on a tour of this amazing institution! |
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| This beautiful school is also where President Obama went to school at! |
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| This is the Glass and Ceramic workshop areas of the school; loved the airy spacious space! |
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| Lazy Sunday breakfast underneath the lychee tree with Aki (l) and Maria (r) |
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| En route to Bellows beach, near the historic air force station with the same name |
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| Nomoola does some incredible work on sustainable food practices; found their stand at the lunch-stop. |
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| The sunken warship USS Arizona at the Pearl Harbor memorial; the colors are from the oil seeping out of the ship. |
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| I also did a solo road-trip to the north shore of Oʻahu; the landscape was spectacular! |
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| This lil dude was sunning himself on the coast when I got there; hello Sea Turtle! |
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| Did I say how incredibly simple and delicious the food was? :) |
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| Nature is the best pedicure, ever! |
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| All food tastes great, if you're at the beach with friends! (with Tim & Maria) |
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| Traveling in an open jeep can can make your face & hair happy! (with Aki & Maria) |
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| Our fabric works with any lifestyle, any part of the world! (here Aki confirms it with the Infini) |
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