Artist Statement

Kapa~Hawaiian barkcloth

Beaten and stamped by the earth and my ancestors

Almost disappearing with colonization

Casting a veil

 An invisibility of our kino~our bodies

Our kino protected the ʻāina~land 

A collection of ecosystems that sustain us

Calling my own kino

To make connections

Present and past

Reclaiming craft and the female body

 Reclaiming ancestral knowledge and techniques

Reclaiming materials and symbols 

Cultures and inspirations coming together 

To redefine, 

Expand, 

And protect ʻāina and kino through my practice

“Uwē ka lani, ola ka honua 

~ 

When the sky weeps, the earth lives”