Hawaiian Totem
I received my book for this project at the end of August. One week later I left for a month’s
vacation on the Big Island of Hawaii. One day during a walk on the beach, I picked up
some interesting pieces of palm bark and began to paint them. Suddenly the ideas began
to flow:
“palm bark...palm trees...Hawaiian palm weaving… painted palm…painted paper…
painted book pages…collage??no, too common...Hawaiian crafts...back to weaving...
Hawaiian culture...”
When I returned home Hawaiian Totem was born from the soul of a damaged book.
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