aloha ; residency in hawaii

University of Hawaii, Manoa CampusPrint residency3.10.2016 -24.12.2016

In December 2016, I undertook a residency at the Honolulu University through Professor Charles Cohen, Professor of Printmaking at the Department of Art and Art History.  I chose Hawaii because of the lithography and print opportunity but also to experience an island that has a geothermal and subterranean landscape. 

Inked Polymer ‘Smart’ plate  
using rubbings from
the Japanese tea house
 at Manoa campus

On Maui island, Makawao near Haleakala

 National Park. Inside the park, 

Haleakala volcanic mountain has been 

eroded through the forces of water and time.

 On the summit, the clouds are constantly 

in motion rising up and creating mist 

and cold winds. . 

‘Land is the link between the earth and the sky, 

the sea and the clouds, the past and the future.

Bernard Narokobi, New Guinea, 1983,

Sourced from the Bishop Museum.

Jude Roberts, 

 To carry back to an island home

Stone lithograph 

Haleakala volcanic mountain, Maui. Walking
 through and above the clouds. 

Edgar Heap of birds uses a unique

mono printing method which I have since

continued to experiment with.

Print studio, Honolulu. Paul, a student, 

 is a producer at KTUH radio station.

http://ktuh.org/tune-in/

for live streaming.

Taken from bus trip to the Northshore, Oahu

La Perouse; coral and lava

Hui No'eau Visual arts Centre, Maui.

The town of Makawao houses Hui No’eau Visual Arts Centre,  which I visited during an open day. A concurrent theme, similar to my own, is foremost to some of the resident printmakers and is shown in a recent exhibition Watershed exhibited at the Hui in 2015.

To follow the journey        http://www.hokulea.comI attended a session at the  Bishop Museum in Honolulu on Hawaiian navigation:reading the Northern stars and other points such as birds, tides and currents. A replica of the Hawaiian boat Hokulea is now circumnavigating the world using  traditional navigation methods without any modern GPS or other instruments. The journey is about reconnecting and renewing other cultures through Hawaiian and Pacific collective customs.

Malama 'Aina is a concept of caring for the  land in Hawaiian culture. It is not hard to sense this relationship of land with the Hawaiian people. There is a strong commitment to share this vision and to see it carried back by visitors, into their own communities.

This trip was partially funded by the Iain Turnbull Award in which I was the recipient for in 2015. This is offered annually to a QCA postgraduate/graduate student. 

 

Charlie and the students were generous in their time and expertise and made my stay not only memorable but has become a continual  learning experience.