Themes
Craft
Spreads
Momi Shells — A Study in Miniature
Two momi shells, each smaller than a fingernail, shown from the top and the aperture. The speckled pattern is unique to every shell — no two have ever matched exactly.
Spreads
Vault Plate 002
Shell lei arranged on sand at golden hour. The second archival plate from the Bank of Sally Shore collection.
Stories
The Collector's Hands
Her hands have sorted a quarter million shells. She can tell a kahelelani from a momi by touch alone, in the dark, underwater.
Pieces
Sunrise Strand
A single strand of matched sunrise shells, graded for morning light. Each shell shows the amber-to-pearl gradient that gives this species its name.
Pieces
Kahelelani Rope
A single-rope kahelelani strand sorted by color gradient. The most labor-intensive lei in the Hawaiian tradition — each shell hand-selected, drilled, and strung on twisted thread.