Page 5 - Hawaii Island MidWeek - April 12, 2023

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Lei Maker Continues To Blossom
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wasn’t always that way.
Born and raised in Kīlauea, Kaua‘i, Estes
Desiring to, yet again, perpetuate and breathe new life into Hawaiian traditions, Estes created HIE Heirlooms of Hawai‘i (hiehawaii.com) with her calabash cousin, Noël Shaw. The brand sells bracelets, some traditional and some with a modern spin, that can be engraved for a personalized touch.
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grew up chasing her cousins around their family’s farm. Weaving around fruit trees, barefoot, with her hair whirling in the wind, she enjoyed her quaint, red-dirt-stained life- style.
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“I loved my time on the East Coast and abroad,” she says. “I think you should al- ways be true to your own self and your own style. Don’t lose your bright, shining Ha- wai‘i light. If you show aloha to a place, it’ll show aloha to you back. I did that with New York; I loved it there. I wanted to absorb all of it, and it took care of me. I was very proud to be from Hawai‘i, no matter where I was, and I would incorporate whatever Hawai‘i I could, whenever I could.”
“The bracelets are the first project from the ‘Meleana perspective’ of modernizing and taking a Hawai‘i traditional gem and making it more modern, fun and accessible.”
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to celebrate the things that make
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She did this in part by wearing her be- loved Hawaiian heirloom bracelets, gifted to her from the matriarchs of her family.
tes. “Hawai‘i has a very strong sense of iden- tity and we’re not afraid to show it. We’re proud of it. We’re proud to be Hawaiian, we’re proud to share it, we’re proud to wear lei, we’re proud to wear our bracelets and we’re proud to wear mu‘umu‘u. I love that.”
“I have a bracelet that says my tūtū’s name. I know that my grandad gave it to her for an anniversary and she gifted it to me at some point,” says Estes. “It’s sort of like she’s passing on her energy, love and mana to me. It’s a little bit like a passing of a baton, like, ‘Now it’s your time to wear this.’”
Following Lei Aloha’s release, Estes will have rolled out two big endeavors this year — and it’s not even May yet. Amid the flur- ry, hopefully, she’ll remember to stop and smell the puakenikeni, and, like a flower in bloom, celebrate these moments of glory.
In Meleana Estes’ new book, the Honolulu resident explores Hawaiian culture through the art of lei making and shares the stories of the flower, craftsmanship and community of local lei culture. PHOTO COURTESY TARA ROCK
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ubbed the “curator of modern alo- ha,” Estes has made it her mission
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