KELLY: WELCOME BACK TO
"LIVING 808."
I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO SEE AN
IMPORTANT PART OF OUR HISTORY
AND CULTURE HERE IN HAWAI'I WITH
THE AHAULA PROJECT.
BROOK KAPUKUNIAHI AND RICK
SAN~NICOLAS ARE HERE TO TELL US
MORE.
GOOD MORNING, GENTLEMEN.
GOOD MORNING.
KELLY: THIS SOUNDS SO
THE PROJECT?
WELL, THE ORIGIN OF THE
PROJECT COMES FROM THE LEGACY
TREES.ORG AND THE HAWAIIAN
LEGACY FOREST.
IT'S PART OF THE REFORESTATION
OF THE NATIVE TREES OF HAWAI'I
AND HOW THE FEATHERS, THE BIRDS
AND HOW THE ANCIENT WORK OF THE
FEATHERWORK TIES IN WITH THE
PROJECT YE.
KELLY: BROOK, CAN YOU TELL US
THE CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE?
NOWHERE ELSE IN POLYNESIA ARE
YOU GOING TO FIND THIS GOING AT
THIS LEVEL.
IT WAS A SIGN OF NOT ONLY
A RALLYING POINT IN BATTLE FOR A
LOT OF MEN ALSO.
NOWHERE ELKS ELSE IN POLYNESIA ARE
YOU GOING TO SEE THIS TYPE OF
FEATHERWORK DONE.
KELLY: HOW DO TRADITIONAL
CONCEPTS LIKE MANA TIE IN?
A LOT OF THE MOTIVES
REPRESENTED YOUR AMAKUAO FAMILY
GUARDIANS.
THE COLORS ALSO WERE VERY
IMPORTANT, AND ALL OF THIS TOOK
INTO ACCOUNT EACH AND EVERY
MADE FOR THAT ALII.
NO TWO WERE ALIKE.
KELLY: CAN YOU TELL US WHAT
WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US HERE?
THIS SHOULDER CAPE, IT'S ONE
OF THE CAPES I HAD MADE.
THE CAPE IS MADE WITH NATURAL
PHEASANTS.
IT WAS ONE OF THE SECOND ONES.
IT'S A SPECIAL CAPE TO ME
BECAUSE OF WHEN I MADE THAT AND
IN USING THE FEATHERS.
IT WAS ALL A WONDERFUL PROCESS
TO BE PART OF.
KELLY: I BET.
IS BEAUTIFUL.
RICK, WHAT IS THE CONNECTION
BETWEEN THE FOREST AND THE
PROJECT?
THE REAL CONNECTION ARE THE
BIRDS, AND IT'S ALL ABOUT THE
BIRDS AND HOW FAR BACK THEY GO.
THERE ARE SO MANY THAT ARE
EXTINCT NOW.
ALL THE ONES THAT EXIST, THEY'RE
IN DANGER.
THEY'RE ALL ON THE ENDANGERED
LIST.
GENERATIONS AS FAR AS THE HAS
BEEN PAT -- HAS HABITAT HAVE TO DO WITH
THE TREES THAT HAVE BEEN TAKEN
DOWN.
THEY DON'T HAVE THE HABITAT.
AND I THINK THAT BRINGING THE
EDUCATIONAL PART OF THE
THAT WERE DONE DURING THAT TIME,
IT REALLY HELPS TO TIE THE TWO
TOGETHER.
NO TREES NO BIRDS, NO HABITAT,
THEN THAT WHOLE PROCESS DIES
AWAY AND NO BIRDS.
KELLY: EXACTLY.
HOW HAS IT BEEN FOR YOU
PERSONALLY WORKING IF THE
FEATHERWORK PRACTICE?
PERSONALLY, IT'S REALLY
REWARDING FOR ME.
AND THE FEELING THAT I GET
FEELING THAT YOU GET WHEN YOU'RE
DONE, THAT YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO
RECREATE AND TRY TO DO THE BEST
YOU CAN.
IN MY CASE, THE BEST THAT I CAN
DO IN DOING WORK IN A
TRADITIONAL WAY THROUGH RESEARCH
AND THE PRACTICE OF THE WORK AND
BELIEVING IN WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY, YOU
KNOW, THE MOST REWARDING THING
IS BEING ABLE TO DO THAT.
KELLY: THAT IS SO COOL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH POR FOR JOINING
US.
HOW MUCH TIME DOES THAT TAKE
ABOUT 600 HOURS IN WORK.
CUTTING FEATHERS AND HAND TYING
THEM TO THE NET.
IT'S A PROCESS.
IT'S A LONG PROCESS DO -- TO DO
BUT IT'S A LABOR OF LOVE.
VIDEO OF YOU MAKING A PIECE.
THAT IS SO BEAUTIFUL.
WHAT IS THIS ONE THAT YOU'RE
WORKING ON?
THIS ONE IS THE
REPRESENTATION OF THE CAPE OF
THE CHIEF.
AND THIS IS THE PROCESS OF THE
CAPE BEING SUSPENDED IN A VERY,
VERY LARGE FRAME.
MY WORK THAT I DO.
AND THIS WILL BE FEATURED IN THE
INSTALLATION TOMORROW AT THE
HAWAI'I CONVENTION CENTER.
KELLY: THAT IS INCREDIBLE.
WHAT A GIFT.
THAT'S ABOUT $2,500 OF WORK
SHOWN IN ABOUT 45 SECONDS.
KELLY: THAT IS AMAZING.
THAT IS INCREDIBLE.
WHERE ELSE CAN THESE PIECES BE
SEEN?
THE FIRST COLLECTION, THE
THE FOUR SEASONS AT HUALALAI.
THE SECOND IS AT THE KAHALA
HOTEL AND RESORTS ON THEIR
PROPERTY.
YOU CAN SEE THE CAPE COLLECTION
THERE AND THE THIRD WILL BE
HAWAI'I CONVENTION CENTER.
KELLY: WONDERFUL.
AT THE HAWAI'I CONVENTION
CENTER.
HEAD ON DOWN.
THE THIRD FLOOR TOMORROW.
SEPTEMBER 27TH, IT'S FREE AND