Blog: Musings
Fish Hooks vs Sharks, Honu & Seals pt III – Barbless Circle Hooks
(This is part III of a IV part series on Barbless Circle Hooks. Catch up on Part I and Part II) In my last post, I talked about my sadness in seeing so many large hooks in sharks and turtles around O'ahu. I'm told this also happens to our critically endangered...
Fish Hooks vs Sharks, Honu & Seals pt II – Kinds of Hooks
(This is part-II of a 4-part series on Barbless Circle Hooks. Catch up on Part I) Fishing hooks. As with any controversial subject, there is a bit of complexity. For reasons of brevity I won't be covering all the nuances that the topic undoubtedly could! Which is a...
Fish Hooks vs Sharks, Honu & Seals pt I
(This is part I of a IV part series on barbless circle hooks) A photographer friend once asked me, is there a conflict between spearfishers and scuba divers? Some say they have competing interests - one is there to see things, the other to capture them - and if in the...
Why Sharks? Some Thoughts About The Ocean
(blog from August 2015) (photo credit: Jim Abernethy) Before getting to 'Why Sharks?" I wanted to say we are so happy to be included in Kikaha Magazine's current issue! Kikaha is Island Air's sumptuously photographed inflight magazine - and this issue focuses on a...
Fitting a Pipefish Bracelet
(continued from Designing a Pipefish Bracelet)This bracelet was such a fun one to make, and I still very much enjoy wearing mine. In fact, this piece is purchased by more husbands (under instructions from wives and daughters!) than any of our others. But what I...
Designing a Pipefish Bracelet
It's been a glorious summer so far, but with far less diving than we would have liked - time to make up for it now! Just before we left, we did manage to introduce our latest bracelet, a pipefish. It's cast in solid sterling silver and set with your choice of...
Hawaii Box Jellies – Now Without Sting!
So many people love jellies, and with good reason! One of the more mesmerizing sights underwater is the undulating pulse of a jellyfish, more accurately referred to as a “jelly”. They are beautiful and fanciful, and are the inspiration behind everything from stuffed animals to cartoons.
Vermeil? Sterling? Argentium? Metals in ‘Alohi Kai Jewelry
We decided early on that 'Alohi Kai jewelry would be made with precious metals. Not that there's anything wrong with bronze, steel or aluminium, but we love the luxuriousness of silver, gold, and rhodium, and precious metals aren't reactive or corrosive! Most...
Twists and Turns of an Octopus Cuff Bracelet
A He'e love affair Hawaii people love octopus! Interchangeably called tako (from japanese), he'e (from Hawaiian) and octopus, Hawaiian reefs house nine kinds of these cephalopods, but we usually only see one, the Hawaiian Day Octopus. He'e have a well-deserved...