by shera mercer | Divers life, Jewelry Topics, Marine Life, marinelife
Happy new year! I hope your new year was fantastic, although I’m sure it feels like a distant memory. We’ve brought a number of new items out for the new year, but the most anticipated has certainly been our honu. If you aren’t familiar with...
by shera mercer | Alohi Kai Jewelry, Bracelets, Conservation, Fishing Hooks
AUTHENTICITY. Now there’s a word that gets thrown around a lot these days. Its a little ironic in that despite its frequency as a word, it’s not all that common to find as a quality. Tricky thing this authenticity – being true to ones own...
by shera mercer | Conservation, Fishing Hooks, Marine Life, marinelife, Sharks
(This is part IV of a IV part series on the Benefits of Barbless Circle Hooks. Catch up on Part I, Part II and Part III) In my last post, we left off at the controversy of using barbless circle hooks. This post I wanted to take a closer look at the benefits of...
by shera mercer | Conservation, Fishing Hooks, Marine Life, marinelife, Sharks
(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...
by shera mercer | Conservation, Fishing Hooks, Marine Life, marinelife, Sharks
(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...
by shera mercer | Conservation, Fishing Hooks, Marine Life, marinelife, Sharks
(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 –...
by shera mercer | Conservation, Divers life, Marine Life, marinelife, Sharks
(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 –...
by shera mercer | Alohi Kai Jewelry, Blog, Bracelets, Marine Life
(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...
by shera mercer | Alohi Kai Jewelry, Blog, Bracelets, Marine Life
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...
by shera mercer | Alohi Kai Jewelry, Marine Life
Box Jelly and Tassel Jelly Necklaces 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...
by shera mercer | Alohi Kai Jewelry, Jewelry Topics
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...
by shera mercer | Alohi Kai Jewelry, Marine Life
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...
