This Saturday Sept. 4th for the Old Kapaa Town Art Walk we will be featuring Denise Dion-Scoyni. I came to know Denise through my daughters school – Denise is the art teacher at Kauai Pacific School – and a fabulous one at that. I recently started carrying her beautiful tiles in the atelier. This Saturday she will be bringing in her original paintings as well. Don’t miss this chance to meet Denise and let her know how much you love her work! Please check out her website to see more
Whooh its been a busy couple weeks! While preparing for the eco fabulous fashion show at Kilohana we created quite a few new items to feature. Aaron Feinberg took some great shots at the eco show, to view photos visit his site at http://afeinphoto.com/Heath_And_Wellness/Pages/Best_Of.html#13
I am really inspired and grateful to the artists, volunteers, musicians, and everyone who helped in making this another super fun and successful event. Close to 50 of my local Kauai Ohana stepped up once again and I just want to say how amazed I am that you are walking your talk.
The collaboration between Takuyo and I is a really exciting one. She is hand painting on our bamboo and hemp clothing creating some spectacular one of a kind pieces. Takuyo is creating a sea life collection in which we are donating 10% of all sales to our local Save our Seas organization. To find out more about what they are doing please visit them at http://www.saveourseas.org/saveourseas/aloha.html
A.Fox created a bouquet of really fabulous hair pieces – these gorgeous creations are now available at the atelier.
We started a hip mens bamboo tee shirt line and are working on mens yoga pants as well – first pair out – working on the kinks but should be available soon!
There are 2 new flirty skirts – one made from bamboo knit, its short and sassy – great for these hot summer days, Ive been wearing mine constantly. The other is equally as sassy but made from a limited edition of linen fabrics, great for work, the market, or a dinner party.
Unfortunately these items are net yet available through the website – but stay in touch – hopefully you’ll see them soon. And almost everything was shot at the fashion show so look at Aarons website to see photos, otherwise come on down to Old Kapaa Town and visit us at a.ell atelier.
a.ell design is hosting a fashion show June 19th at Kilohana as part of the Healing Garden Festival. Naturally the theme is eco. Part of what being eco means to me – in addition to using fibers that are kind even benefiting the Earth like hemp, bamboo, and organic cotton is the concept of supporting your local community. Giving jobs to your neighbors, spending your dollar in a way that largely benefits the people you live closely with. Not only will the money be spent feeding, clothing, and housing your community but it also cuts down on your carbon foot print. Less shipping (less oil), less pollution (from shipping), more control in your beliefs (choosing locally & organically grown food). Its quite empowering and frankly money talks. So spend it where it matters to you. It is how we can change the way things are done. It is, It is, It is!
Ok so back to the fabulous eco fashion show! We are featuring many artists this year. Maxine Graham & Takuyo Williams are hand painting on our bamboo clothing line and hemp hats, Denise Tjarks is showing off her fantastic retro hawaiian handbags, Lorraine Skalla is making some sick messenger bags using up our favorite novelty fabrics and combining them with hemp. We have the models strutting Anandra’s jewelry, and Tora Smart showcasing her cashmere pancho’s. Kirk Smart bringing some students in to add the live music element. Amber Fox created some incredible head pieces shown on our website with the handpainted wedding gowns. Oh and the models are a combo of both my fabulous friends as well as the entertaining Rollery Derby Gals. Phew hope I got it all (probably more I forgot).
There’s just one more thing worth mentioning – we are debuting a new ocean theme hand painted collection that will be a project to raise money for our local Save Our Seas Group, a non profit organization. Takuyo and I are donating 10% of all proceeds to the Save Our Seas education department.
For more information on the event check out www.hawaiihealinggarden.com
After much ado we’ve decided to evolve the Kapaa Art Walk to the 1st Saturday of the month. Which means we’re just a few days away from a fresh new release! This week at the atelier we have Lefty playing guitar along with Kaili showing her gorgeous paintings both outside on the sidewalk. Inside we have John Howards black light paintings and farm animal tees and tanks for both the ladies and the gents. Its still 4 days away so I’m guessing a few more artists will pop up to show what they have as well as the sidewalk is open to everyone!
So come on down, eat, dance, talk, and show that you think supporting our local folks is important – its not an easy path – but its just so fun!
a.ell atelier moved to its new location just a bit over 6 months ago. Since then we’ve discovered many benefits and bonuses to this street front destination. Besides business being a heck of a lot better, I’d have to say one of my favorite additions – being short walking distance to Pono Market. I average at least one trip a day – usually for their fresh ahi sushi, often a second trip for an afternoon espresso pick me up (served in biodegradable cups!), and tomorrow a trip to pick up tickets for the Anahola Taro Patch show this weekend. My daughter loves their manju and ahi poke, Isa loves their hot lunches. Did you know you can even pick up a marriage license there? We all love the Kubota family, they always greet us with smiles and a ‘what can I get you sister’.
My sister Lois Ann Ell just wrote an article for the Garden Island Newspaper about Pono Market, its quite worthy of reposting and rereading, so please enjoy learning more about this Kapaa gem. While your there check out the rest of Lois Ann’s blog, become a fan, tell her HI, and that you like what she’s doing in our community. We are all in it together…..
