Mauka to Makai
Hawaiian Quilts and the Ecology of the Islands
Year: 2024
Publisher: Common Threads Press
editor: Marenka Thompson-Odlum
Format: Paperback
Dimensions: 230x160mm
Extent: 120pp
ISBN: 9781068625008
Exploring the intimate relationship between Hawaiian art, post-colonialism and ecological disaster, research curator Marenka Thompson-Odlum traverses the Hawaiian Islands through fifteen extraordinary quilts made by the Poakalani quilting group, newly commissioned by Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford.
Featuring interviews with local activists, farmers, artists and historians, alongside a glossary of Hawaiian words and phrases.