Emma Howard, with sons Kai Cherry, left and Trav Cherry, center, is holding a workshop on aloha shirt print design.
Learn how to wear
aloha on your sleeve
Originally it was a family member who encouraged textile designer Emma Howard to write an instruction book on how to create aloha shirts from original hand-painted designs.
Turn art into aloha wearWorkshop: 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Sunday and Monday, with one-hour consultation to followPlace: Hawaiian Graphics, 1923 S. Beretania St. Call: 973-7171; seating is limited. Fee: $135. Supply list given at time of registration.
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The Kailua resident will lead a two-part workshop called "Turn Your (Current Concept) Art into an Aloha Shirt Print Design," beginning Sunday at the Hawaiian Graphics shop. Students are asked to bring old photos, drawings and magazine clippings, and their own art, approximately 8 by 10 inches, as the basis for their designs.
"The workshop is mostly to show artists how to take their current art and turn it into another dimension (such as) fabric prints or wall hangings," said Stephanie Bostick, general manager of Hawaiian Graphics.
Howard, a certified textile service designer, has designed for Iolani Sportswear, Island Heritage, Reyn Spooner, Two Palms, Kahala Sportswear and the Patagonia "Pataloha" line. She also has worked with Dale Hope of Patagonia, the former owner of Kahala Sportswear who wrote "The Aloha Shirt: Spirit of the Islands," an extensive guide to the history of the shirt.
Howard finds inspiration for aloha shirts in old photographs and the great outdoors. "It's everywhere you look. I'll see (potential) when I'm stopped at a light and see the colors of the sides of the buildings," said Howard, who began designing aloha shirts in 1999. "Everyone in Hawaii might now know how to make their aloha shirts!"
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