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Design expert shares her insights

Be an armchair interior designer no more. Get off the couch and see how it all comes together in person when design expert Amy Archer stops in at HomeWorld for an interactive demonstration on how to spruce up the home.

Archer, who has been featured in InFurniture and Furniture Style magazines, will mix fabric, colors and accessories at 1 p.m. workshops Sept. 24 at the 702 S. Beretania St. showroom and Sept. 25 in Aiea, 98-107 Kamehameha Highway. Participants are sure to walk away with lots of ideas for their home.

Reservations are required. Call 543-5300 for HomeWorld Beretania or 488-1065 for Aiea.

StyleIn workshop

Learn how to use color to integrate indoor with outdoor as Pacific Home hosts this months' StyleIn workshop, "Color Your World."

Colors, fabric and furniture will be the focus as Jamie Jackson of BamBoo Design teaches how to bring a Pacific island ambience to the home. Complimentary wine, soft drinks and pupus will be served.

The free workshop will be held 5:30 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at 1115 Young St. Call 596-9338.

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NOHEA GALLERY Glass octopus by Jennifer Umphress is available at Nohea Gallery.

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Maui artist offers octopus in glass

Sea shells and glass floats evoke an ocean-inspired feeling. So does an octopus, but who'd think of bringing one home for a display shelf?

Maui glass artist Jennifer Umphress makes you think otherwise with her latest offerings at Nohea Gallery. Each piece has its own shape of twists and turns, therefore its own "personality."

The amber one at left, 9 to 11 inches in diameter, costs $350. Smaller ones (starting at about 3- 1/2 inches in diameter), without suction cups, cost less.

Umphress, who started working with glass in 2000, says she enjoys recreating the beauty of nature, especially the ocean, as her husband fishes and dives. Her work has been featured at Nohea Gallery at Ward Centre and Ward Warehouse since 2004.

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