A Daniel Moe glass sculpture in the shape of a fish hook with depictions of "Mauka's Son'. Makua's Son is number 2 in a series of one-of-a-kind fishhooks to be created.
In this series, blown and sculpted forms are layered with multiple colors which become the canvas upon which stories are drawn by hand with pencil, and carved into the glass with pressurized sand. The inspiration for the images, symbols, and patterns on these sculpted forms come from ancient Polynesian tales, legends and myths.
Storytelling is so magical to me, it's universal and is as ancient as humankind. Before there was writing, there was storytelling.
My intention with this collection is to bring forth a glimpse of the beauty and culture of Hawaii with the larger world and in fact, the beauty and culture of the Polynesian people and their relationship to themselves as part of nature.
This body of work is meant to invoke the already existing wisdom within us in order to make sense of one's own personal experience, while tapping into the collective interpretations of the human psyche through myths and legends. As Humans with minds, we are always creating stories, and trying to make sense of our own inner world.
The making of this collection has deepened ( and continues to deepen) my connection to this amazing culturally rich land of Hawai’i, where I’ve lived for so many years.
My hope is that this special limited edition lives in people’s homes, inciting curiosity and wonder of the stories that are behind these art pieces. ~ Daniel Moe
The Legend of Makua’s Son
Makua prayed to his two Gods Kane and Kanaloa, to teach him to become the Great Kahuna, and they said they would send a messenger. Years later a whale had washed upon the shore, and Makua forbade his son to go play with the other children on the whale’s back. After several days, Makua gave his son the permission to go play, and when he climbed on the back of the whale, it suddenly awoke and all the children fell off the whale, except for Makua’s son. The whale swam away with him on his back, taken to the land of his father’s Gods, to learn the ways of the Great Kahuna. The messenger had come for his son and he was being taught well in the land of Makua’s Gods.
