The clay is cured in a regular home oven creating a piece, which is very durable, extremely lightweight, colorfast and even water washable.
Her eleven years experience with the clay shines through with superb workmanship.

Many of the pieces contain Hawaiian Island seeds and shells that Anna collects including:

Red Sandalwood Seeds
Adenanthera pavonina L - bright red and shiny seed from a tree native of Ceylon also known as False Wili-Wili.

Canna Seeds
Canna xgeneralis - an ornamental plant with round black seeds native to tropical America

Elephant's Ear
Enterolobium cyclocarpum - the brown bullseye seed from a large tree of the Mimosa family

Wili-Wili Seeds
Erythrina indica - Red bean shaped seed, native of India and Asia.

Some pieces also include the rare Kahele-lani shells found on the islands of Ni'ihau and Kauai.

Anna hand picks these tiny shells on the north shores of Kauai.