For the first time in it its 40 year history, there will be no Trash & Treasure this year.
We are currently working on the 41st Trash & Treasure for 2025. More details and announcements are to come, so please be sure to keep up with us to stay informed.
In the meantime, we have a very special event happening at Nui Mono this month!
This year, Temari Treasures will honor five veteran makers who have contributed and were featured in the past 40 years of these fairs.
Nakeʻu deftly utilizes traditional kapa patterns and mixes local flora with hula dancers for his distinctive line of aloha wear. A former Broadway dancer, his fashion showcases musical vignettes of family celebrations, the Manapua Man, and romantic encounters are presented throughout our islands, the continent, and Japan. From his first craft fair in 1975 at Mission House Museum through many T&T fairs, Nakeʻu still offers products of the highest excellence.
Fukumitsu Family
The late Penny Fukumitsu sold home accessories at T&T with her daughters who helped or napped under the McKinley Cafeteria tables. Wendy, Liane, and Lisa sell their clothing made from old fabrics collected from Tokyo flea markets. Their shop Pitacus Chop Art on Koko Head Avenue also features their stationery, hangings, bags and ephemeral objects found on their jaunts. Now, the 3rd generation of talented Fukumitsus, Lisa’s son Max, carves very unique rubber stamps of the Daruma.
Grant Kagimoto
Grant’s witty commentary of living “local” silk-screened images has dried our dishes, carried our purchases, and clothed our bodies at all ages. Always sketching, he still screen prints, packs and does the books, too. He has generously designed (manuahi!) the logos for more than 40 non-profit organizations. Grant’s Cane Haul Road company will celebrate its Golden Anniversary in 2025. Grant has sold at every T&T!
Karen Matsunaga
Karen would sell her and mother Edith’s stitched works at the most mauka table of McKinley’s cafeteria, so she could check on her napping children in the station wagon with Grandpa Watanabe. Author of the landmark text, Japanese Country Quilting: Sashiko Patterns and Projects for Beginners, Karen continues to teach at Temari, sharing what she had learned from her Kyoto sensei. Her new sashiko works are simply fantastic!
Jan Yamauchi
From a student in Temari box-making classes to an avid learner of a myriad of hobbies, Jan admits, “To keep our home from being totally overrun with my projects, I had to start selling what I made.” All kinds of fabrics, metal buckles, and zippers are made into Treasures. “I make fashion accessories for travelers, dreamers and gamblers.”
