Look carefully, and you can usually find the sparkle of crystalline substances within these island stones . . . As Fred often told his collectors . . . I'm three-quarters Hawaiian, but I don't speak the language of my ancestors. I don't know a lot about the old time and the old ways. What I do know is in my hands, and I've learned to find out what is in the stones.
Stone carving is a dying art.
When I first started I looked everywhere for someone to teach me. There was nobody. I had to learn from the stone. When I work the stone I feel like I'm being Hawaiian the best way I can. Fred always encouraged the new owners of his stone work to allow other people to touch the stone . . .