Hanapua Chair

Before moving to Hawaii in 2003, Selah was given this small, very cute, wooden chair by a friend in Seattle. We've schlepped it over the ocean several times, over several moves. We have very little materially, but we *always* have this chair.

Last Friday afternoon, Selah had the idea to take the deck from a hawaiian card game called Hanapua, and glue them to the chair like a small tiled mosaic. I loved this project with Selah. She chose the order in which the cards would be displayed like tiles, with specific strategy. All of the colors had to be randomized, and not patterned. I love her sense of detail and the way she approaches her artistic perspective. When we were finished with the project, she said, "Shew! I am taxed!" And then sat on the chair feigning exhaustion and admiring her work.