I started carving eggs in January of 2005.  After the
Christmas season, I took a break and began playing with a
simple design, the turtle.  I do a really nice one on a kamani
ornament, so I took that design, put it on an egg and voila!  
It sorta just came together and I was off and running!  I got
so caught up in this new canvas, that I totally put my other
work aside and jumped in feet first!

As I was working away and loving every minute of this, I
happened to be looking thru the newspaper one day and saw
this article about a Biennial Show coming up in Waimea,
themed EGG!  Well, I was thinking that maybe I could come
up with something and enter.  A couple of days later, a
friend down my road called me to ask if I'd seen this article
about a show about eggs.  I told her yes and she said I'd be a
fool not to enter, considering what I had been doing.  I
entered 3 eggs and they all won the Waimea Arts Council,
New Artist Award.  Part of my award included the
scheduling of my very own month-long show in December,
2006, in Waimea at the Firehouse Gallery.  

Then, in October of 2005,  I again entered 2 eggs in Gary
LeMaster's International Egg Carver's contest and took a
respectful 1st in Novice Filigree and a 3rd in Novice Relief.  
By then, the fever had increased ten-fold and was I ever
starting to become truly addicted to this new art. In October
of 2006, I again took 3rd Place Experienced Carver in
Experienced Filigree.  (picture of egg to the left)   Since
then, I have been a featured artist at Koehnen's Interiors
during First Friday of the Month -- November of 2005 and
April of 2006, as well as being featured in Hawaiian
Airlines Magazine -- Hana Hou's April/May issue of 2007.   
    I was also honored to be featured on the front page of our
local newspaper -- The Hawaii Tribune Herald, Easter
Sunday Edition 2008, after my trip to the White House to
see our State egg presented to the First Lady.  Big Island
Weekly News also published an article on my work and trip,
and in addition to all that, was featured on Channel 8 News
(NBC) in Honolulu, Easter Sunday Evening News.  WOW!!

I never imagined that all this would happen in just 3 short
years.  Needless to say, I've truly found my Passion and the
doors continue to open and I keep running through, loving
every moment, meeting so many different people and most
of all..........

Sharing the World of Egg Art with everyone I meet.


My egg creations are available at:

Koehnen's Interior's -- Downtown Hilo
Kilauea Kreations -- Volcano village
Eggs
"Frolicking Honu"
Winner -2005
Biennal Show-EGG!
SOLD
"Peewee Perfection"
Winner-2005
Biennal Show-EGG!
"Follow The Leader"
Ist Place Winner-2005
Novice Division Filigree
International Egg
Carving Competition
     "Lehuanani"
3rd Place Winner -- Experienced
Filigree
The Eggshell Sculptor International
Egg Carving Contest -- 2006
  Rhea Egg
"Lehuanani"--Lighted up
A Brief History
"Escaping From The Frame"
2nd Place Winner -- Brown Egg Division
The Eggshell Sculptor International Egg
Carving Contest -- 2007
"Mom's Egg"
1st Place Winner -- Brown Egg Division
The Eggshell Sculptor International Egg
Carving Contest -- 2007