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This family’s all business, and so far, business is good

  • COURTESY TAHITI HUETTER
    Eleven-year-old Kia'i Tallet's entrepreneurial spirit has fostered interconnected businesses that her family runs from their farm in the Hamakua District. Kia'i Tallett is pictured with her parents Sally Lundburg and Keith Tallett at Keolamauloa Farm on Hawaii island.
  • COURTESY SALLY LUNDBURG
    Upcycled resin and reclaimed wood rings and earrings by Hawaii island-based Kalakoa Designs.
  • COURTESY SALLY LUNDBURG
    Kia‘i Tallett works on new designs while wearing one of her knitted headbands festooned with a Pixsea Posie. The 11 year-old’s work is sold in her online Etsy Shop as well as at Big Island Grown in Honokaa.
  • COURTESY SALLY LUNDBURG
    Upcycled resin and driftwood earrings by Kalakoa Designs.
  • COURTESY SALLY LUNDBURG
    Freshly sprayed Manukai Handboards by second-generation shaper Keith Tallett. The handboards are made from cast-off surfboards and reclaimed wood at Tallett’s family farm on the Hamakua Coast of Hawaii island.
  • COURTESY SALLY LUNDBURG
    Pixsea Handmade's Pixsea Posies, felt and vintage button hairpins, created by Kia'i Tallett.
  • COURTESY SALLY LUNDBURG
    Resin rings and earrings by Hawaii island-based Kalakoa Designs. The rings are made of waste resin.

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