Wailoa Center's exhibit of the Paradise Studio Tour Collective artists will close on Thursday, Jan. 28.
Throughout the month visitors have enjoyed the work of 34 artists who have their studios in the Hawaiian Paradise Park area of the Big Island.
At noon on Wednesday, Jan. 27, jewelry artist Glory Kirkland will demonstrate the art of kumihimo, a Japanese form of braid-making -- producing cords and ribbons which are made by interlacing strands.
Kumihimo cord was first created by a form of finger-loop braiding. Later, tools such as the marudai and the takadai were employed to make more complex braids in shorter time.
