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Kamehameha Mint (Stenogyne kamehamehae)

Kamehameha Mint (Stenogyne kamehamehae)

Posted by Jupiter Nielsen on 7/12/2007
 Featured by Ro S Glass World
Endemic to the rainforests of Maui & Moloka'i Stenogyne kamehamehae is "mintless" Hawaiian mint. The strong smell in mint is a deterrent to insects. This mint evolved without a predator and so lost its smell and gained large tubular flowers that birds pollinate.
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Comments
  • Ben Burton
    		 Sick work Jup!!!!
    Ben Burton: Beautiful tribute!!! Keep up the great work!!!

    Aloha!
    7/12/2007 10:37 PM
  • Jupiter Nielsen
    		 Thanks Ben!
    Jupiter Nielsen: I used snow white and forest green and a little momkas ivy green. the pink is one from GA's "glasstique" cant remember the name.
    Thanks for the comments! this one was fun and kinda scary. its about 12 inches tall, the stem was so thin i had to be really careful with all those leaf connections. about 10 hours in i caught the edge of the kiln with it and it crumbled. I picked up the pieces and put it back together. Aloha Jup
    7/13/2007 2:33 AM
  • Jupiter Nielsen
    		 oh yeah...
    Jupiter Nielsen: the dark green on the flower stems is f. green mixed with midnight. made a nice dark green
    7/13/2007 2:36 AM
  • Ro S Glass World
    		 very nice
    Ro S Glass World: beautiful piece, many many connections, really nice job!
    ro
    7/13/2007 7:09 AM
  • Rex Trimm
    		 Da Kine!
    Rex Trimm: What's been up brother?
    7/13/2007 7:52 AM
  • Wesley Fleming
    		 Hot dang!!!
    Wesley Fleming: Nice work, Jup! Awesome plantlife!
    7/13/2007 9:18 AM
  • Micah Evans
    		 HOLY CRAP JUP!!!
    Micah Evans: nice work! glad to see things working out for you, I knew they would!!!

    I have a couple of things to mail you, I'll be in touch

    keep it up killa
    7/13/2007 9:25 AM
  • JDC Roman
    		 Super Nice
    JDC Roman: I like the presence. I didn't know that mint could loose its smell. Thanks for sharing.
    7/13/2007 9:31 AM
  • Leopold
    		 Nice Jupiter
    Leopold: This piece has a really nice balance to it, and great use of color! The longer I do flame work the more I enjoy doing sculpture work like this. It seems the torch works well for it. If you don't mind me asking, how much would you retail this piece for?
    7/13/2007 9:41 AM
  • Steve Sizelove
    		 Nice, Jup!
    Steve Sizelove: Keep up the good work!
    7/13/2007 8:05 PM
  • Jupiter Nielsen
    		 Thanks Everyone!
    Jupiter Nielsen: I had a lot of fun making this piece. its for an art show next month. not really sellable but i will have to put a price tag on it. i never know what to charge for these type of pieces. if you add up the hours, supplies and gallery cut you come out to a number that no one will every pay for such a niche piece. I need to get some better photos, these ones are junk. my setup doesn't work for a piece of this size and color.
    7/14/2007 1:41 AM
  • John Lindquist-Maui Greenstone
    		 shweet
    John Lindquist-Maui Greenstone: Wow man i LOVE this piece. Your plant life sculptures are by far my favorite always new and innovative. Blashka here you come.
    7/16/2007 10:10 PM
  • Flamethrower
    		 great detail
    Flamethrower: leafs are so fun aren't they? you did them really nice and detailed. picking up pieces are never fun, I finf I can salvage a few, but make more just in case.

    great work again

    steve
    7/17/2007 8:25 AM
  • CoryLEE
    		 Very Well Done Jupiter
    CoryLEE: Awesome job with the plant life. Where did you take the pics of the actual Kamehameha Mint?? I cant figure out if glass is your passion or botany/hunting for endemic plants.....you are so very talented at both. Keep up the good work and we need to get together soon,
    Later,
    Cory
    7/24/2007 2:06 PM
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