Noah Harders is the brainchild behind Waikapu Collective, a floral arrangement and installation company whipping up unique creations on the Valley Isle. He named his company after the town he has always called home on Maui. “Waikapu is my heart and soul, a place that flows with love, my safe space,” says Harders. In Waikapu, he is surrounded by nature, and it is the natural materials he finds—be it flora, shells, feathers, or even trash on the beach—that have inspired him to create from a young age. During his more than a decade-long floral career, Harders began salvaging the flowers that would otherwise be discarded after events to create his own incredibly intricate, surrealist installations and wearable art inspired by avant-garde fashion and the ideas in his mind. “What if the birds could shape shift? What if the trees were covered in feathers? What if this abandoned building was filled with flowers and plants? What if there was a waterfall of amaranth coming down that mountain? Would it be crazy to collect all the dead mongoose and create a sculpture with their bones?” he muses. “That’s how my mind operates.” What began with Instagram fans excited by his work soon expanded to the art world, taking note. Now, when he’s not working on Waikapu Collective, Harders continues to create his wild and wacky pieces for art museums, galleries, and—above all—himself.

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