Post #550249 by Tahitiki on Thu, Aug 26, 2010 8:18 AM

Here is some articles about him:

http://kealakai.byuh.edu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2479&Itemid=78

http://www.polynesia.com/iosepa/iosepa-voyaging-canoe.html

http://www.polynesia.com/newsletters/Feb2005.html#Treasure

http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2005/Jan/16/ln/ln19p.html

Some picts of a canoe here worked on: http://nanilaie.info/?p=343

a video of him: http://www.digitalsports.com/video/artid/53339/type/organization/typeid/0/pos/10/id/1816934.aspx

and a little bio:
Sione Tui'one Pulotu. A self-taught woodcarver who is the principal builder of the Polynesian Cultural Center's Hawaiian Village, which includes the pili grass thatching roofs, once considered a lost art form. Born in Lifuka, Ha'apai, Tonga, Pulotu has crafted different canoes representing every Polynesian society at PCC. His highly intricate tiki carvings as well as other wood works are displayed throughout the cultural center and state. In 1964, he assisted Brother Ortho Fairbanks in making the duplicate statue of Kamehameha on display in Washington, D.C. In 1999, he was commissioned to build a 105-foot-long canoe named "Mileniume" by Tonga's King Tupou. In 2000, he was commissioned to build the 57-foot-long Wa'a Kaulua Hawaiian canoe named "Iosepa" for BYU-H