Photo Courtesy of the Cultural Conservancy.

The Master Wood Carver & Environmental Artist:

Faktaufon Shane Eagleton is the son of a Rotuman mother from the Polynesian enclave of Rotuma of the Fijian islands, and a British father. The Eagletons moved from Fiji to New Zealand when Faktaufon was 6 years old. A penknife gift from his grandmother when Faktaufon was eight begat his life-long passion for carving wood.

Faktaufon Eagleton has traveled the world: Africa, the Middle East, Europe, the United States, and the Pacific. He is internationally renowned for his public art projects in England, New Zealand, Australia, the Czech Republic and across the United States. Eagleton spent over 10 years working in the San Francisco Bay Area and has recently relocated to Hawaii to be closer to his Pacific Island roots. He is currently working out of a woodworking studio based at the campus of the University of Hawaii Windward Community College.