Nā Kalaikahi Kiha is a series of metal grill designs created through a digital fabrication process that blends Indigenous design sensibilities with contemporary technology. Developed by Herman Piʻikea Clark, the patterns were designed digitally and precision-cut into steel plate using CNC (Computer Numerical Control) cutting technology. The title—Nā Kalaikahi Kiha, “the precise cuts that speak”—reflects the conceptual foundation of the work: a meditation on rhythm, lineage, and voice. Each pattern is informed by Clark’s ongoing exploration of Indigenous abstraction, where repetition, symmetry, and variation become a visual language rooted in moʻokūʻauhau and spatial awareness. The cutting process itself becomes an act of ceremonial precision—where design, once hand-drawn or carved in wood, is translated through code and machine into enduring metal form. The result is a synthesis of ancestral inspiration and contemporary execution, offering both visual impact and cultural resonance. Nā Kalaikahi Kiha reimagines the act of cutting not only as a technical process, but as a metaphor for clarity, purpose, and the breath (kiha) that carries story into form.