I turned this Kou puahala for an article in Woodturning UK magazine. Its a step by step …. Lots of pewa on this piece. 100% completely round bottom.

Lots of pewa on the round bottom.

Very nice dark Milo from Lahaina Maui. Not always you get to keep the bark on Milo.

I found this burl with my son Nicholas about 10 years ago. It was a challenging turn, with great results.

An ancient wild apple tree fell on the slopes of Haleakala last year. Glad I got it!

This little beautiful natural edge bowl made the cover photo of the day at one of the best advanced woodturning web sites in the world! It was a great honor, and a great incentive to keep working and getting better!!

15 inches wide. This wood came from one of the oldest trees i have ever found. A proffesional arborist estimated at 150 years old…. Needles to say, was on the ground when I found it…

This one sold fast! Looking back, I can see why..

Tall end grain natural edge Milo bowl

Wish I had kept this one…

Commissioned piece, Maui Koa…

When I first saw this on the tree i thought it was a burl…. Ended up been an end cap..

This didn't last a day on the for sale shelve at the studio

Kou end grain puahala, one of my favorite Hawaiian shapes

Kalapana Milo bowl with several Koa pewa

Natural edge cherry burl bowl

A retirement commissioned piece..

Natural edge Koa bowl

A commisioned piece. Beautiful and rare Maui Koa'ia bowl. A very dense and hard cousin of the well known Koa. Wood came from the last Koa'ia grove in the wild in Maui. I had to apply several "Pewa" Patches to several cracks.

This one was a commissioned piece. One of my favorite forms, the Natural Edge...

Natural edge Kalapana Milo bowl

Another view of the Koa'ia bowl

The wood was a gift from a friend, Adam Luna. Beautiful burl…

A small Hawaiian Koa calabash bowl, finished with laquer.

Jacaranda is always a pleasure to work. Finished with several coats of laquer.

14 inches wide. Sitting on a Koa plate stand.

Maui Koa salad bowl. Food safe oil finish. Had to fix a crack with 2 "Pewa" patches. Pewa means fish tail in Hawaiian…

Beautiful Maui Koa Crotch Calabash

8 inches wide, finished with Deft laquer. Super Curly maui Koa

Another comissioned piece. Very old Koa'ia. Had to apply several "Pewa" patches to stabilize the cracks.

Turned with the Jamieson hollowing system. 12 inches wide, 4 deep.

One of the hardest and denser woods I have ever worked on

16 inches tall. A challenge for any woodturner.

Maui Curly Koa Hollow Form

Another family heirloom. 14 inches wide. This bowl will be pass down for generations to come. I love making something that its going to be around for centuries. Finished with Danish Oil.

10 inches wide, another crazy curly Maui koa bowl. This one is available!!

A large, Natural Edge, Maui Koa bowl. Almost 14 inches tall. 10 coats of Deft laquer.

A beautiful Maui Koa Natural edge bowl. About 8 inches wide. Finished with Danish Oil and about 8 coats of laquer.

This form is lot of fun to turn. People ask me what is it? I call it a "ring dish"

Blond Curly Maui Koa Bowl

Western Red Cedar, windfall in Maui!

A very large fotted Maui Koa natural edge bowl. I added several "Pewa" patches on the bark crotch intrusion and the pith… I finished it with several coats of Deft Laquer.