Craig Mason: Guava Bowl With Natural Edge & Four Carved Feet

Artist: Craig MasonTitle: Guava Bowl With Natural Edge & Four Carved FeetMaterial: Guava WoodSize:  3 1/2" tall x 6 1/2" wide The guava tree grew in Lāna`i, high on Lāna`i hale.  The largest of three main braches of this tree had broken in a storm, and Dr. Mason carried a section of it back down to Lāna`i City.   Dr. Mason has been working with wood for more than 32 years, and uses only reclaimed wood...he never purchases wood or cuts down trees.  "Part of what I love about woodturning is that I can use a natural resource that has outlived its usefulness and would otherwise go to green waste, or worse, the landfill.  We can save that resource from the waste stream and turn it into something beautiful.  It is a wonderful "green" art. Even the sawdust and shavings I create become mulch for friends and neighbors, or get composted into one of my planters.  Every part gets used."    Craig Mason