Craig Mason: Hand-Carved Milo Wood Open Form With Flutes And Fins

Artist: Craig MasonTitle: Hand-Carved Milo Wood Open Form With Flutes And FinsMaterial: Native Hawaiian milo wood Size: 9 3/4" tall x 5 3/4" wide   Exquisitey carved, one-of-a-kind milo wood open form.  This wood was from a milo tree that grew in Hawaii Kai and was removed for a home expansion project.  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