Craig Mason: Koa Semi-closed Bowl with Burned Textured Rim

Artist: Craig MasonTitle: Koa Semi-closed Bowl with Burned Textured RimMaterial: Koa wood with burned and textured rimSize: 5 3/4" tall x 7 3/4" wide   One-of-a-kind semi-closed koa wood bowl, by master turner Dr. Craig Mason.  The semi-closed natural edge form is from a branch crotch with heavy spalting, and a burned, textured rim.  The wood for this bowl came from a Koa tree on Mount Tantalus that died of old age. Dr. Mason saved it from the chipper. 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 p