Craig Mason: Pheasant Wood bowl

Artist: Craig MasonTitle: Pheasant Wood VesselMaterial: Size:    A museum-worthy piece turned by Dr. Craig Mason.  His handcrafted Kamani wood hollow form features a burned, textured collar and stopper. Note the "twig" handle, which was hand-shaped, burned, and scored to mimic tree bark.  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. All his pieces are signed and numbered. "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