Craig Mason Natural Edge Chinaberry Bowl 3.5″H x 4.75″D $180

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Craig Mason Natural Edge Chinaberry Bowl 3.5″H x 4.75″D $180

About the Artist

Craig Mason is a Hawai‘i Woodturner who learned to love forests, trees and working with wood at an early age. Woodturning was introduced to him when he was a teenager in woodshop class.  He put all his prior interests on hold for several decades while he finished school. Craig Mason also served in the United States Navy, started a private dental practice, and raised a family. From years working with trees salvaged from the waste stream, he developed skills in woodturning and carving . The Hawaiian calabash, with its flowing curves, is his favorite form to carve.

Chinaberry

Chinaberry is commonly cultivated and naturalized through the Hawaiian Islands in lowlands. It is reported to be hardy up to 9000 ft (2743 m) attitude, especially in uplands of Kauai, Maul, and Hawaii. Birds apparently have spread the fruits. Introduced into Hawaii about 1839. It may be seen commonly along the roads of the Kona District of Hawaii and near Ulupalakua Ranch on Maui. Grain is usually  straight, though occasionally interlocked. Texture is coarse and uneven, though with a pronounced natural luster.

The fully grown tree has a rounded crown, and commonly measures 20–40 feet tall, exceptionally 150 ft.

The leaves are up to 20 inches long, alternate, long-petioled, two or three times compound (odd-pinnate); the leaflets are dark green above and lighter green below, with serrate margins.

The flowers are small and fragrant, with five pale purple or lilac petals, growing in clusters.

The fruit is a drupe, marble-sized, light yellow at maturity, hanging on the tree all winter, and gradually becoming wrinkled and almost white.

Special areas: Waimea Arboretum, Tantalus

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