Kit Beuret Milo Bowl 4.75″H x 4.25″D $300
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Kit Beuret Milo Bowl 4.75″H x 4.25″D $300
About the Artist
Kit Beuret is a kama’aina artisan specializing in hand-turned wood bowls that merge natural beauty with fine craftsmanship. Each piece showcases the unique grain and character of Hawaiian wood. Kit says, “It all starts with a chainsaw and ends with sandpaper and varnish. In between there’s a lathe, many specialized tools and a considerable amount of wood shavings and sawdust.”
Milo
The bark of milo was used for cordage fiber, similarly to hau, but it is inferior in quality to hau and to olona. The tree also yields tannin, dye, oil, medicine and gum, from various parts of the plant. The milo wood was skillfully crafted into poi bowls called `umeke `ai, and into plates, too. Calabashes/bowls of kou wood were more highly prized than those of milo, and were more often used. Milo wood is flavorless, since it is lacking in any unpleasant-tasting sap that could contaminate stored food.
The milo tree is a small to medium-sized one, growing to less than 40 feet high. The trunk can be 2 feet in diameter at full maturity. The bark is corrugated, with scaly twigs. The branches are widely spread and usually horizontal, making for an ideal shade tree. The glossy heart-shaped leaves are 3-5 inches across. Young leaves are edible. Bell-shaped pale yellow flowers with maroon or purple centers turn purplish-pink as they with in their short one day hibiscus life. Following the flowering stage, the one inch diameter seeds grow in globular 5-celled woody cases that have downy hairs on their surface. These remain on the plant for sometime, and ripen only in areas of dry climate.
Milo wood has an attractive grain that takes to a high polish and, in addition to food utensils and containers, was fashioned into paddles and other carved objects, as well as for an occasional canoe, although koa was considered to be the most popular material for canoes”.
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Kit Beuret Milo Bowl 4.75″H x 4.25″D $300
Additional information
| Weight | 5.9 lbs |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 10.25 × 10.25 × 10.75 in |
