Jack Ewing - Wood turner

Aloha from Molokai, Hawaii. I'm a wood turner here on the island of Molokai specializing in woodturning Koa bowls, Bark edged Koa bowls, Curly Koa bowls, Norfolk pines bowls, and Hawaiian Kou, Milo and Kamani bowls and Hawaiian calabashes. I also woodturn Norfolk pine lamps with Milo bases. The Norfolk pines bowls and lampshades are turned very thin which allows them to be translucent creating something like a wooden Tiffany.

Wood for making Koa bowls is getting very difficult to obtain and the supply of Koa bowls and Koa calabashes is becoming very limited. Curly Koa bowls are almost non-existent.

Molokai doesn’t have a McDonalds, K Mart, Wal Mart, Burger King or traffic light. Molokai doesn’t have many woodturners either, which allows me to obtain a large amount of rare Hawaiian hardwoods such as Koa, Kou, Milo, Kamani, and Monkey pod. Norfolk pine isn’t that rare but the thin Norfolk pine bowls and lamps I make from it are some of the most beautiful pieces I create.

Besides Koa bowls I make traditional Hawaiian Kou, Milo and Kamani calabashes. Kou is one of the rarest of the woods and was the most desired wood of the early Hawaiian" woodturners" for making Hawaiian calabashes. Unfortunately about 180 years ago an insect was introduced {spider mite} which all but decimated the Kou tree population in Hawaii. The Hawaiians used Milo, Kamani, Koa and Monkey pod for calabashes after the demise of Kou. I was fortunate in obtaining a couple of large Kou trees from developers and probably have the largest contemporary collection of Kou calabashes in Hawaii.

I enjoy making translucent Norfolk pine bowls and Hawaiian Kou calabashes the most. However turning the Norfolk pine bowls very thin without cracking them isn't that easy. One miss move and say aloha to it!

"Spock out" my work and information. Don’t miss the page on "Tree to Gallery" if you want to know the process I go thru to obtain the pieces you see on my site.


Aloha,
Jack

For more information and prices, which range from $175 to $8,000, please email me jacke@aloha.net

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Translucent Norfolk Pine
Bowl


Bark-Edge Koa
Bowl

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Large rare Kou Calabash


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Rare Curly Koa Bowl

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True Kamani Calabash

Very Rare Large Hawaiian Kou Calabash



Hawaiian Kou Calabashes


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Norfolk Pine shade with Milo base lamp

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Natural edge Milo

Large Milo Calabash


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Norfolk Pine Bowl



Rare Pheasant Wood Bowl


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Beyond Beauty
Koa