Mango Wood Bowls and Plates—Hand turned and Carved
Lady of the Ocean
38" x 15" x 3 1/4" (L x W x H)
One-of-a-kind, unique mango wood bowl carved from an old tree. This highly figured platter has been carved with subtle multiple sections carved into it. Not only is it extremely colorful, but it also has the silhouette of a lady on the side. You will never see a mango wood bowl like this one again.
Bowls from 100-year-old Kipahulu Mango Tree
Grab a piece of history while you can! The mango tree was first introduced to Hawaii in the early 1800s when two seeds were brough from Manila. Later, varieties arrived from Chile and India. These one-of-a-kind chocolate mango bowls are a part of Kipahulu, Maui’s history. They were hand carved from pieces taken from a massive mango tree that was over a hundred years old. The story is that the tree these bowls came from was on the same land that used to be the old Kipahulu cane factory from the 1880s that ran until the early 1900s. The tree and hence these bowls saw over a hundred years of Kipahulu’s history. When the beautiful tree needed to be removed due to private development of the land it was on, I rescued what I could to create a tribute to the island’s history.
I’ve had this wood curing for 15 years and brought it with me to Oregon when I moved off island. Recently, I had the urge and inspiration to create these bowls by turning the wood on my lathe. As beautiful as these bowls are, the real beauty is in their history as this tree and thus these bowls watched Kipahulu’s history and progress through the years. Bring some Maui mana to your home with one of these bowls.
12 3/4” x 2 1/8”
This beautiful mango bowl has four shades of color: light, medium, dark, and chocolate. This is a rarity for mango wood, as most mango is rather plain.
This bowl comes from wood that was cured for 15 years. The tree it came from grew in Kipahulu, Maui, and was over 100 years old.
This bowl has a lacquer finish.
50% of proceeds of this bowl will be donated to the Maui Strong Fund.
15” x 2 1/8”
This beautiful mango bowl came from a mango tree in Kiapahulu, Maui, that was over a hundred years old.
It has four tones of color: light, medium, dark, and chocolate. It’s very rare to get mango with such contrasting colors.
It has a natural inclusion which I filled in with epoxy to get even more originality out of the wood.
This bowl has a lacquer finish.
50% of proceeds of this bowl will be donated to the Maui Strong Fund.
15” x 2 1/8”
This beautiful mango bowl was over a hundred years in the making and originated in Kipahulu, Maui. The wood has been curing for over 15 years.
This bowl has both chocolate and rainbow coloring for character. It has a beautiful spine and a natural inclusion.
This bowl has a lacquer finish.
50% of proceeds of this bowl will be donated to the Maui Strong Fund.