Contemporary Hawaii Woodworkers, the Wood, the Art, the Aloha - Tiffany DeEtte Shafto & Lynda McDaniel
Used - Hardcover - Very Good - 2009- Contemporary Hawai'i Woodworkers takes you on a journey into the lives and minds of 36 award-winning artists creating fine wood art in the Hawaiian Islands. From furniture makers to sculptors and woodturners, they all thrive here, surrounded by Hawai'i is abundance. Contemporary Hawai'i Woodworkers spotlights the inspiration, the imagination, and the creativity of Hawaii's woodworkers: their reasons for creating, their knowledge of the native woods of Hawai'i, and their joy of working in wood. Surrounded by so much inspiration, Hawaii's woodworkers create with a depth and breadth of talent not often seen in such concentration. Some of the artists featured in Contemporary Hawaii Woodworkers have deep roots in these islands and have felt their calling to create all their lives. Other artists are not originally from Hawai'i. They were drawn here.