Kaleb, the shop & the trees.
Some days Kaleb is up a tree on a rope. Others, he’s at his Kāneʻohe lathe turning what came down.
The climber in the logo.
Look closely at the logo and there’s a climber on a rope, up in the branches of a big tree. That’s Kaleb at work as an arborist. He trims trees and coconut palms, and takes trees down when they have to go, stump and all.
The best of that wood comes back to the shop instead of going through the chipper. That’s why he can tell you which tree your bowl came from. Got a tree that needs looking at? See tree trimming and removal.
The shop.
Two lathes in Kāneʻohe, a rack of drying wood and shavings on the floor. Kaleb turns on one lathe. On class days a student takes the other, with Kaleb at their shoulder for every cut; two students get a lathe each, and Kaleb moves between them.
Between classes it’s bowls and platters for the shop, and blanks for other turners, all from trees that came down on Oʻahu.
How the work is done.
Every piece comes from a tree that was coming down anyway: storm damage, a tree too close to a house, a lot being cleared.
Each piece’s page says what the tree was and where it stood.
Food-safe oil, no plastic coating. The bowls are for the table.
Kaleb turns every piece himself and teaches one student at a time, or two who come together.
Kāneʻohe, under the Koʻolau.
The shop is on the windward side, below the Koʻolau cliffs, where the trade winds bring the rain and the trees grow big. Mango, monkeypod, Norfolk Island pine and milo all do well here, and sooner or later they all come down.
It’s by appointment. The address comes with your booking.
Come see the shop.
Book a class, or ask to come and see what’s on the shelf.