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Ron Kent passed away on Saturday, December 15, 2018. The son of immigrants, Ron grew up in Los Angeles and attended Hollywood High School, where he met Myra Davis, whom he married in 1951 while serving in the Coast Guard. During his enlistment, Ron was transferred to the Territory of Hawaii, and he and Myra fell in love with the islands. After graduating from UCLA and establishing himself as a stock broker, Ron and Myra returned to Honolulu in 1965. Early in the marriage, Ron discovered that buying furniture was more expensive than building it himself. He tinkered with light sculptures and other media, but when Myra gave him a “toy” wood lathe for a birthday present, she changed his world. Turning wood on a tiny lathe suitable for 10-year-olds and using a sharpened screwdriver as a tool, Ron developed his gift for graceful shapes carving three-inch bottles. In a matter of months, the “toy lathe” was replaced by a larger one from Sears and proper tools which he replaced with larger, better equipment as he experimented with shapes, sizes and a variety of local woods.

A fund has been set up at the Hawai’i Community Foundation to sustain these prizes in the memory of Ron. To honor Ron’s love for Hawai’i, his passion for art, and his desire to support future artists, gifts can be made to the Ron and Myra Kent Fund at Hawaii Community Foundation, 827 Fort Street Mall, Honolulu, HI 96813, attn to Eric La ‘a or online at https://www.hawaiicommunityfoundation.org/give

Woodworker

Roy Lambrecht Woodworking specializes in working directly with Home Owners, Interior Designers, Architects and General Contractors to provide you with the custom cabinetry and furniture, designed and built to meet your specifications. Or we can supply the materials to build your own rare and beautiful ideas! Why not add yourself to our long list of satisfied customers.

Our lumber shop, Kona Hardwoods, has worked hard at developing a close relationship with many of the island mills. Koa, Monkey Pod and Mango – we have a large selection of local lumber, plywood and slabs. We have our own solar Kiln and take great care in our drying and processing of our beautiful Hawaiian woods!

RLW is a one stop Custom Cabinet shop, from start to finish, from conception/design stage to installation, we will provide you with the quality product you will be proud to have in your home.

Arborist; Nursery; Manufacturer; Tree planter/Field Labor; Building Construction; Miller; Wholesales; Harvester/Logger; Woodworker

Rollo is an award-winning luthier working with Hawai’i grown woods and other tonewoods. He creates one of a kind instruments emphasizing tonal characteristics, playability, craftsmanship, and aesthetics. He hand-builds custom acoustic steel string guitars and ukuleles in his Kailua, O’ahu shop.

– The furniture and art I create are inspired by my connection to natural forms, and having the tech/ mechanical ability make these ideas into reality. I see it as an amalgam of classically influenced styles, contemporary shapes, and playful imagery rendered with exotic materials. My challenge is to bring these elements together, and create from them a piece that works. My intention is to create functional, durable, utilitarian objects of beauty, that will last centuries. From the more than 400 pieces that I have created, here is a small sampling of my more current work: http://veneerartist.com/schurch-portfolio/

– I have been a teacher of furniture making, marquetry and veneering since 1985 and continue to develop programs and classes for the novice to the pro woodworker with seminars at many schools and clubs throughout the USA and abroad: http://www.schurchwoodwork.com/lectures_classes/index.html

– Drawing on my education acquired from traditional European trade schools, from my three apprenticeships to journeyman, I was able to follow my passion in the art of surface decoration, use the various skills I acquired to do my work. This path of learning about piano, then church organ building, Boat building, furniture restoration, building construction, and marquetry has given me the tools to provide consulting services to clients, high end manufacturing facilities and designers worldwide.

Specialties: Master furniture craftsman, consultant, teacher, artist,

盛世达控股集团成立于1993年，是一家立足中国、服务全球，为国内外采购商提供生产、采购、营销、加工、物流、信息等整体服务的综合性钢材采购服务商。注册资本2.8亿元，先后荣获中国民营企业500强、中国钢材销售50强、湖南民营企业100强。

Specializing in hand turned pens made from koa, macadamia nut, camphor, kolohala, and other hardwoods

Tai Lake carves in Koa, Mango, Ohia, Monkeypod and many other species of acacia native to Hawaii. Using trees from the nearby Greenwell Ranch, Tai mills the wood to his artistic requirements on-site using a portable sawmill. This former architectural woodworker thrives on the wood’s rich colors: blonde to dark-brown, with reds, golds, and even yellows describing them as an “infinite variety of grain”.

Each year, Tai crafts around 70 studio-furniture pieces from tables, chairs, desks, and chests; about half are commissioned and the rest destined for a handful of galleries. When the Dali Lama visited Hawaii in 2012, Tai carved the chair for His Holiness with the lines contributing to “the flow of his message and a place holder when His Holiness was not present.”

Tai’s rocking chairs, have become his signature pieces as “the components are balanced, and everything is proportional and scaled.” For those hunting for that hand-crafted piece of furniture that was carved out of a lifetime of experience, Tai Lake is woodworking at its finest!

Tantalus Studio is an interior design studio based out of the forest reserve atop Honolulu that gives it its name. At Tantalus Studio we believe that interior design should be life-enhancing, inspiring, and artful. Our goal as a studio is to provide direction, feedback, and expertise to our clients, so that as a team we can create an environment that works seamlessly with their lives. Hawaii’s eclectic mix of cultures and natural landscapes are a key part of inspiration for Tantalus Studio. We are equally passionate about bringing new life and relevance to a vintage home as we are about creating a curated modern loft space. We are constantly inspired by the past, while always forward thinking and looking at the most current products and innovations. Warmth, natural materials, and clean lines are underlying patterns in our work. We strive to make each project we are a part of livable, classic, thought-provoking, and always authentic to its owners.

Do you love guitars? We make premium acoustic guitars, custom guitars and electric guitars. Find your fit at http://www.taylorguitars.com

Products

Acoustic/Electric 300-900 series 12-string, Doyle Dykes Signature Model, Koa, Nylon. Acoustic Series GS, GA, DN, GC, Legacy, 12-string, Koa. Presentation Series. T5 an electric/acoustic hybrid. Solidbody Classic (Ash), Standard (Tamo Ash) and Custom-Walnut/Koa. 100 and 200 series. Baby and Big Baby Taylor guitars, T3, Parlor, 8-string baritone, 6-string baritone, 9-string, Taylor Swift Baby Taylor, Serj Tankian T5, Dave Matthews 914ce, 12-fret, build to order, plug and play pickups, K4, expression system