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As "Departures Magazine" (the American Express Platinum Card Member's publication) in its Holiday Issue wrote . . "It is difficult to imagine wood turnings more bewitching than the translucent treasures (Kelly) Dunn patiently crafts in Hawi, on the Big island of Hawaii."

Ohia Family: Myrtaceae Ohia is a slow growing evergreen tree. The flowers are used in leis and considered sacred to the goddess Pele. Ancient Hawaiians used Ohia for carving, household tools and for wear-strips on canoes. Modern usage includes flooring, marine construction, fenceposts and turning.

Kelly's signature work See Norfolk Pine

Sugi Pine See Koa and Other Hawaiian Woods

Kalapana April 2008 Recent lava flow in Kalapana Hawaii Volcano Observatory updates, status and information: http://volcano.wr.usgs.gov/kilaueastatus.php/ A recorded current update by phone: (808) 967-8862 UPCOMING SHOWS AND EXHIBITIONS: Turned Wood-Small Treasures 2008 - Los Angeles: April 12 - May 10, 2008 SOFA Expo New York: May 28 - June 1, 2008 Rounding the Four Corners-St. Paul: May 8 - August 9, 2008 SOFA Expo Chicago: November 6 - 9, 2008 Please take a little time to look around, and if you like the site, tell your friends. If you don't like the site, or something about some content on the site, please tell us . Like many sites, this one will be continually under construction. Please visit often to see what's new! Thank you for your interest.

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