Spectrum Hawaii; Hawaiian Woods: The Timber and Its Craftsmen; Surfing/George Allan

The following program is a production of Keiichi in one of the low level public television. The following program is made possible by grants from the state foundation on culture and the arts and Chevron USA. In Hawaii. No. The trees over white are a part of the way a living tissue that grows out through fear and to give. Food for insects a whole for birds and shade demand.

Wildlife turns to trees with only their instincts to guide their ranking and poking at the closest available brain. But man makes choices determined by his reason and guided by his society and his choice among trees may be affected by what he values in them. There would for instance would serve his man faithfully and his main purposes. It may be cut. It yields to the song. It may be turned to assume the shape that Matt imposes upon an. Extensive sanding refines its texture. While plowing and pressure reveal its true treasure. The

grave. The life of a tree is revealed in its grain. Grain is given by age species. Climate and the demands of gravity. The outstanding green of many Hawaiian Woods offers artistic possibilities to the woodworker. The middle old tree contains a heavy wood with a finely textured grain. It is believed to have been introduced here by the Hawaiians. Formerly considered sacred by the technicians who used its knees in religious ceremonies. The Hawaiians valued its trade and once planted several beetles around the Waikiki I was coming home at the first. Let me know is a rich brown were capable of taking the flying pilot. The Hawaiians found uses for me lol and other woods in there dropping

their music sticks. Their spears. And carvings of their war god. Among the first elaborate uses of Hawaiian woods were the creations of experienced European craftsman of the 100 century brought to Hawaii skilled artisans who had been displaced by the factories of industrialization. Royal Commissions were their chief source of income. There's four poster bed was built for coming out the third who brought it with him from behind in the 1840s when he moved the Hawaiian capital to one of them. It now rests in the Queen Emma's summer palace where the daughters of Hoy have sponsored

a book on Hawaiian furniture written by author Irving Jenkins. The bed was a one shared piece of furniture but we wanted one called here and western called here and now in the Big Book they want comfort and of course they were seen this cradle was probably designed by King coming out the third in collaboration with a highly skillful German craftsman. It represents a supreme triumph of artistry in the use of Hawaiian woods. It was a mission like a man at a fourth in 1858 in anticipation of the birth of his son. It's made up of. Four different Hawaiian words and it costs $600. Now you could buy a small house for $600 making 58 in this rocker we see a very different piece of fresher than what we've been looking at. Because. Of its immediate and continued popularity in Hawaii. It is this style of furniture that

residents consider classic Hawaiian furniture and there's this style of winter they buy when they want to buy a piece of heritage of furniture. There is. Only one real style change in Hawaiian manager and that took place after the turn of the century with one mission stop here was introduced and because of its isolation I think that Hawaii was slow to change and perhaps the social factors with the sugar industry the new immigrants coming in is what really spurred us or allowed this new frontier to be introduced and accepted so easily. Continuing popularity is revealed by the efforts of Martin and McCarthy. This Luna based woodworking firm was the first taken in drawing attention to the wood of Hawaii's finest native timber tree. The Akashic or tree is endemic to the way it exists and nowhere else

in the world. As a furniture and cabinet wood it is highly prized for its strength stability. Decorated green. Color green can be interlocking and waving at me. Even assume a curly or fiddle back appearance. Its color varies from tree to tree. It may be pale blond or deep truculent Brown frequently with a reddish tone. JOHN MARTIN And Doug McArthur. Have built a business using Core wood for their traditional furniture. I think that in the islands is is like the history of Hawaii. All of the fine furniture in the past in Hawaii has always been out of coal. The beauty of coal is not only the fact that it has a very high grain figure

but also that coal oil is the largest varying colored wood in the world. It comes in stripe Curley birdseye and light dark ribbon figure playing. And quite frequently this can even vary through the same tree not due to the fact that color is so figure it's also makes it a more difficult words to work with because we're conventional furniture building is done primarily by surfacing with surface planers and then sanding the surface planer is practically useless in the working of core because of the grain structure chipping so graphically for the quality to be in the piece of furniture is highly important that it be sanded off through all stages and then back right down to the thing has to be sanded completely

otherwise. And it loses its value. John takes pride in everything that he does and we try to follow up as Martin MacArthur as a company to make sure that peace that they have in their home or their office is a peace that will last longer than the last in our procedure manufactured for ensure we take a great deal of time picking the wood so that there is no staining involved in the grain. We use natural finishes. Of primarily oil finishes on our core pieces. It has a life of its own and vibrance start to put stain on it. You mute all those colors down till it should be clear your faces don't distort the colors. People here a tree is a native species to Hawaii it has played an important

role in the Hawaiian legends where it was regarded as sacred with many idols car and other. Legal He is the most abundant tree in Hawaii. Possessing bands of attractive color. Finding all he would with red black and orange spiral grain is not uncommon. All he would is rarely used among Island craftsman. But cabinet maker Roger worldy is an exception. So many beautiful exotic wood Long Island. Which there are. Very few people ideas thing. Roger worldy is ever alert to the possibilities of Hawaiian woods such as the Rainbow shower a tree. A hybrid. The rainbow shower is originally from Java. Emanating up an odor when the rainbow. Shower wood is densely hard difficult to work but maybe was

full in frame and panel designs. Rainbow shower tree has also been called Golden mahogany. But for a look at genuine mahogany trees one has only to walk down Kawakawa Avenue just outside of Waikiki. Roger has also found uses for the comedy tree growing on all of the islands. The Kamani was once used by the Hawaiians for medicinal purposes. Its first known use in cabinetry was in India where it was known as Alexandrian Laurel. But the woodworker must be cautious for the company sawdust is toxic. Unlike the false comedy or Tropical Album which contains a koala like Harkaway. Trees which are attractive on the outside it may not contain wood suitable for

cabinetry. The African tulip known for its brilliantly colored flowers bears only a plain wood. Since many of the more unusual Hawaiian woods are on the available commercially. Watcher worldy frequently makes his own lumber from laws. Such logs might be purchased from wood gutters or the result of a windfall from our A game. When we do a lot it's always arrive like a phone. With luck a rare log of Hawaiian wood may yield a grain

capable of a mirror image. This is known as book matching. Precision is the hallmark of Roger world these craftsmanship. When he cuts he always cuts to a line. These exacting standards give his basis a longer life. People don't. Change my furniture like they change carpets or break the quest for accuracy is closely allied with foreign proportions are very important for engine making since Roger often works with rare Hawaiian wood he strives to minimize waste which gives is all tables and elegant appearance. There's so much material that's being used and wasted a tremendous amount of clunky kind of furniture which four inch thick table tops are not necessary the trees are very rare. And they're becoming more scarce so consequently what I like to do is

use the wood to its utmost advantage. And sculpt the wood make a proportion and make it look. Feel good. Something I live with. It's not something that is just going to toss out the tired of it. Woodworking machines can be very dangerous. Unceasing attention and. Wary respect are required when operating high speed machinery capable of making 40 thousand cuts I mean. Precision cutting allows for accurate joint work. Say. Again Paul. Cabinetry. Primary structure is held together by little joint training in framing the basic structure of a camel ride. Your relies on me with

joints rather than on me. But a lot good to itself without some kind of supply and a dove tail some kind of head the way mortice and have a joint hold firm without. The mortise and tenon joint is ingeniously strong and of ancient origin. The dovetail joint was once commonly used. It lasts a lifetime and is one of the strongest joins. The three corner Miter joint is highly precise. It holds together this Japanese tonsil which is composed of and when it contains one hundred fifty six individual pieces. Having studied woodworking in Japan Roger worldy applied the techniques

he learned in a wide variety of forms in this chest of drawers. He displays the richness contrast or giving the natural grain prominence rather than concealing it is a lesson he learned from the east. Another lesson from a renowned Persian poet taught him the value of painstaking craftsmanship. This can be done by a machine that has to say I have to go along with what are there the bronze there about what. Will work if you love me. There's a little resource don't know that yet. If Roger's work is love made visible this Bentwood desk displays how resourceful a faithful commitment may be a commercial error in the angle of cutting I call a lot of produce this rare blister grain. A curly grain may sometimes occur when a heavy tree compresses in upon itself.

They all hae a tree produces the heaviest wood commonly used in the United States. This liquor cabinet is composed entirely of or you know would be extraordinary grain on this specimen is exceptionally rare. Wood grain is found in the body of a tree. The grain of these exquisite bowls is hidden deep inside the Norfolk pine tree planted throughout Hawaii. The Norfolk Island Pine is originally from New Caledonia where the tree produces a tight cluster of branches so the wood is not the bees and nuts may offer up a unique beauty if the wood of the awful pine is creatively approached. Such an approach is taken by a part time ball maker. Rotten wood can. I like new laws. I'm living green with

fun by all of my local work. I still do OK. But. Not for. A. Dramatic. Color. Translucent. Don't know what it would look. And such a very a. Brown can. Is. Who enjoys creating original During his leisure. It's important to me to remember that woodworking is a hobby that my profession my whole identity is as a stockbroker. And in particular woodworking is a hobby that doesn't conflict. There is never any question of priorities if I have to work I put aside the hobby until I have time. I am lucky in having what I call constructive insomnia. I only need two or three hours sleep a night so I can spend two or three hours in the middle of the night sitting out in the garage doing the sand papering and quiet finishing.

When you make such a law one hundred fifty. Has he ever with one hundred forty eight pounds of wood. He takes risks. Being an amateur. Does have an advantage in woodworking I don't know any other field in which it does but as an amateur I can take a chance. Wrists do it fair. That a professional couldn't afford to give. I can work dinner and if I have a break you. Shrug it off and start another one to the point that I almost welcome the vacant reply that shows you that I'm working at the finest of my ability. Pine is a porous wood that readily accepts oil. Ron won't know the color of the bowl until he dips it in oil. Sometimes the pale blond wood assumes a golden luster. He soaks the wood in oil overnight pulls it out to sand

lets a dry awhile and then repeats the process continuously for nearly six months. The result is a finely textured bowl with a grain of vivid contrasts. The knots become long gaited and assume a starburst appearance. The irregular grain that surrounds these knots could easily have chipped or torn off in the early stages of carving. They often do. For he loses three out of five bowls that he starts. Ron Kent has won a claim for the translucent qualities evident in his feet and rolls and the halo of translucent all round the edge. Always excites me these wooden bowls are not much thicker than a fingernail. After months of sanding and soaking the wood has polarized or

hardened into a substance only partially wood and. Oil does harden in pullin arise inside of the wood. One night when I'm finally finished it isn't really wood anymore it's wood fibers forming a matrix with the polarized oils actually in there among the fibers. Much the way fiberglass and resin work. So this isn't something other than what after 6 months of tree I don't know quite what you call it. It's easy to know what these polls are. They are a calabash famous throughout the calabash holds a solid place in Hawaiian history. Today at Blair Woods would cover Stewart but arrows carries on the tradition. Years ago he worked in mellow and monkeypox now he specializes in co-op.

Capable of turning 30 to 40 in a day's work Stewart but there are some long experience has given him time to reflect on trees and these trees have colors much like a lot of humans who struggle and. Have a difficult life when they're young and they color. When Stuart looks at trees he thinks about life. If. I could say to anyone. Next time you see a tree look at it look at it very good because it will show its skies. Sadly enough we don't show our skies and afraid to show our skies. I'm not because every one of my skies was a lesson for me to learn and I learned by. One of his favorite types to say is while he is working. While working with this I've got so much time to think and it gives me that that

that moment when I'm doing this and everybody think that I'm concentrating and I'm really not concentrating about the ball at all it takes no effort for me because I've been doing this so many years I'm either listening or watching somebody pass by on and thinking about what I'm going to do tonight. Football coach. Steward with De Rosa had a sudden change of heart and learned the secret of being a good heart. I have a daughter she's 25 she's so beautiful she and I go out there get ice is that you go out with men younger than my friends. She says you never seem to forget that you know that you always tell me she says. That every day I want to call my mother but I want to get another leaf. Most of Hawaii's Koach grows on the big island. The frequent rain in many parts of the Hawaii produces a moist air which gives life to

trees but is a constant challenge to the woodworker. In Hilo. The rains permeate the lumber as well as the air. Clockmaker a wolf builds his grandfather clocks with an eye for unexpected swelling shrinking. Since wood swells across the grain rather than lengthwise. The core wood in this vertical grandfather clock is safe from oyster. The clock is driven by brass weights rather than the springs which might weaken through rust. The pendulum keeps the beat within his grandfather built a core. From Hilo towards the volcano. Local wood is being crafted by Bill Irwin of Baja.

He is well known for his unique laminated designs. A former boat builder and sailor builder way and drew inspiration from the waves to create his designs of wavy wood. Laminated designs go much deeper than inlays. Various colors of wood are glued together sanded and finished to produce designs that go all the way through. To some craftsman. It is the sound which must go all the way through rather than the wood. Guitar maker Douglas Ching studies his wood grain for sound

volume and tone since wood vibrates. He taps the wood listening for the desired bitch. Douglas Ching makes ancient and classical instruments. When composing a guitar. He relies on his ear even more than his eyes. The finished result must be both. Wood has contributed to man's survival and the development of his civilization. Today. Other materials compete with wood but none possess the warm caring way. Core Ward is the Pride of Hawaii. I replied but

becoming scarce however took on anything made out of my why and would is to pose as part of the life. Of. The preceding program has been made possible by grants from Chevron USA

in Hawaii and the state foundation on culture and the arts. The following program is a production of Keiichi in one of the two hopefully public television. The following program is made possible by grants from the state foundation on culture and the arts and Chevron USA. In

Hawaii. Again on thing we catch a glimpse of Hawaii's surfing culture as well as a fine artist George Allen. Along the coast of the Hawaiian Islands a graceful phenomenon and it is interest for kids at this hour that season it arrives every day and every night this graceful phenomenon for so. Many hours. Partially caused by natural forces that circle the planet this wave of the

Pacific Ocean has followed its course to Hawaiian shore as have countless other ways in the centuries. We see our. Early how why and man found a novel use of these ways. He stood on a heavy wooden board frequently made a pause and wrote those breakers for the she has thought of it as an ancient Hawaiians for surfing is believed to have enjoyed the favor of royalty. It has been for the sport of kings as well as the most supreme joy. Early European witnesses of Hawaiians that they noticed that this body held its falling within a devotion he does have foreign visitors careless of daily duties. The dedicated Shiffman felt compelled to enter the sea when the sun was up to the surface.

The pleasure how why and when is provide their own reward. Nothing more I expect or desire. However less vigorous and bound to produce heroes and such a thing has its own false junior champion amongst a he he because his association with another world champion do you got a local is a very special man in my life I had the good fortune of getting to know him and the mid sixties and became very closely associated with him in this latter years of his life. I've always admired do what he stood for in representing Hawaii is in one of the world's greatest swimmers and of course his surfing prowess. These are explanations. Dubai is a very special individual to me. I can recall several instances of being with him and learning from his very wisdom.

He had a novel styled in his character. And I can recall very vividly remember one incident incident we were at Huntington Beach. And he was Duke was a guest of honor for the United States surfing championships and at the award ceremony on the beach after the conclusion of the contest there are about 5000 spectators there and they called up the senior men's division and awarded the prizes from fifth up to first place. When they got to the third place award called a gentleman up and he came up picked up his trophy faced the audience and threw it directly into a garbage can and walked off stage in disgust. I was really upset and I was sitting with Duke and I turned them and I said How about that. Do what do you think of that guy and what he did. And Duke turned to me and looked at me in the eyes and you see all these guys really want to win the day.

And it kind of took all the wind out of my sails of what that was the kind of guy he was a real special fellow. Surfing also has its craftsmen men who specialize in the design and construction of thoughts. The surfing style of today is largely determined by the size and shape of the bone. Here is craftsman and Ben i.e. who is highly regarded in the field of design. One of the most important thing is the blank. And when we get the blank We'll check out the the walker which is the curvature of the blank. Then I work on dimensions that is placed on the blank. Then I'd do a thing that is called a template. That's an outline of the board and I trace it is like a pattern and I look at it something that I want to it's not a stock changing dimensions and I do a template again. Doing all right. And if

it's what I want then the whole process of shaping starts going down the outline of the blank verse to give God the purr that you want then you get a planner planning. When this is done to turn off the blank you know the feel of the figures that you want. As a boy is being worked on. Does a fine a point to shaving was done mostly by hand with the sheer fondly and with sandpaper and a sanding block and this is done by a lot of feel a lot of eye a lot of craft type of shaping which is very important to get what you want for the ideas that I come across which basically come from and even this surfer Mike and I put a lot of time in the water and this kid surfing and I see how they're writing them. I try to adapt my design for

a different type of surface so this ideas come from the surface themselves they want to come back to the shop from the shipping room. I try to put it down and put it down to the blank. A long time ago and along the boards when people was making surfboards they had no fins they were made of wood and it was very heavy and they was very difficult to shape. Very difficult to ride and now with the modern type of light weight foam. It's a little more easier to shape and the bars are much lighter. Then there's a bunch of life in systems that changes the corrector Isak of the board for a different type of serve a different type of Surfer's different type of wave conditions all over the world. And I feel that although the cost of the survey was a high it's still one of the cheapest form of walk work. My hard work started out when I was extremely young and.

Carried through all my life. Carried over here in Hawaii. When I left Florida in just one day I told myself I wanted to be in a rush or some Polish soft I. Didn't. Really ever. Go to anybody to have lessons or anything. Then airbrushing for about four years now consistently right from the start I got very busy and just kept going all the way through. All this paper tipping. More paper tape and more. Like auto body painting and they usually masking off all the areas. To what colors they get right here on taping off these areas that are going to be getting tank and blue and the

Y and the background the lavender. With black pen lines around each square. Lot of people would have to measure so long on measures all by eye. Very important to have. A lot of my work to lie on. I tried to leave it up to him a lot more fun that way. I do a lot of custom work. I like. China get things just the way people asked for. Thank you. Very glad to be. Class and Dennis board and being out the country here on the north shore of the glass aborts for 20 years and this is the place I want to be.

Be in the forefront of the surfboard movement within. He's pushing new shapes new concepts and he wants the glassing to be very light and very strong and to do that we have to have the most modern materials available high tech fiberglass and resin. They give us a high strength to weight ratio. We keep up on things like Popular Mechanics Popular Science things they're using in the aerospace industry are being carried over into the surfing format today. And this is allowing people to use smaller surf boards larger surf ords do maneuvers that were heretofore unknown compared to other things like pain or making instruments surfboard making is just as much of a hand crafted art. Is any of those things however. The pay scale is much less so that if someone was to get into making surfboards as a profession as a

career weighing the risks vs. the monetary benefits it wouldn't be a very attractive thing. They could do a lot more creative things with his hands at a much less risk to his body and perhaps make more money so that the people that are involved with making surfboards today are really idealistic type of person who are pursuing something they really love. And in our society this seems to be a break away thing from the mainstream whereas people are generally looking at the almighty dollar is number one and secondary would be their enjoyment or their devotion to what they're doing. So we feel kind of proud to be separate in that way that we're doing things that we really love. Paint is drawn to the water as well Asenath as in Maui fine artist George Allen has gained a reputation for his renderings block Hina as well as a maritime scene

spectrum visits to join George and Janet Allen as they begin a typical day. Really I hear you can't hear and that's not really harsh you know. One. Thing is for. Her that's terrific. Like I get told later. All right. Thanks. Well I. Think I know you're

going to run. All right. Oh no I think you get. Funny. When you're playing. Working visually you know. You. Seem to be switched on 24 and never really. Was composing always seeing planes cars. Running appear in fields things for the young to put us on and just feel us. Meditate. And very happy. Lists in the states and spirituals to the new and.

Beautiful. Weekend. At Ft. It would be difficult to imagine starting younger the studio and such. But I mean spending some time in the. Street or. Chatting with friends or other. People. Seems to reinforce. The fact that. It's a good solid feeling. I like to talk if I didn't have this contact. I'd be forever running over the studio looking for someone to talk to

take hundreds of photographs. Boys enjoy. It's uncanny to use magic. In business. You have to be careful that you know I spend so much time looking through you find that you lose touch with what's really in front of you. It's really there. George's wife Janet is his business manager. He makes the schedule that George keeps them and gallery show. To get your attention your best. Way to go. And. So I want to make sure. That. You.

Didn't. Want another. Cover. Not really finding a lot of really good ones. I think you might be right. OK. Oh I just didn't really know. You. As soon as you have somebody you want. I'd like to put on your really want to so I think just a way. That. I'm going to go out and finish a tearing down. To save time I could go anywhere. Oh my God. You're. OK. I'll meet you out here. And then. And I got to write.

All right well OK well. You're. Going. To read. And write anything you like to say you know Michael your talk of faith is the rendering of objects from an extremely close point of view these types of photographs have become a guide to the field. Oh and you know you enlarge Aventura. I mean you know for you. Check them out. You know abstractly do you think. That's pretty good. All right great. I'll get one of the thing for you when you have the

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every day you surprise. Some people just can't help but. Agree. Everything is exaggerated. On the real I think. I love the.

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you really know I look at the look the rich against the grain. I enjoy hearing your reaction to my. There were a lot of my favorites in here that's for sure. Yeah I mean. Limburg from Carmel's good comes back soon and play it's always a joy on the beach really always chaotic color going on around here and such serenity in the subject matter look just beautiful so serene you wouldn't think it would work that way would it. Does that somehow this. Right in a. Dynamic

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Next to the village gallery. George's studio enjoys painting abstract thought to the sound of music. And innovation. A. Number of years ago it was. Trying to find ways to interpret this. Response to this. He oftentimes acts as an interpreter

if he is interpreting a form of excitement than the possibilities. What is it that draws men to the. Surviving passage in a boat. Challenging the waves on a boat. All hoping to capture some aspect of its beauty and majesty. It is a mystery with many bodies but no image. Join us again for our next spectrum. The preceding program has been made possible by grants from Chevron USA

in Hawaii and the state foundation on culture and the arts.