Description: Aloha from Kaneohe, Hawaii, home of RW Butts, award winning woodworker.
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Bob is an award-winning, master woodcrafter. His work is displayed in hotel lobbies, galleries, competitions and can be found in the collections of the Japan's Prince, the Queen of England, and local dignitaries. Your neighbor may even have one of his creations! Bob turns woodchips at his lathe. Lots of wood goes out with the turnings! About Bob At the age of 15 Bob became interested in woodworking while chopping firewood for his mother in northern California. He made various wooden things, with whatever to
In 1967 Bob joined the Coast Guard and was fortunate to be in construction, expanding his knowledge of putting things together. While stationed on Oahu from 1973-1976 Bob learned more about local woods by contact with local woodworkers/businessmen and their generosity with scraps. In 1978 when re-stationed at Sand Island Bob was in charge of the construction team, visiting all of the Coast Guard stations in the Pacific (and gathering indigenous woods). Making wooden anythings quickly became his hobby and Bo
In 1991 Bob completed a collection of 70 bowls made with 66 different local woods. The largest bowl He´s turned measures 3´ x 40" high and weighed over 1,500 pounds when put on the lathe to be turned. (He likes big things!) Bob´s works have been displayed at different galleries including the Honolulu Academy of Arts and have been featured in local and national television and news publications.