So many of you loved this pineapple I posted last week that I’ve decided to post it again. It’s a wood-burnt image by my dear friend Christine, one of my favorite local Maui artists that I’ve used for many years in many projects. She free-hands (!) organic images (flowers, palm trees, island scenes) into different woods with a simple $12 wood burner – in this case a 27″x 40″ piece of teak....
Read MoreMy Italian plasterer at work on an oceanfront condo renovation. He hand applies four layers of plaster with his trowel over all the ceilings. No painting, no rollers … Just old-world craftsmanship....
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