PANDORAS BOWL
14"x 4.75"
Since theres already some confusion about the myth of Pandora, I dont feel too bad about adding to it. Its said that Hephaestus, god of craftsmanship, was ordered by Zeus to create Pandora, the first woman. At some point she opened a jar releasing greed, vanity, slander, envy, and pining, leaving only hope inside. When I turned this bowl I thought that it would provide a good place for hope, caring and sharing and as you can see I left the stopper off.
The wood is Rode Kabbes. I had never heard of Rode Kabbes before seeing a couple of knobby looking slabs of it at a lumber mill in a small Oklahoma town. The owner told me that though it was hard and looked brittle, it turned good and he showed me a small turned vase that showed how beautiful the wood was after a little work. He also told me that it had come from a missionary in Surinam. I love wood that has a story and since these slabs obviously came from a tree that had been killed by ants, it was full of holes, I bought it without fear that I was buying an endangered species. With some research I found that Rode Kabbes is farm grown in Surinam.
