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Hawaiian Bowl Repairs

Emiliano Achaval

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One of the repairs that the ancient Hawaiians did was one patch called Poho. They would cut the broken part of the bowl and insert another one. Most of them were rectangular and had several pewa (butterflies) holding them in. Inserting a Poho patch is time-consuming. I only do it on a bowl that will sell well, usually $500 and up. Less than that is not worth the time. But now, a game-changer. Mark Stebbins and I develop three sizes of Poho patches. So far, so good. A Poho patch held together with pewa looks good and adds value to any of my bowls. Today I used the large Poho on a punky area of a curly Koa urn that I'm working on. Looks much better than pouring epoxy. Mark calls the templates he's made for me "prototypes," and I'm the tester, so I don't know if he has any for sale or even if he will have them available. I'm not sure if a Poho patch would appeal to someone outside of Hawaii. I know many people all over the world are using the pewa. I'm closing in demo number 80; I get pictures with calabashes and pewa repairs from all over. It makes me happy to see that people try to do what they learned out of my demo.
 

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Emiliano Achaval

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I hope the template becomes available. This type of repair is much more authentic looking than anything else I have seen.
It won't be on his website for a while. If you want one, you will have to give him a call. It's so easy to do, I think I have a winner here.
 
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