Calling the Rain Product:Calling the Rain Each vessel is made individually

Each vessel is made individually by the artists and is hand thrown and hand painted

Their softly rounded melon shape creates a bold yet remarkably lightweight earring

and 14KY beads and 18K Green gold cast birch twigs

Each slab is rolled out and the pattern is carved into it before assembling

and finished with a silky smooth Danish oil finish

Calling the Rain Product:Calling the Rain Each vessel is made individuallyThe stately wiliwili was one of a variety of trees that once abundantly flourished in the dry forest ecosystem on Hawaii Island. When people introduced cattle, sheep, and goats to this delicate environment over the past 200 years, this tree was devoured almost to extinction. Forests create weather so, predictably, with the decline of the trees and understory plants, rain became scarce and left the land dry and parched. After visiting some of the