COURTESY HAL LUM Pat Kramer's Best of Show piece is valued at $4,000.

Woodworkers
show their best

Pat Kramer's "Maternal Love" sculpture of Norfolk Island Pine took the Best of Show title in Hawaii's Woodshow 2004, on view through Sunday at the Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center.

Hours of the Hawaii Forest Industry Association's 12th annual fine woodworking exhibition are noon to 10 p.m. through Saturday, and noon to 6 p.m. Sunday. The juried event aims to showcase the talent of Hawaii's woodworkers and cultivate an appreciation for the variety of trees grown in Hawaii.

Other winners:

First place furniture: Four-poster king bed by Alan Wilkinson, koa, not for sale
First place turning: Bamboo vases by Bob Butts, koa, $12,500
First place sculpture: "Ohana" by Frank McClure, kou, $5,000
First place musical instrument: "Volcano Percussion" by Tom Alexander, mango, $3,750
First place open: "Polynesian Canoe" by Nick Pagano, koa, $6,000
First place novice: Bowl by Jon Tuthill, mango, $650

Honorable mentions

Joel Bright's "Rough and Smooth" (furniture), pheasantwood $4,200
Tom Calhoun's "Gem" (furniture), koa $10,670
Francisco Clemente's vase (turning), mango $800
Natalia Dost's "Ipo" (turning), Norfolk Island Pine $450
Sharon Doughtie's "Tattoo" (turning), Norfolk Island Pine $700
Cliff Johns' "Plumeria" (turning), Cook Island Pine, NFS
Tai Lake's "Floating Top, Suspended Glass" (furniture), koa $4,250
Frank McClure's "Taro Leaf" (sculpture), milo $3,400