Hand-carved vessels in rare wood
The grain decides.
The hand listens.
One-of-a-kind bowls carved from exotic timbers sourced from California and Hawaii — each honoring the figure, the flaws, and the history already inside the wood.
View the collectionA private collection
Decades of quiet devotion to a single material
Trained as an architect and shaped by four decades at the carving bench, Philip Kahn turns burls, curls, and dense tropical hardwoods into sculptural vessels — Amboyna and Thuya burl, Hawaiian curly koa, claro walnut, Big Island milo. He is now offering these unique pieces for the first time. Every bowl is singular; none will be repeated.
About the artistSelected works
Three pieces, three woods
The materials
Rare, figured, and often irreplaceable — woods chosen for what they already are, then carved thin enough to let the light through the story.