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Calvin Hashimoto 
"Nexus III"Bamboo, Rattan, Mahogany H 35, W 48, D 31 Price: $3,675 
"Call to Center"Sculpture in Bamboo H 53" x W 25" x D 11" Price: $3,000 
"Night Fronds"H 53", W 17", D 3" Artist: Cal Hashimoto Three dimensional low relief imagery on plexi with bamboo and African hardwood. Collaborative work with Cal Hashimoto and Richard Brewer. "Depicts the passage of time when no one is around to observe how life continues to evolve." Price: $4,200. 
"Monsoon Moon"Bamboo Sculpture Artist: Cal Hashimoto Price: $7,800. 
"Time Flies"W 23" x H 38" x D 2" Artist: Cal Hashimoto Bamboo, mahogany, Seiko pendulum clock movement. Price: $1,000.
Cal's interest in the arts was noticed as a youngster in California when he began carving eucalyptus and almond logs with a chain saw. That interest was refined during study at the University of California at Berkeley under the credible influence of Peter Voulkos, Peter Simpson and John Battenburg. He completed several sculptural commissions while studying for his Bachelor of Architecture degree, received in 1969. The artist made a purposeful decision at this point with a move to Africa where the rich sculptural heritage of the continent made a deep artistic impression upon him. Seven years in West and East Africa afforded many opportunities for travel and study of this ageless land and its people. His appetite for further awareness was enhanced with time in the Near East, Southeast Asia, China, Indonesia, Europe, Canada, Mexico, Central America and Japan. In search of an environment that would be conducive to a creative expression of his experiences Cal moved to the Big Island of Hawaii in 1982. Here he explored the drama and the beauty of the island's culture and natural materials, incorporating them into his work. The compositions evolve from the powerful influences of numerous cultures and manifest themselves in sculptures of archetypal form. Cal enjoys using a variety of materials such as metals, wood and natural fibers, however, his focus for the last fifteen years has been to explore his creative expression in the medium of bamboo. The attraction to bamboo came not only through the natural beauty of the material, but also through its inherent spiritual qualities. After much research and arduous efforts of trial and error he came to know the eccentricities of this exquisite material and refine his own methods of fashioning it into a work of art. A rapport was finally established between bamboo and artist as the nature of both remains intact. The charismatic quality of each piece lies in the mystery of its form. |
