The ancient Hawaiians were known for their use of lava rocks as tools, specifically with the pounding of the kalo or taro root into poi. The poi pounder, a once ancient tool, has been brought as a work of art to be displayed.

About a year ago Lynn and I got a large project with a mainland landscape architect. Together we went to the Bishop Museum for inspiration for our project. Not long after we got to the museum I opened up a book on Hawaiiana and I saw a poi pounder in a new "light". I immediately realized that the ancient stone tools could stand as a model for much larger "Stone Art".

Roger, The L.A. Group founder and guru pushed to create huge pieces - poi pounders as large as four to six feet in height. Several months later Lynn and I took a couple of friends to Java. Our mission was to find stone carvers to create new stone objects out of basalt. It was quite an adventure since we had been to Bali many times but never to Java. Within a couple of days we had found stone carvers willing to carve models for the upcoming project.

Though we were very excited about the idea of using all Hawaiian tools as models, and using these stone creation as art objects in the garden, the owners were slow to commit to the idea. So once again, Lynn and I traveled back to Java, with new full size computer drawings of many shapes of poi pounders. We commissioned ten different shaped poi pounders. We felt that these classic stone objects will perfectly contribute to gardens we design and offer them to those of you who agree.

The stone pieces are hand carved, in various sizes, made out of basalt stone. These objects are not molded and are not made of concrete. We believe these are destined to be treasures for the 'ages'.