With a worldwide clientele, Maui master craftsman Stephen Hynson has provided a creative design service for custom furniture and cabinetry for over 30 years. As a studio furniture artist Stephen Hynson offers personal attention, an eye for fine design, and a focus on detail.

All work produced is handmade to a client¹s specification, from initial idea and design to wood types and finish. The use of rare and select Hawaiian koa in combination with traditional joinery and inlays is displayed in much of his work. Because Stephen is passionate about what he does and takes enormous pride in his work, clients are assured of unique, heirloom quality custom furniture pieces that fit their homes and offices.

The table is a contemporary update of a traditional Oriental table. The traditional and stylized horse leg grounds the table to the floor. This is counterposed by the wenge spacer with its gentle cove lifting the top off the legs. The matching and mirrored triangular veneer pattern cascades over the edge, is briefly interrupted by the wenge spacer. The vertical grain Hawaiian koa is finally contained by the wenge bead wrapping around the bottom of the table rails. The table provides a beautiful setting for an objet d'art or an evening quaff as one is drawn into a Maui sunset, remembered or newly encountered.

Self taught, Stephen first set up shop in Hawaii, and was a founding member of the Maui Crafts Guild. He moved to Boston a few years later, participating there in the beginning of the studio furniture revival of the 1980's. He later relocated to Portland, Oregon. During this time he continued to show his work in local Maui galleries.

Stephen returned to Hawaii in 2005 and broke ground on a building in Haiku. With timbers harvested from Polipoli Springs State Park he has constructed a traditional timber frame workshop. Work continues on the embellishment of this structure and tending to the land as Stephen reconnects with his Hawaiian roots.

The title of this piece is "Waiting on The Mayor". It was designed for the newly renovated Maui mayoral office. The mango wood was harvested locally from the Twin Falls area on Maui. A solid place to sit and perhaps wait, the lightness of the tapered legs and double horizontal reveal sets the intention to "get up and do good work".

Over the years Stephen's work has appeared in various juried shows and exhibits in Portland, Hawaii, New York, Boston and Ohio. His work has also appeared in a variety of publications including Yankee Magazine, American Woodworker, and American Craft - A Buyers Book. Stephen is currently a member of the Maui Woodworker's Guild and Hawai'i Craftsmen.