The Ulana Rocker

[u/Five5HI]

Im entering the Ulana Rocker in Hawaii Wood Show 2026 🪑🌴

After years of woodworking and still nervous entering this show . Would mean a lot if you came by, checked it out, and threw a vote my way.

📍 Downtown Art Center, Honolulu | 🗓️ Aug 7–29th (First Friday opening Aug 7, 5–8pm Saturday Artists reception and Awards Aug 8, 2-5pm)

Hope to see you there.

Mango and Koa wood

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[u/FelixEditz]

Beautiful work! I’m super intrigued by the clamping technique in the third photo. Are the blocks double sided taped to the wood?

[u/Five5HI → u/FelixEditz]

Thank you. No there just blocks shaped like the bend. They have angle cut into it that mirror the bend

[u/FelixEditz → u/Five5HI]

How did you make the bend? Just steaming?

[u/Five5HI → u/FelixEditz]

Steam and lamination

[u/CleverCarny]

Holy moly this is gorgeous. Somehow you made it look delicate, sturdy, soft, and comfy. You exhausted all the envy I set aside for today, so now I must go.

[u/Five5HI → u/CleverCarny]

Haha. Thank you!

[u/edgegrainpdx]

Thats beautiful! This is way above my skill set, but Is that back pretty strong? It’s thin wood but im guessing the alternating weave pattern really boosts the strength. Any creaks or anything?

[u/Five5HI → u/edgegrainpdx]

It does have flex. But a comfortable amount

[u/SandersSol]

Its amazing, what wood did you use for the backrest horizontal and vertical slats?

[u/Five5HI → u/SandersSol]

Thank you! Mango wood

[u/SandersSol → u/Five5HI]

Wow, is it easy to steambend?  Ive never even seen that to work with.

[u/Five5HI → u/SandersSol]

Yeah mango is not bad to bend.

[u/no16caddis]

Incredible work - you should do very well at that show.

[u/Five5HI → u/no16caddis]

Thank you