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1" & 2" Koa Veneer Frames

Select Item here then click ORDER NOW button 5x7 One inch Koa Veneer Frame matte - $26.00 5x7 One inch Koa Veneer Frame Glossy - $26.00 8x10 One inch Koa Veneer Frame matte - $45.00 8x10 One inch Koa Veneer Frame Glossy - $45.00 8x20 One inch Koa Veneer Frame Glossy - $84.00 8x20 One inch Koa Veneer Frame Glossy - $84.00 11x14 One inch Koa Veneer Frame matte - $60.00 11x14 One inch Koa Veneer Frame Glossy - $60.00 16x20 One inch Koa Veneer Frame matte - $85.00 16x20 One inch Koa Veneer Frame Glossy - $85.00 18x24 One inch Koa Veneer Frame matte - $100.00 18x24 One inch Koa Veneer Frame Glossy - $100.00 8x10 Two inch Koa Veneer Frame matte - $75.00 8x10 Two inch Koa Veneer Frame Glossy - $75.00 11x14 Two inch Koa Veneer Frame matted - $95.00 11x14 Two inch Koa Veneer Frame Glossy - $95.00 16x20 Two inch Koa Veneer Frame matte - $130.00 16x20 Two inch Koa Veneer Frame Glossy - $130.00

Koa wood grows in selected spots on the Big Island of Hawaii. The Acacia Koa is a stately tree that can grow in areas that once were fields of hot molten lava. Perhaps this molten lava is where the Koa wood gets its beautiful fiery hues. This majestic tree is found growing at its best along the slopes of the mountains from 3,000' to approx. 6,000' in elevation. It is the fastest growing of Hawaii’s valuable hardwoods. It can grow as much as an inch in diameter per year, reaching 100 feet in height and attaining a trunk diameter of 5 feet or more.

Koa is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful tropical hardwoods. The color and grain pattern of Koa varies greatly from tree to tree, but is always beautiful, with the grain patterns identified by darker color bands. The color of the wood may be anywhere from blonde, light brown to deep chocolate brown, with deep reddish brown the most common color. Curly-grained wood, the result of both stress and genetics, is preferred over straight-grained wood and is especially dramatic with an almost three-dimensional quality to the surface. It is a moderately heavy wood, stable, works well and takes an exceptionally rich, deeply reflective glow when finished with oils, varnish or lacquer.

Koa has the same density as black walnut, a wood that it compares to most closely in technical properties. Both are a little too soft for flooring, but more than adequate for scratch-resistant furniture. Because of its nearly equal radial and tangential shrinkage in drying, Koa can be worked into bowls while green and subsequently dried with only slight degradation.

(Portions of About Koa Wood Courtesy of Hawaii Forest Industry Association (HFIA) and Karl Dalla Rosa of Hawaii State Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Forestry and Wildlife A Publication of the Forest, Farm and Community Tree Network)