Along a busy road outside of Ubud, on the Island of Bali in Indonesia, a young boisterous muscular man meets us with a huge smile. He’s been expecting us. Jun is the friend of the artist David Lawell, and they have collaborated together to turn David’s painting of Pele, the Hawai’ian goddess of the Volcano, into a stone carving. As we walk through Jun’s studio, which is more of a corrugated tin roof over rough posts, we get the chance to see some more of his work.  It’s soft interpretations of female figures: Gaia, Mermaids, Saraswatis. He puts a sweetness in the faces, a very Balinese gentleness. In the neighboring workshops are other carvers, this runs in the family. They make bas reliefs of all sizes, giant Ganeshes, mostly in limestone, but also in some volcanic rock. Check out some of his work below.