Roimata Pounamu
A simple kuru with beautiful pounamu.
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Taenga – Arrival
This is a pounamu that is part of a larger set. The set was made for a childrens book that my wife created. There is one pounamu for each page of the book. The main page for this is called Sand in my toes salt in my nose and you can see all the artwork and pounamu…
Haerenga – Journey
This is a pounamu that is part of a larger set. The set was made for a childrens book that my wife created. There is one pounamu for each page of the book. The main page for this is called Sand in my toes salt in my nose and you can see all the artwork and pounamu…
Delicate Roimata
This is a gorgeous and delicate roimata. Make from deep green kawa kawa pounamu from the Arahura. It has the reddish colouring of totoweka pounamu, which is hard to find. Wearing a Roimata or Tear Drop shaped, also called kuru, pounamu pendant is about comfort and caring for people. It represents shared emotions, compassion, empathy,…
Tear Drop Kuru Pendant
This was an interesting piece to make. It turned out quite different to how I visualised it in the beginning. It was a small outer piece of… stone from a piece in the Arahura area. The outer white part of the stone was actually quite soft and there were several fractures through the middle that…
He Aho Whānau – The Thread of Family
Some taonga carry not just the beauty of the stone but also the weight of deep familial connections. This set of three taonga, named He Aho Whānau, was created from a single block of Pounamu gifted to my customer by his father, who has since passed. The stone was already precious, filled with memories and…
Kawakawa Pounamu Toki and Roimata Set
This large set of Kawakawa Pounamu taonga features a 95mm Toki and a 95mm Roimata, both showcasing stunning cloudy patterning within a rich, deep green stone. These taonga were carefully crafted from a large boulder, and their creation journey—from the first cut through to the final carving—has been documented in a video that I’ve included…