This was a cool job to do. I really liked the natural finish of these pieces as well as how they ended up looking with the full kuru lashing.
You can see in the photos below the starting point and then the process I went through to reshape them for the lashing.
This is a cool free form I carved on the fly for a friend. I followed the shape of the slice I had to end up with this. I made a video that covers the whole process from the start to the finish, so you could get a good idea of what went into making…
A simple kuru with beautiful pounamu.
This is a set for a whanau of three, Mum, Dad, and Son. Each piece came from the same piece of pounamu, they lay side by side connected until the recent carving process. This is how they started out as rough blanks, chosen specifically for this set, all from the same piece. Each pendant has…
The huia, a now-extinct bird that was native to New Zealand, is remembered for its striking plumage and distinctive tail feathers. In Maori culture, the huia feather is a symbol of nobility, worn traditionally by high-ranking individuals. It is a physical representation of leadership and mana (prestige). Capturing this significance, an 11cm black jade carving…
This was a find on a beach that a woman brought into me. She was interested to see if we could turn her surprise find into a taonga for her to wear. This gorgeous Roimata was the result. You can see the pounamu that we started with below. Things do not always turn out this…
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…