I made this for my son, he is currently 8 years old. I made it to show my love for him, this way he can carry this tangible reminder with him that I love him, that I care for him, that he is special and important. It is deep green kawa kawa pounamu with a…
I made this for my daughter who is currently 6 years old. She loves horses and unicorns. This piece is for her to know she will always be loved by me, that she is special and valued. She is important. When I talked to her about what sort of pendant would best suit her, she…
This is a combination of a toki form with a pattern to represent the weaving or raranga of harakeke/flax. Raranga can represent many things. It represents a variety of facets being woven together to create something more than the individual parts. In this way it can be used to represent a whanau, or community, or…
6 cm Kawa Kawa earrings.
This is a large set for an extended whanau, mums, dads, sons, daughters, nieces, nephews, uncles, aunties, young and old. The pieces of pounamu we started with made their final forms obvious as roimata and tear drops. I decided to keep the similarity of form as a source of connection as well as the fact…