Kawa Kawa Toki with Koru
Deep green Kawa Kawa Pounamu toki, with koru in the negative space.
Deep green Kawa Kawa Pounamu toki, with koru in the negative space.
Traditional inganga toki, about 8cm long. I really like the character the seams and healed fractures add to this piece. They look really good with the honey coloured lashing too. It is always interesting to see the transformation from a rough block of pounamu into the finished toki.
I named this set Mauri for all the story it has to tell. Mauri is the word for life force or our vital essence. This set does capture the mauri of the couple that is made for. This set was made for a Mother and Father, from their 5 adult children. It all starts with…