This is a gorgeous example of a simple traditional style toki, based on actual toki that were used when stone tools were the best on offer in Aotearoa.
This is made from Kawakawa pounamu from the Kaniere stream area. It revealed a cool lightning like feature as it was polished.
This toki is designed for a very special kaupapa. This is a functional tool as well as beautiful pendant. This toki is designed to cut. To be used to cut the cord on their child when they are born. Later to be gifted to to the child as special taonga. How cool is that!
This 75mm Marsden Flower Jade Toki is a special piece, carrying deep meaning and connection. The stone features stunning yellow-gold flower patterns on a rich green Kawakawa base, making it visually striking. Thin and translucent, it allows light to shine through, highlighting its unique beauty. This Toki was commissioned by a father for his son….
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…
The toki, a traditional Māori adze, holds a significant place in Aotearoa’s history. More than just a tool, the toki was essential to Māori life pre-colonization, used for shaping wood for everything from waka (canoes) to whare (houses). It symbolized strength, authority, and connection to ancestors and the land. I am honored to present “Toki…
In the realm of pounamu carving, there’s a story that unfolds – a tale of transition and transformation, born from the heart of the earth and ultimately brought to life in the hands of the carver. This narrative begins with a unique stone known as the ‘flower jade’ or putiputi pounamu from the Marsden region,…
This pounamu is a cool combination of a toki and a koru It is made from gorgeous marsden flower jade – putiputi. The bottom edge of the toki hints at some colour and the back shows the full spectrum of the flower jade.
