Aroha Heart and Earrings
Gorgeous set made from the same slice of pounmau.
Always cool to see some of the process from where the pounamu started to what it is now.
Gorgeous set made from the same slice of pounmau.
Always cool to see some of the process from where the pounamu started to what it is now.
Individually each of these pendants is called Ako, together as a set they are called Akonga. This Pounamu (also Jade, often called greenstone) is all sourced from the South Island of New Zealand. Ako is to learn, study, instruct, teach, advise. Akonga usually means student, however, in this context it is used as ‘a collection of…
This piece was made for a special couple to commemorate their wedding. The double koru is a symbol of coming together to make one of two, it is unity, it is kotahitanga. This piece on pounamu is from South Westland in Aotearoa, and has been set in a piece of Rimu.
This set of toki is made for two siblings, to have a tangible connection with each other as well as their home. It is precious to be able to see a snapshot of the process of shaping pounamu from its rough form through to the taonga that it will be for many years to come.
This is a symbol of the kahukura or rainbow. It was made to remember someone that has passed, someone that reminds us of rainbows, or the rainbow reminds us of them.
As I finished this Roimata Pendant, I was thinking about the focus feature of the healed fracture that gives this pendant such character. Healed fractures like this can be known as flowers or clouds in the pounamu. When reflecting on this it became obvious that this piece was already named, after the country it was…
This set was created for a couple that are moving away. Made from the same piece of pounamu, it will always connect them to each other. As well as connect them with the place and people they have left.