Haeata Makerspace Set

Haeata Community Campus has just got their Pounamu carving space up and running, and I got a chance to have a go.

Got to know some great people through this space and it felt right to give these pendants to those people as well as to support the kaupapa of the Makerspace at Haeata.

The kaupapa for this set is as a gift to tautoko the mana of the kaiako and staff that make that space what it is. As well as for the space to add to and uphold the mauri, mana, and wairua of the space. I hope that they pendants will be something special for the students and their learning in the space over the coming years.

When I explained the Kaupapa to Clark and gave him this Pounamu, he carried on to develop it even further. I love what he has done with this and hope to see if become a great part of this place.

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Manawa Heart Pebble

This was a piece of pounamu that someone asked me to make into a pendant, and carve a heart in it too. It started out pretty much as it was found on the beach.

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Akonga – Learning and Connecting

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…

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Whanau Toru

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…

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Kahurangi Toki Pair

Gorgeous color in this set of Kahurangi – Apple green toki. They are about 5-6 cm long. Made for two brothers that share a deep connection, and now share connected pounamu as well.

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Grandads Toki

My Grandfather passed away earlier this year. He was almost 80 years old, his lungs started to fail him and he couldn’t keep his body running any more. He was a much loved member of our family and there is still a huge gap he has left behind. I made these pieces because of him….

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Totoweka Wide Toki 5cm

The colours in this toki really stand out as a vivid example of the totoweka colouring. Totoweka is named after the blood of the weka, as the colours resemble it in the pounamu. It is pretty hard to find. The contrast well with the deep green of the kawakawa pounamu they are found in. The…

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