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Mahi Tahi – Broken Pounamu

This was a unexpected blessing. This set of pounamu represents connection, between two friends and collaborators and with the children’s book that they created together.

This was originally one pendant made for the set that goes with my wife Roz’s childrens book ‘Sand in my toes, Salt in my nose’. You can see more about that on her site www.rosalindpotter.com. I made a piece for each page to link with the meaning.

This was one of the pieces and it snapped right at the end of the lashing. I was a bit gutted to start with. After sitting with it for a while the purpose of this came to me. This was to be a set for Roz, the author, and Ginney, the illustrator, and also our good friend.

What better way to commemorate her first book than to have special set that has so much value in it.

Below is a the full story of what happened to the original pendant and my thoughts on what can happen to a Broken Pounamu.

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