This set was made for two friends of ours to celebrate and recognise their wedding day.
They are both lovers of the outdoors, the forests, the mountains, the rivers and the beaches. This set is made from one piece of pounamu to symbolise a view that is special to them across a bay of a maunga over the water.]
This is what the view looks like with the curved bay in the foreground and the maunga in the background. She now wears te moana and he te maunga.
This is a design for a father that has a wonderful wahine to support him. So wonderful she wanted special and unique toki for him. This piece has him and his whanau carved into it in the form of koru.
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…
What an amazing and special set this is, and it has turned out tino ataahua due to the choice of pounamu. Tau Ke! A special commission for a special reason, a new member is on the way and it has been a journey to for this couple to get to the point of welcoming this…
I was given this piece of obsidian from a friend that was on a rock climbing trip down to Taupo. He said he noticed all the pebbles on the beach and wondered if it could make a good carving stone. I never thought I would use something like obisidian to make a pendant from. I…
This is a piece designed to celebrate womanhood. It was made for a special wahine. The ‘clouds’ or ‘flower’ in this piece of pounamu give it a depth of character that will always make this stand out as a one of kind. This is the slice of pounamu before all the work. You can see…
