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 pounamu that is part of a larger set. The set was made for a childrens book that my wife created. There is one pounamu for each page of the book. The main page for this is called Sand in my toes salt in my nose and you can see all the artwork and pounamu…
This was a challenging commission. To make a pounamu pipe for a Grandfather. It is made from Pounamu found in the Kaniere stream area in the hills behind Hokitika. [kad_youtube url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNMJa0nTLCU” ] It started with the idea in clay. With four korus to represent members of his family. Seeing what a pounamu carving starts as,…
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…
These were made for a set of pendants for a wedding of some very good friends of mine. Having two pounamu that are carved from the same stone is a very special thing for a couple. Jade goes through some pretty serious stuff to become what it is today. It is formed when two…
This Pounamu bracelet that combines craftsmanship and symbolism. The bracelet features two handmade beads, each carved from distinct types of Pounamu. One bead is deep green Kawakawa Pounamu, known for its rich tones and grounding energy, while the other is bright green Kahurangi Pounamu, celebrated for its rarity, clarity, and spiritual lightness. Both beads were…
This set of four Pikorua was carved from a single slice of Kawakawa Pounamu, creating a deep connection between each taonga and the whānau it was made for. These pendants are for a mother and her three daughters, each one unique but linked by the same source stone, just as they are linked by whakapapa….
