Tapatoru – Triangle

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 how the shape was positioned to make the most of the character of the slice.

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