Wahine Iti – Little Woman
A special gift for a special girl.

There were several design concepts we considered before evolving towards the finished product.

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…
Gorgeous set made from the same slice of pounmau. Always cool to see some of the process from where the pounamu started to what it is now.
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 is a cool free form I carved on the fly for a friend. I followed the shape of the slice I had to end up with this. I made a video that covers the whole process from the start to the finish, so you could get a good idea of what went into making…
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…