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This Hei Tiki has been cast into Bronze (Silicon Brass) from a Whalebone Hei Tiki that I hand-carved. I have then changed the colour of the Bronze using chemicals to create a 'patina', which is simila...

Toki / Adzes are a significant tool from many cultures around the World.Māori have used Toki for hundreds of years - often crafted from Pounamu because of its inherent strength in the layering of the...

Toki / Adzes are a significant tool from many cultures around the World.Māori have used Toki for hundreds of years - often crafted from Pounamu because of its inherent strength in the layering of the...

Toki / Adzes are a significant tool from many cultures around the World.Māori have used Toki for hundreds of years - often crafted from Pounamu because of its inherent strength in the layering of the...

Toki / Adzes are a significant tool from many cultures around the World.Māori have used Toki for hundreds of years - often crafted from Pounamu because of its inherent strength in the layering of the...

Toki / Adzes are a significant tool from many cultures around the World.Māori have used Toki for hundreds of years - often crafted from Pounamu because of its inherent strength in the layering of the...

Toki / Adzes are a significant tool from many cultures around the World.Māori have used Toki for hundreds of years - often crafted from Pounamu because of its inherent strength in the layering of the...

Toki / Adzes are a significant tool from many cultures around the World.Māori have used Toki for hundreds of years - often crafted from Pounamu because of its inherent strength in the layering of the...

This Taonga is called a - traditionally worn from the ear, and sometimes in a cluster of 2-3. When worn this way, they would swing and clink together creating a beautiful high-pitched ringing sound as...

This Taonga is called a - traditionally worn from the ear, and sometimes in a cluster of 2-3. When worn this way, they would swing and clink together creating a beautiful high-pitched ringing sound as...

The Rei Niho is a very old style of Taonga - dating back to before European contact in Aotearoa.Rei Niho were traditionally made using a slice of a Whale's Tooth (Niho = Tooth).The notching on the sid...

This is a piece of Dinosaur Bone from a Brontasaurus (a.k.a Agatized Gembone) - carved into the shape of a Kabutops Head. Kabutops is a Pokemon - and if you're anything like me, you were raised on Pok...

The Matau is a fish-hook. Some Matau were functional in form and others, like this one, were designed to be ceremonial / ornamental.The Matau is hands-down, my favourite form to carve - the bevels, cu...

The Matau is a fish-hook. Some Matau were functional in form and others, like this one, were designed to be ceremonial / ornamental.The Matau is hands-down, my favourite form to carve - the bevels, cu...

This Pendant is a Tiger Shark Tooth replica - based on a real tooth, but scaled up.This Taonga would be a good fit for someone that loves the Ocean, and someone that 'never gives up' in life - like a ...

This Hei Tiki has been cast into Bronze (Silicon Brass) from a Whalebone Hei Tiki that I hand-carved. I have then changed the colour of the Bronze using chemicals to create a 'patina', which is simila...

The Matau is a fish-hook. Some Matau were functional in form and others, like this one, were designed to be ceremonial / ornamental.The Matau is hands-down, my favourite form to carve - the bevels, cu...

The Matau is a fish-hook. Some Matau were functional in form and others, like this one, were designed to be ceremonial / ornamental.The Matau is hands-down, my favourite form to carve - the bevels, cu...

The Matau is a fish-hook. Some Matau were functional in form and others, like this one, were designed to be ceremonial / ornamental.The Matau is hands-down, my favourite form to carve - the bevels, cu...

The Matau is a fish-hook. Some Matau were functional in form and others, like this one, were designed to be ceremonial / ornamental.The Matau is hands-down, my favourite form to carve - the bevels, cu...

The Matau is a fish-hook. Some Matau were functional in form and others, like this one, were designed to be ceremonial / ornamental.The Matau is hands-down, my favourite form to carve - the bevels, cu...

The Matau is a fish-hook. Some Matau were functional in form and others, like this one, were designed to be ceremonial / ornamental.The Matau is hands-down, my favourite form to carve - the bevels, cu...

The a Parrot Leg Ring.Pōria were used historically by Māori to tether Kākā Parrots by the leg.You would simply slip the Parrot's foot through the large hole in the Pōria, and it wouldn't be able ...

This Hei Tiki has been cast into Bronze (Silicon Brass) from a Whalebone Hei Tiki that I hand-carved. I have then changed the colour of the Bronze using chemicals to create a 'patina', which is simila...