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- Additional informationWe love this stone for its red veins. We love this stone for its bright juicy green. We love this stone for the memory of ancient shapes it reveals. We began with the rough outer “skin" of the stone and took away just enough to show the true color inside.Nothing “too flas...

- Additional informationKahurangi Pounamu, NephriteTiki is said to be the first eponymous human ancestor to the people of Polynesia.The word "tea" means "white, light, clear". We hear this word in the names "Aotearoa and Aotea".In Aotearoa New Zealand, the Hei Tiki (Tiki necklace) is a symbol of ari...

- Additional informationWhakapapa Tātai Arorangi (cosmology) begins from Te Kore (the nothing) extending to Te Pō (The night) Te Ao(the day). Each of these phases represents stage of gestation as we (the physical being define our space and find substance).The mobius is essentially a loop that has...

- Additional informationAs described, Tiki has traditionally been associated with ancestors. Pōtiki plays on the name Tiki bringing the spirit forward in time to a place where Tiki is the youngest. Perhaps this Tiki represents our descendants.What if we carried our futures before us rather than our...

- Additional informationFlow and movement in form without shape. Who are we to ourselves? Who are we to our world?"pūkanakana te whatu o Poutini, pūkanakana te whatu o Aotea!/ The eye of greenstone glares wildly, the eye of Aotea glares wide eyed."We are expressions of nature’s desire to create...

- Additional informationThe regular design of the Pōria always reminded us of the sun and the notion of keeping a pet reminds me of care and affection. The marriage of the two concepts work to form a tangible memory of warm happiness kept in bonds of affection. An image of keeping the sun as a pet...

- Additional informationRemember as a child, the delight of seeing wrapping paper on a present? Small details that add to the level of care and thought making us feel special.The blues and greens of Aotea and Aotearoa take this intricately carved moebius the next level again folding the hills and sk...

- Additional informationMarked with lore and sacred passage into times both forgotten and anticipated by us in the present our ancestors wait. They do, as we will learn to do, belong to a state of being both the ancestor and descendant whilst able to identify as the self. The creator and the product...

- Additional informationThe practice of ceremony seems all but forgotten. Our need to create space for each other seems to be increasingly overlooked and we enter the digital world of online social interaction. We shrug off the desire to conveniently interact through any form other than in the spiri...

- Additional informationWe spent hours working on this fine four plait twist, we just stopped the clock. When at first we thought the piece was complete we put it down and picked it up when ever we had spare time removing lumps, bumps and scratches.The pikopiko is a fern frond, one of the special fo...

- Additional informationThe great navigator Tamatea used the phrase "Tārere ki uta tārere ki tai" when he lead his people explore the land. His words inspired a philosophy of interconnectivity using the simple knowledge that what is left in the lake will find its way to the sea. People of the Whan...

- Additional informationBirds were often cherished as entertaining pets by chiefs and given as gifts by lovers.This stylized pōria carries the spirit of a swooping bird that shields the heart and amplifies the throat chakra with deep blue Kyanite sending its song back into the heart.Aotea is highly...

- Additional informationThe moebius is essentially a loop that has been given a twist. It may be recognised by mystics as the image of a snake eating its tail. The symbol of infinity. The shape of the triangle is associated by some as the shape of power, the pyramid. The colour and feel, soft and co...

- Additional informationThe people of Kāi Tahu in the deep south tell that the great navigator Tamatea coined the phrase "ki uta ki tai" when he lead his people to explore from the coast into the mountains and lakes. Some say his words referred to a philosophy of interconnectivity like the relation...

- Additional informationThis piece of bone was “fished up" from the Foveaux Strait off the coast of Ruapuke Island.Ruapuke was (at the arrival of Europeans) the stronghold of the Kai Tahu and Kāti Māmoe people. There was a whaling station there and very quickly Māori women and Pākeha sailors f...

Black Aotea joint rings, silver chain, plaiting and filigree.This unique necklace is an experimental development of past work. As creators of fine carvings we thought about learning the art of silversmithing. To be honest, we have a long way to go but we were lucky our teachers didn't let us down. T...

- Additional informationStop and revive yourself. Dive into the serenity and peace of a free mind and spirit and carry this state with you.This stunning, turquoise blue Aotea is seldom found, to get a large piece is exceptional. This is one of those few stones we don't want to take from by carving f...

- Additional informationThe woven kete (basket) was not only valued as a tool. Imbued in the weave are intricate patterns and fine adornments making kete a valuable object of aesthetic value and personal significance. We reflect on what we today call fashion and wonder what defines our tastes. Is it...

- Additional informationPikorahi.The pikopiko is a fern frond, one of the special foods of early summer. The piko is a symbol of life itself and is represented by the shape of a koru. Whilst the word “koru" augers a mental image of a rolling curve the word piko is also translated to the word, twis...

- Additional informationAccording to some whakapapa (Maori cosmology) the sky (Rangi) cohabited with the earth (Papa) who was already the wife of Tangaroa the sea. She was seduced by the sky. They had a child whom they called Tāne nui-a-rangi, ‘Tāne-great of the heavens.’ The family thereupon...

- Additional informationThe mobius is essentially a loop that has been given a twist. We compare it to the theme of Takarangi. It may be recognised by mystics as the image of the Ouboros (a snake eating its tail)/ the symbol of infinity. The shape of the equilateral triangle is associated by some as...

- Additional informationKo au ko koe (ko koe ko au) is a way of saying that we are as one.This piece shows a mirror image of two figures who appear to be sitting, grooming themselves. Water becomes the acting force that both cleanses and connects them.The image reflects an idea that our taking care...

- Additional informationThis piece was made to remember the special gifts that people bring to eachother.This tipuna (ancestor) is carrying something special that's not from here, it's not our knowledge, not our product. How does something new effect us? We walk a fine line between being ancestors a...

- Additional informationSometimes we need to just have some time out perhaps this is when we most need to be held."Hoa/ friend" is a part of the "kaitiaki series". Kaitiaki are guardians and we use these kaitiaki to empower ourselves, people and places. Hoa represents a state solitude.We made this p...