I thought I’d try a new take on an old favourite. This is made with the same design as on my Fern Tiles, but with a practical function. I had envisioned a different result with the [...]
These cute native shrubs are widely cultivated and hybridised, appearing not only in the wild, but also as specimen garden plants.
These pieces are carved and cut-away while they are [...]
I’ve had to take things a little bit slowly over the last month, as I have broken my right thumb and the healing procees can’t be rushed… Fortunately I had already cut-out [...]
This piece represents two generations and how each supports the other, so as to develop, nurture and sustain.
Carved and cut-out while wet (’leather-hard’), these [...]
Korowai means feather cloak in Maori. As soon as I finished this design, I knew the name.
I had been wanting to make another Tui vase for many years now (the first I made [...]
The waka (canoe) was how the Maori arrived in Aotearoa (NZ).
There is no ease in cutting this piece, as it is done while still wet from the mold (’leather-hard’). While [...]
The koru design is represented in many cultures and has a quality of new life, growth, adaptability… In NZ the koru can be found in the forests, with the many ferns, [...]
The koru design is represented in many cultured and has a quality of new life, growth, adaptability…
This piece is designed and cut-out while wet (’leather-hard’). Designed [...]
The koru design is represented in many cultures and has a quality of new life, growth, adaptability… In NZ the koru can be found in the forests, with the many ferns, [...]
The Pohutukawa is the icon of a Kiwi summer, and is also known as the New Zealand Christmas Tree.
These vases are designed and carved by hand, and then cut-out while still in a wet [...]
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