Small Carvings Gallery and Pricelist
Small carvings have a beauty of their own. They can be carried away easily and seem to be wanderers just like us humans. This is what makes them so familiar to us.
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The Work |
The Facts |
The Thought |
 “The Stingray” |
Material: Greenstone Dimensions: 150 mm Price: $ 1600 . |
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 “Cylinder Seal” |
Material: Serpentine Dimensions: 30 mm Price: $ 800 . |
Cylinder seals were used from 6000 years ago to mark trade goods by rolling the seal into wet clay. They played an important role in the development of ancient writing systems. This seal has a customised story on it that was important for it’s maker. |
 “Serpentine Teardrop” |
Material: Black Serpentine with Carnelian and Paua Inlay Dimensions: 60 mm . Price: $ 550 . |
Combining the beauty of black serpentine (symbolising night), carnelian (symbolising day) and paua shell (symbolising sea). |
 “White Tiki” |
Material: Pounamu Nephrite Jade Dimensions: 160 mm Price: $ 1800 . |
“Tiki” – A protector for a man of “mana” (honour, strength and integrity) |
 “Toki (Adze)” |
Material: Pounamu Nephrite Jade Dimensions: 70 mm Price: $ 250 . |
When worn as a pendant signifies skill and capability. The Pounamu stone adze was treasured as a tool for carving meeting houses and canoes etc. |
 “Matau (Hook)” |
Material: British Columbian Jade Dimensions: 60 mm Price: $ 300 . |
In our creation stories, a hook (Matau) was used to pull New Zealand up from the depths of the ocean. Worn as a pendant, it is a symbol of strength and reliability. |
 “Galaxy Twist” |
Material: Deer Antler Dimensions: 60 mm Price: $ 210 . |
The deer sheds its antlers annually. The piece used for carving is known as the crown of the antler. |
 “Family” |
Material: Whale teeth on beach burr Dimensions: 45 – 115 mm Price: $ 12000 . |
Commission. The whale teeth were supplied by the client. The base is from New Zealand beech. |
 “Whanau (Family)” |
Material: Beef Bone Dimensions: 70 mm Price: $ 450 . |
Representing the love and protection of a family. |
 “Trophy” |
Material: Custom Wood on Matai base Dimensions: 1m x 500 mm x 60 mm Price: $ 4700 . |
Commissioned as a trophy for traditional canoe racing (waka-ama). It is a stylized prow and tail piece of a war canoe. |
 “Eternity Hook” |
Material: Pounamu Dimensions: 30 mm . Price: $ 500 . |
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 “Cloak Series” |
Material: Beef Bone and Carrara Marble Dimensions: 140 mm |
A series of cloaks and figures based around land wars, confiscation, the role of state and church. |
 “Circle Paua” |
Material: Whalebone with Paua Inlay Dimensions: 40 mm diameter Price: $ 750 . |
The whale bone is from an old stranding. The carved woven circle signifies the bond of the family. I have enjoyed combining a number of our precious New Zealand materials in this piece. |
 “Sisters” |
Material: Pounamu Dimensions: approx. 60 mm Price: $ 600 . |
I create these smaller flowing pieces from our beautiful New Zealand pounamu. They represent things in my wold such as fish, sea, people, movement and wind current. |
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Material: Local Greywacke Dimensions: 150 mm x 100 mm x 60 mm . Price: $ 1800 . |
The challenge: Discover the space between inner space and outer space. |
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 “Wheki vs. Paua” |
Material: Local Greywacke Dimensions: 85 mm x 120 mm x 160 mm Price: $ 2400 . |
Paua (abalone) is a shellfish of delicate taste with a shell of rare beauty. Paua is a favourite food of the octopus (wheki) hence “wheki vs. paua” |
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 “Kete Pohatu” |
Material: Local Greywacke Dimensions: 200 mm diameter Price: $ 2300 . |
Carving hard stone to create a feeling of containment, softly flowing. |
 “Kaitiaki (Protector)” |
Material: Pounamu and black horn Dimensions: 70 mm . Price: $ 900 . |
Here, a “Kaitaki” (a guardian spirit) is combined with a “Toki” (adze) for a person of mana. |
 “Bubu (Sea Snail)” |
Material: NZ Serpentine Dimensions: 50mm x 30mm Price: $ 650 . |
Bubu is the edible sea snail, historically an important food source. An intriguing form to follow dealing with both negative and positive space. Serpentine has some beautiful colours and is lovely to carve, being slightly softer than nephrite jade yet without the fibrous nature of jade. |
 “Bubu” |
Material: Pounamu Dimensions: 50mm x 30mm Price: $ 790 . |
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 “Te Matau O Maui” |
Material: Pounamu with carnelian inlays Dimensions: 75mm . Price: $ 850 . |
The hook of Maui. Maui was a Demi-God in Maori legend, who pulled New Zealand up from the depths with his hook. Designed for a school principal. |
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 “The Thinker Mere” |
Material: Pakohe (Argilite) with base made of Rewa Rewa (NZ Native Honeysuckle tree)Price: $ 3200 . |
A mere is a stone weapon used during battle by Maori. Argilite is a silt stone, sourced from Takaka in the South Island. It is capable of being shaped to an extremely sharp blade. |
 “Serp Mere” |
Material: Argilite with Base made of Rewa Rewa (NZ Native Honeysuckle tree)Price: $ 1800 . |
Argilite is from Takaka in the South Island. A mere is a fighting weapon made of stone used with a stabbing strike to the head, neck and forearms. |
 “Kaitiaki” |
Material: NZ Jasper (Mt. Hikurangi) Dimensions: approx. 100mm Price: $ 850 . |
Three Kaitaki (protectors) for three brothers. The stone is from Mt. Hikurangi on the East Coast of the North Island. |
 “The Hongi” |
Material: Carnelian Dimensions: 50mm x 75mm Price: $ 3450 . |
Based on the creation story about the separation of Rangi (Mother) and Papa (Father). This piece of stone had a white skin on a red background, enabling it to be carved in a cameo style. The cameo was popular in the 1800s. |
 “Snails Bubu” |
Material: Serpentine Dimensions: 50 mm Price: $ 650 each . |
The challenge of matching poitive and negative space. |
 “Waka Kura” |
Material: Bone and Sandstone Dimensions: Feather 160mm – Waka 150mm Price: $ 1550 . |
Commissioned for a globe wanderer. Waka is literally the word for canoe, but also includes all modes of transport. |
 “White Cloak” |
Material: Calcite Price: $ 700 |
This stone from the Esk River in Hawkes Bay is beautifully translucent and yearned to be sculpted into a thoughtful piece. |
 “Whale Tail” |
Material: Pounamu Dimensions: 50mm . Price: $ 800 . |
Symbolic of the whale and a gesture of freedom. This pendant was created from Nephrite Jade from the Arahura River in the South Island. |
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 “Paua Pounamu” |
Material: Black Serpentine (Arahura River) Dimensions: 125mm x 100mm x 50mm Price: $ 4200 . |
I am still inspired by the form of shells. Each one has its own story to tell. |
 “Echo of the sea (fondling piece)” |
Material: Pounamu Serpentine Dimensions: Fist size . Price: $ 2350 . |
This piece is in a flecked pale green serpentine. Included within its form are 3 shells: Paua, mussel and conch shells; seaweed, a feather and a cleverly disguised octopus. To fondle and wonder. |
 “Pounamu Swirl” |
Material: Pounamu and Sterling Silver Price: $ 1300 |
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 “Closed” |
Material: Greenstone Price: $ 300 |
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 “Earrings” |
Material: Greenstone Price: $ 300 |
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 “Fin” |
Material: Greenstone Price: $ 420 |
We deliver worldwide: Our carvings have been going to places all over NZ and far beyond. Greenstone Carvings NZ, Pounamu Carvings Auckland, Nephrite Napier, Pounamu Hastings, Greenstone Wellington, Greenstone Christchurch, Greenstone Hawkes Bay, Greenstone Waipukurau and many more towns.
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2018 ATOS Hawkes Bay – Hastings, Napier, Waipukurau
