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Here you will find an overview of all artists and their artworks, thank you!

Our artists, and credits... thanks to:

Bob and Marilyn Blindell from Kre8ive for the glass waka and more...

Rob and Karina from Neptunes for the Maori musical instruments...

Gill Saker for her stunning acrylic paintings and prints inpired by Maori design...

Michelle and Sandra from Flaxworks for the beautiful kete and pikau...

Nigel and Shane from One Good Turn for the swamp kauri bowls... and other wooden bowls.

Steven from Werble Hill crafts. Fish arts... the ones that don't get away...

Ikey from Robertson design for the zinc carvings.

Kay Philips for ceramic tiles... NZ designs...

Andrew Firth from The Glassblower for the glass pendants.

Jo Luping for ceramic tiles and touchstones... koru shapes...

Ian and Tokiko Walters from Venus Hot Glass. Truly amazing glass koru...
Have a look to see for yourself.

Barry Wilkes for his commissioned greenstone carvings.
In memoriam

Melanie Barnes from Azure Art, limited edition prints, inspired by Maori culture.

Mati Fielder for designer jewellery with Maori inspired design.

Perla for her bandannas.

Graham with his Fronz silver fern jewellery and more.

Greg for his tuatara

Mark for his koru bracelets and Maori design silver pendants

Joe and Sione for their excellent bone carvings

Grant for his pounamu, greenstone carvings.

Richard for his exclusive pounamu, greenstone carvings and greenstone artwork.

Beez for his exclusive Pacific pearl shell carvings

Fern Petrie. Our background is part of the artwork "Ancient Rhythms" by Fern Petrie. Please note that Fern's work is no longer available.

Samoan artists: Samoan siapo (tapa cloth) from Samoa.

Ian Brodie, the writer of the Lord of the rings loccation guide book.

Nick Theobald and Paora Walker, the writers of the Instant Maori book.

 

 

Our bone carving site:

Visit our special carvings special...

Introduction to our site

First dawn of 2000, photos taken from North Head, Devonport, Auckland

This map will show you where we are
Overview of our carvings and an overview of all our fishhook carvings

A touch of FLASH: short movie
Clients and visitors : a selection of our visitor and client comments
Viewing our site: Aotearoa, land of the long white cloud, New Zealand, about ordering codes, prices, design
An animation... just for fun...
Kete, flax basket or pouch, for your carvings...
Bandannas, Maori design bandannas for your carvings...
Wood carvings, any of our bone carving designs in wood...

Pounamu, greenstone... new...The latest news and updates... Pounamu, greenstone... new...

FAQ's

We are a Link to Weta Award site: about our site...

Matau bone carving

How to order a carving, with link to currency converter. (Please take note of the code of the carvings you wish to order. The code can be found at the bottom of every carving page or underneath the image or description of the carving. The price is also stated there in US Dollars). You will need the code to complete our order form...

Secure on-line ordering

We wrap our bone carvings in tapa cloth from Tonga, one of the Pacific islands. You can also order a small kete (flax basket) or a bandanna for your carving. Our site also features Samoan siapo (tapa cloth) from Samoa, by Shane and Lena Rivers.

Our poumanu carvings come in a gray or black felt pouch.

About our carver Mr Joe Katoa of Auckland, including history about carvings.
How to carve bone, an introduction to carving, with links to more information.
Books about carving and more books and videos about New Zealaand.
Links to other sites.

Matau bone carving

All our carving pages have a description of the meaning of the carving.
Quick jump to the carvings + description:

Ko te hei matau a Maui = The fishhook of Maui = Good luck charm: peace, prosperity, good luck, good health. A very popular carving.
This page has links to:

large fishhooks
small fishhooks

wood 'n bone fishhooks

Arohanui = All my love
Atawhai = Generous
Kiwi = Native bird of New Zealand
Koru = Life, growth, movement, new beginning, new life.
Large koru
Manaia = Spiritual Guardian
Opo = The friendly dolphin, dolphins are a good omen. Link to more dolphins
Patu = Weapon. Link to more patu
Seahorse = Loyal
Tangaroa = Guardian of the ocean
Ko te Houora = New life, new beginning
Ko te mura = The flame, being a shining example to others
Tiki = Human figure
Warrior = Warrior's defiance and strenght in fighting
Whaletail = Speed and strenght, good luck charm.
Large whaletail

Pounamu, greenstone carvings Pounamu, greenstone... new... including a triple twist carving...

Exclusive greenstone carvings by Richard Anderson

Exclusive Pacific pearl shell carvings by Beez

kete, for your carvings, made out of flax, very New Zealand!

Matau bone carving

Daan Hoogbruin. Thank you Daan for your wonderful koru sculpture! It is one of my favourite pieces. For more of Daan's work, visit his pages.

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Matau bone carving

How to order
With link to currency converter

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||| Dolphin ||| Patu ||| Seahorse |||
||| Tangaroa ||| Ko Te Hei Matau a Maui |||
||| Ko Te Houora ||| Ko Te Mura ||| Tiki |||
||| Warrior ||| Whale Tail ||| Twist |||

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