I just dropped some beautiful new sculptures off to Kura Gallery in Auckland including a large tawhairaunui (red beech) matau (fish hook) with muka cord and greenstone (jade) sinker. These are proving to be very popular, and this one in particular is a beauty. The wood was given to me from Te Horoto marae, so it's kind of special too. As fishermen were the providers for the community, the matau represents abundance and prosperity. There's also a smaller matau, as well as a huge tawhairaunui burr which I've carved korus into, and inserted a greenstone. Korus represent new life, as they are the budding fern fronds. A new tawhairaunui burr bowl with a paua insert, and beautiful swamp kauri korus. The kauri is about 30,000 years old.
