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Once again a play with the koru theme and leaves all representing new life.
Made from ancient kauri measuring about 48″ x 26″ high or 120cm x 650cm tall
French polished surfaces with natural texture from the chainsaw from when it was milled.
Has a totally wild and natural outside edge
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Made from ancient kauri, this is a wall sculpture featuring the Maori new year when the star system, “the pleadies” arrives in the morning sky during the winter.
What does the Matariki star represent?
Matariki is connected to health and well-being and is often viewed as a sign of good fortune or health to come in the following year. If the cluster and the Matariki star are bright and high in the sky, it is a signal of well-being, peace, and good luck for observers.
measures about 40″ x 40″ or 100cm x 100cm
This piece has a beautiful grain structure, the koru represents the new beginnings for a new year. The basic shape is of a cornucopia or horn of plenty and the spiral arms represent each of the 7 stars in Pleiades star system.
What does cornucopia mean?
Cornucopia Definition & Meaning – Merriam-Webster
- : a curved, hollow goat’s horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance. called also Horn of plenty.
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This piece is all about new life and birth. made from an ancient kauri slab with the birth canal and koru, being “new life arriving into the world”.
Stands 60″ x 22″ wide or 150cm x 550mm wide. The material this is made from is 32,000 years old, one of the first slabs I worked with almost 40 years ago.