The Art of Pounamu Craftsmanship

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TE WHARE PORA  THE HOUSE OF WEAVING A BLOG FOR MOKO POUNAMU Ben Brown. October 2022 Part 2: Tuatahi, Te Muka - First, The Muka

TE WHARE PORA THE HOUSE OF WEAVING A BLOG FOR MOKO POUNAMU Ben Brown. October 2022 Part 1: The Most Important Dominions

NGĀ AHUATANGA HOAHOA O TE TOI WHAKAIRO MĀORI DESIGN ELEMENTS OF THE MĀORI CARVING ARTS A BLOG FOR MOKO POUNAMU. Ben Brown. October 2022. PART 3 ADORNING THE NARRATIVE

NGĀ AHUATANGA HOAHOA O TE TOI WHAKAIRO MĀORI DESIGN ELEMENTS OF THE MĀORI CARVING ARTS A BLOG FOR MOKO POUNAMU. Ben Brown. October 2022. PART 2: FORM AND PATTERN LIGHT AND SHADOW

NGĀ AHUATANGA HOAHOA O TE TOI WHAKAIRO  MAORI DESIGN ELEMENTS OF THE MĀORI CARVING ARTS A BLOG FOR MOKO POUNAMU. Ben Brown. October 2022. PART I

It was Tāne Mahuta of the brother gods who tore apart his parents embrace, thrusting Ranginuiatea forever heavenward to become the sky, leaving Papatuanuku prone to lie beneath as the all encompassing mother that is the earth. Tāwhirimātea, alone of the brothers, was against the separation of his parents and went to war bringing his winds and storms against his brothers, defeating them one by one, sending Tangaroa to hide in his ocean, Tāne to his forests, while Haumia and Rongo buried themselves in the earth of their mother. Only Tūmatauenga stood firm, finally defeating his brother Tāwhiri. Enraged and grieving, Tāwhirimātea gouged out his own eyes, crushed them in his hands and flung them up onto his father’s chest where they can still be seen as ngā mata o Te Ariki Tāwhirimātea - the eyes of the god Tāwhirimātea - shortened to Matariki

Moko Pounamu pride themselves on supplying the highest quality of craftmanship and product, using only the finest pounamu from the West Coast of New Zealand.