Tokotoko - 'Kōtuku'
Tokotoko 'Kōtuku - a commissioned piece for the client’s cousin who has collected walking sticks from all over the world throughout his life as a hobby and now as he enters his twighlight years he has 'Kotuku' to accompany and support him. Created from Pohutukawa and Heart Totara with resin highlights, and Ostrich bone and resin eyes the whakairo features 3 Manaia, representing the cousin and his whanau and the kiri kiore pattern embodies the flow of travel, waves and wind between the UK and Aotearoa, as they discovered and connected with each other.
Tokotoko 'Kōtuku - a commissioned piece for the client’s cousin who has collected walking sticks from all over the world throughout his life as a hobby and now as he enters his twighlight years he has 'Kotuku' to accompany and support him. Created from Pohutukawa and Heart Totara with resin highlights, and Ostrich bone and resin eyes the whakairo features 3 Manaia, representing the cousin and his whanau and the kiri kiore pattern embodies the flow of travel, waves and wind between the UK and Aotearoa, as they discovered and connected with each other.
Tokotoko 'Kōtuku - a commissioned piece for the client’s cousin who has collected walking sticks from all over the world throughout his life as a hobby and now as he enters his twighlight years he has 'Kotuku' to accompany and support him. Created from Pohutukawa and Heart Totara with resin highlights, and Ostrich bone and resin eyes the whakairo features 3 Manaia, representing the cousin and his whanau and the kiri kiore pattern embodies the flow of travel, waves and wind between the UK and Aotearoa, as they discovered and connected with each other.