Our Artists

We work with some of New Zealands best greenstone artists and pounamu carvers.

Tamaora Walker

The Rotorua-based carver, regards the stone with a reverence and respect born of his Maori heritage. Discover more of his incredible handcrafted designs.
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Akapita Scally

Aka's designs are notable for their perfect lines and exemplary finishing. His skill in reflecting traditional and New Zealand forms in his pounamu designs, makes his work some of our most desired.
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Makaire Raharuhi

The newest carver to join our Rotorua Studio, Makaire is part of Tamaora Walker's whanau and beginning his carving journey. Learning from the best his eye for care is evident in his work.
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Mountain Jade Studio

Inside the Mountain Jade Studio, talented pounamu carvers transform raw stone into carved art.
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Luke Gardiner

Raised on the rugged West Coast, Luke's connection with the wairua (spirit) of the land is evident, infusing his artwork with a peaceful, protective aura.
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Jayme Andersen

Jayme's passion lies with creating pieces that step away from the traditional, yet still have a sense of appreciation and respect for the forms from our ancestors.
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Hannah Sheehan

A self-taught silversmith, Hannah extends the language of her craft with a new medium, choosing precious metals to enhance contemporary design.
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Aden Hoglund

Aden’s work has been adored and adorned by passionate collectors, and celebrities alike, including Barack Obama and his holiness the Dalai Lama.
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John & Margaret

John Sheehan Snr is the founder of Mountain Jade, while his wife, Margaret Franken, has the same shared passion to carve stone skilfully producing her own contemporary pieces.
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Paddy Cooper

Carving only New Zealand pounamu, Paddy was first taught carving by Māori. His teachers have all been Māori, much of his work has strong Māori influence.
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John Sheehan

Award-winning jade carver John Sheehan Junior is inspired by jade’s strength, translucency, colours and tactile nature, pushing the limits of the stone.
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Johnny Vroblfski

Johnny's forte is in carving traditional twists, korus and hooks, showcasing his artisan skill in perfect line accuracy, balance and finish.
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Sheree Warren

Sheree moved to the West Coast and fell in love with its charm and the creativity of the people. She now tutors jade carving - supporting the next generation.
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Ric Moor

Through jade Ric has discovered and defined himself as a person, a teacher, as kaitaki of pounamu and as a New Zealander, Ngati Pakhea, who identifies strongly with Māori culture.
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Garry Fairbrother

From a young age, Garry developed a passion for discovering pounamu. The magnificent pieces of pounamu he found soon inspired Garry to his art.
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Conrad Henderson

Drawn to natural New Zealand materials, Conrad started out as a native timber cabinet maker, progressing to teaching himself the process of carving amber, wood, bone and stone. From there he formed his carving studio - Lost Inspirations.
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Donna Summers

Donna studied at the prestigious Whitecliff College of Arts and Design, winning the Eden Arts Art School competition. Donna is half Filipino, half NZ-European, growing up being whangai’ed into the Maori culture, in Northland.
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Alex Sands

Alex has been carving since childhood, and as such is an expert when working with jade, but also in other mediums like Māori wood carving.
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Trent Lawrie

As a passionate hunter, Trent finds inspiration in the great outdoors. He found himself attracted to pounamu due to its connection with the natural world.
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Kawakawa Stone

Nick and Mady have a shared passion for their craft. Both have received local and international awards and recognition for their work.
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Kyohei Noguchi

Hailing from Japan, Kyohei moved to NZ at 3-months old. His father was a bone carver and as a young child Kyohei would study his hand-work of his father.
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Andrew McGregor

Andrew began his journey with jade and hard-stone carving in 2005. He draws inspiration from ancient cultures and their art forms, including Māori, Celtic, and Viking.
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Luke Leaf

Luke's style is an amalgamation of traditional and modern design, finding inspiration from natural organic forms.
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Aaron Greaves

Aaron works from his home studio in Hastings and finds influence for his work in the natural environment from organic form to the hard lines of geometric shapes as well drawing on the rich history of Māori arts.
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Ernesto Ovalle

Ernesto's style leaves an intentional rougher look, drawing inspiration from the connection between the stone and the whenua (land).
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James Pirika

James believes that family is a precious taonga (treasure) much like jade is, and is humbled to share his heritage through carving jade.
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Ana Krakosky

Living on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island, has become an environment that inspires her work. The extremes of weather, surrounded by native beauty is a constant stimulation for Ana's creativity.
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Creative Jade

A collaboration of artists with diverse backgrounds and unique talents; but a shared desire to create truly unique, one-off pieces.
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Josey Coyle

West Coast Josey's nourishment of her feminine creativity and the sensuousness of natural forms inspires her designs, often paired with sterling silver.
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Neil Brown

Neil Brown finds himself entranced by the luminescence of pounamu. Observing the stone, after a little while the shape forms in his head.
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Tim Steel

Tim has developed his own style which is inspired by his ancestors, natural and urban aesthetics, as well as artefacts both contemporary and ancient.
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Cal Wagenaar

Cal is inspired by the spirit of New Zealand, a spirit felt in not only our natural environment but also our people. Cal’s gold work is crafted by hand.
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Jewels of the Earth

Exquisite New Zealand pounamu crafted by the hands of Paul Beinssen, set in silver by a hand-picked team of craftsmen.
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Niki Nepia

Niki's work is defined by traditional art forms, and extends into domains that he finds satisfies contemporary sculpture and adornment.
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Rakai Jade

This collective pride themselves on pushing the boundaries of traditional Māori design; producing pieces that reach a high level of artistic excellence.
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