Pounamu carvings created by our talented Maori carver Aden from Hokitika.
When we stayed at the lovely kiwi bach ‘Wai-iti’ in Punakaiki. The owner Vaughn told us about his friend Aden in Hokitika. Aden is a Maori master carver of Ngai Raukawa and Swedish descent. Aden has been carving New Zealand jade for over twenty five years.
It’s quite cool that Aden sources his own greenstone. And we always love the variety in colours when we receive Aden’s pounamu carvings.
Aden creates stunning carvings for Presidents and future Queens. Aden is the carver who created a stunning greenstone artwork for President Obama. He also created a beautiful greenstone pendant for the Duchess of Cambridge.
Our carver works from home and enjoys visitors to the gallery from all over the world. The pieces Aden carves are made from genuine New Zealand jade. The designs are a mix of traditional and contemporary Maori free form.
We visited Aden’s workshop twice while traveling the South Island (Te Waipounamu). And we have a selection of his toki (adze) pendants, drop pendants, koru pendants, fishhook pendants and tiki pendants.
We keep adding more of Aden’s beautiful pounamu carvings in the future.
Beautiful pounamu tiki pendant with paua eyes by Aden >>>
Aden’s greenstone pendants are a great addition to our Aotearoa.co.nz site.