When visiting Hokitika, on the West Coast of the South Island, I was almost drooling over the beautiful carved jade (greenstone) Koru's which were mounted on great pieces of New Zealand driftwood. Being unable to afford to buy one of these, I came home inspired to try to make my own version using clay and some of the driftwood collected on the beaches on the West Coast; I was pleased with the result.
In Wellington, many of the street bollards are in the shape of the Koru
which inspired me to make a large Koru for my garden
From the very large Koru, I then started making some small ones and mounting them on some silver birch.
Also during this New Zealand trip I saw a stone carving of two interconnecting Korus which formed a heart shape; I sketched this ready to use at a later date.
Using the sketch I started coiling two clay Korus which I cut away to join together to make this Double Koru.
Double Koru (25cm) |
Koru with incised fern leaf (~30cm) |
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