Flax, Kina, and Koura Pendants
FLX-1500-NAT-NAT - Flax - Bamboo Pendant - 60 - Natural
Flax is based on the long slender leaves of the indigenous flax plant or harakeke in Maori. It has long been grown for its valuable fibre. There is a Maori proverb about preserving important resources: If you cut the central stalk of the flax bush, where will the bellbird feed? Maori would only take some of the outer leaves to ensure an ongoing supply.
KIN-1400-NAT-NAT - Kina - Bamboo Pendant - 56 - Natural
Kina references the inner shell of the local salt water sea-urchin called kina in Maori. David saw a kina shell in Antarctica – an exquisite jewel sunk in a tiny hollow in the sea ice. The shell had absorbed enough warmth from the sun to melt the ice around it.
KOU-1600-NAT-NAT - Kōura - Bamboo Pendant - 64 - Natural
Koura was inspired by woven baskets and also from the curled form of the New Zealand native fresh water shrimp, koura, which is its Maori name. Like our other lights Koura is available in a wide range of sizes from small and intimate to very large and dramatic
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