This young Māori artist makes beautiful New Zealand jade pendants. From Spirit Wrestler Gallery in Vancouver, BC, Canada:
“Tamaora Walker
(1984- )
Māori
Te Arawa
Tamaora has worked with Māori jade artist Lewis Gardiner since 2004 and has quickly developed his own style. Tamaora’s work was included in the Spirit Wrestler Gallery’s Mini Masterworks II (2008) and Kaitiaki—Guardians (2006) exhibitions. He was also recently featured in the Toi Māori: Small Treasures event at the de Young Museum, San Francisco (2008).”
https://www.spiritwrestler.com/catalog/index.php?artists_id=55&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2011-04&sort=6d&page=3
About Lloyd Kahn
Lloyd Kahn started building his own home in the early '60s and went on to publish books showing homeowners how they could build their own homes with their own hands. He got his start in publishing by working as the shelter editor of the
Whole Earth Catalog with Stewart Brand in the late '60s. He has since authored six highly-graphic books on homemade building, all of which are interrelated. The books, "The Shelter Library Of Building Books," include
Shelter,
Shelter II (1978),
Home Work (2004),
Builders of the Pacific Coast (2008),
Tiny Homes (2012), and
Tiny Homes on the Move (2014). Lloyd operates from Northern California studio built of recycled lumber, set in the midst of a vegetable garden, and hooked into the world via five Mac computers. You can check out videos (one with over 450,000 views) on Lloyd by doing a search on YouTube:
Very novel looking in a tempting color.It has a western look and would perfectly suit the stylish and the trendy.I know now why he was featured.