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Designed with a variety of native and imported salvaged timber triangles, hand detailed to celebrate the timbers tone and grain and to add diversity and pattern. SOMg unites these varius timbers, Kauri, Rimu, Totara, Oak, Mahogany, Pine, Cedar, Japanese Cedar Spruce to create a stunning Tapatoru pat...

This Art work is designed in SOMg's creative upcylcling style. Wedges of salvaged Mahogany are burnt and charred and composed together to create a stunning sculptural woven looking panel. Size - 1130mm x 670mm All art work is ready to hang. This art piece is heavy, and would need to be hung on a stu...

Designed with a variety of native and imported salvaged timber slithers (Kauri, Rimu, Totara, Oak, Mahogany, Pine, Cedar, Japanese Cedar Baltic Spruce). SOMg stacks these slithers displaying their end grain giving an incredible texture. Set against the scorched rough sawn hardwood, polished Rimu pan...

Designed and made using salvaged Cedar, the natural tones and hues of the timber make this piece shine. Constructed in a central ripple effect, playing on pattern shadow light, this art work would make a statement to any interior. SOMG combines his earthy classic timber skills, with his cutting edge...

Designed with a variety of native and imported salvaged timber slithers (Kauri, Rimu, Totara, Oak, Mahogany, Pine, Cedar, Japanese Cedar Baltic Spruce). SOMg stacks these slithers displaying their end grain creating a stunning texture. Combined with the scorched western red Cedar, a polished Rimu pa...

This Art work is a stunning showcase of SOMg's inventive style. Made from 100% Salvaged Native Rimu, Macrocarpa upcycled Poplar. Framed in Cedar against a matt white backdrop, this Art work is beautifully composed and crafted, inspired by the flowing cyclical nature of Waves. Size - 930mm x 930mm Th...

Designed and constructed from 100% salvaged Cedar, this piece is created in a typically inventive SOMg style. The vertical Cedar panels contrast in depth, length and tone, creating a cool Sculptural Art piece. Beautifully framed with black and a timber inlay, this Artwork is sleek and modern and wou...

In true SOMg style, his upcycling nature is at the forefront here utilising salvaged exotic Garapa, a South American hardwood. He celebrates the timbers natural warm tone and grain, and composes a dynamic work using his Tapatoru patterning. Combined with his slithers technique created with a variety...

In this work SOMG uses an ancient Japanese technique of wood preservation called Yakisugi, involving burning the timber to create the deep black charred colour. Part of his Tapatoru series, the charred triangles created from salvaged Native and Exotic timbers are contrasted against the stunning desi...

This is a SOMg statement piece. Uniquely designed and crafted with his cutting edge style, this piece is made from 100% salvaged native Rimu. Cleverly burnt using the Yakasugi technique to create a seemless tonal fade, composed on a gloss white panel and framed in Siberian larch. Size - 495mm x 495m...

Designed with a variety of native and imported salvaged timber slithers (Kauri, Rimu, Totara, Oak, Mahogany, Pine, Cedar, Japanese Cedar Baltic Spruce). SOMg stacks these slithers displaying their end grain giving it a whole other level of texture. Combined with his burning technique, and a Cedar he...

This SOMg Artwork is stunning. The beautiful tones and grain of the New Zealand native rimu, the detailed layered sculptural element, and the fusion with the natural harakeke, makes for a really breathtaking centre piece. Salvaged timber slithers including Totara, Rimu, Kauri, Kwila, Pine Oak slight...

Designed with a variety of Native and Exotic salvaged timber (Kauri, Rimu, Totara, Oak, Mahogany, Pine, Cedar Japanese Cedar). SOMg hand details these pieces with contrasting tones, textures and patterns. This work celebrates all those individual pieces and all their diverse origins and beauty, and ...

This dynamic piece is designed with a beautiful symmetry, highlighted with stunning contrasting tones created in a typically inventive SOMg style. Made from 100% reclaimed Native Rimu and Western Red Cedar, SOMg uses an ancient Japanese technique of wood preservation called Yakisugi, involving burni...

This contemporary Art work is one of the freshest new pieces from dynamic Maori artist Mike Paora, AKA SOMg. Here he plays with a number of reclaimed timbers, and an array of inventive pattern work creating an incredibly original circular, sculptural Art Work. Within this Art work SOMg uses New Zeal...

This contemporary Art work is one of the freshest new pieces from dynamic Maori artist Mike Paora, AKA SOMg. Constructed with detailed and innovative pattern work, highlighting the beautiful natural glow of the timber designed in a typically inventive SOMg style. This Artwork is made from 100% recla...

SOMG uses an ancient Japanese technique of wood preservation called Yakisugi, which involves burning the timber to create the deep black charred colour, which has a beautiful depth and shine. Part of his Tapatoru series, this work showcases charred triangles all created from salvaged Native and Exot...

Made from reject Cedar, charred and cut in a stunning yet simple surging curve, and rendered through the burning of the natural tones of timber. Mounted on white backing and framed with a chunky cedar frrame. Size - 610mm diameter - Framed @ 860mm x 860mm All art pieces are ready to hang These innov...

SOMg has combined native harakeke and salvaged New Zealand native Rimu to create this contemporary fringed, crescent style work. The rimu crescent has been textured and charred to create the incredible tone. Its form hints to the shape of a tribal neckpiece, and the unique combination of Native natu...

Quintessentially modern moulded ply side chair made in Latvia. - Designer: Jakob Berg, Denmark - Made in Latvia - Birch Ply with Oak Veneer - Clear Lacquered - Also Available in Birch Ply with Oak Venner Stained Black or Walnut Veneer - Stacks 10 High - Optional Seat Back Upholstery Dimensions: 502W x 575D x 842H x 472SH mm

Quintessentially modern moulded ply side chair made in Latvia. - Designer: Jakob Berg, Denmark - Birch ply with oak veneer stained black - Available in Birch ply with oak or walnut veneer surface - Stacks 10 high - Optional seat or back upholstery - Made in Latvia Dimensions: 502W x 575D x 842H x 472SH mm

(Ngti Hine, Ng Rauru, Ngti Ruanui, Tainui) Tena koutou katoa, I began weaving at the age of 13 while visiting my father on Great Barrier Island. In a short week, I fell in love with raranga. I have lived and grew up in Northland, and through my years here, I have learned from many beautiful weavers ...

The story of contemporary Maori art from the 1950s to the present day, with more than 200 artworks by 110 Maori artists, this is a powerful, dynamic new book. Maori art is unique among all art movements, and to Aotearoa New Zealand. Drawing on centuries of indigenous knowledge and skill, it reflects...