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Pendants

Ian Thorne is the owner/proprietor of The Bone Studio and Gallery. He has been carving for 10 years -- since learning in Chris Bone's workshop in Wellington. He's been teaching bone carving since running a course at the Owairaka Boy's Home in Auckland.

Ian works in a broad range of materials including beefbone, whalebone and teeth, petrified mammoth bone, dugong (a large marine mammal) bone, ebony, shell, horns and stone. His styles cross a broad range being influenced by Maori, Celtic, African and contempory design. All his work is of top quality finish and he specialises in carving to order with original designs.

Ian has created pendants (and one bracelet on display here) from almost the strangest of materials — from beefbone to petrified mammoth bone, from ebony to shell and horns. Here's proof that his answer to 'it's not "what can you carve?" but "what can't you carve?"' is "not much!"


Ian at his workbench
Ian Thorne
at his workbench
Manaia w/ pounamu-whalebone
Bone Selection
 
Ocean Waves
Whalebone Selection
(Muriwai rib)
Toki Selection - Jade
Pounamu Toki Selection
(jade)
Pounamu Selection
Pounamu Selection
(jade)

 $123

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"Bound Together"
(spermwhale jawbone)

 $456

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"Mere Tohoraa"
(whalebone)

 $150

Ebony Koru
Ebony Koru
(recycled ebony)

 Sold

Celtic/Maori Bracelet
"Celtic/Maori Bracelet"

 $350

Double Koru (wapiti button)
Double Koru
(wapiti button)

 $350

Ivory Duality
"Ivory Duality"

 $250

Mammoth Korus
"Mammoth Korus"

 $150

Dugong Weaving
"Dugong Weaving"

 ~$250

Serpentine Pekapeka
Serpentine Pekapeka
 

 $75

Whalerib 'Four Winds'
Pounamu Drop, Hook & Toki
(jade)

 ~$250

Hei Tiki (front &  back)
Hei Tiki
(front & back)
Whalerib 'Four Winds'
"The Four Winds"
(whalerib)
Growing Together
Manaia Pounamu
(jade)
w/Goldeye

 ~$250

Family
"Family"
Raati onewa - harpoon
Raati onewa
(Harpoon)
Eight Eternities
"Eight Eternities"
Petrified Dugong Bone
(Asian manatee)
Logo Hook
Logo Hook
40,000 year old
mammoth ivory
Ngaru Wairua
Ngaru Wairua
40,000 year old
mammoth ivory
Dark Flounder
Dark Flounder
White Flounder
White Flounder
Tails
Tails
Maori Amulet
Maori Amulet
MatauManaia
Matau Manaia
Rei Puta
Rei Puta
Woven Flower Tooth
Woven Flower
Whale Tooth
Rei Puta - Whale Tooth
Rei Puta
(whale tooth)
Bone Weaver
Bone Weaver
Koropepe -  antler button
Koropepe
(antler button)
Whalebone Tiki with Paua eyes
Whalebone Tiki with Paua eyes
Tiki with Jade eyes
Tiki with Jade eyes
Whale Cloud
Whale Cloud

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