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Mangemange Pathfinder is an exquisite work, celebrating the form of the native climbing fern. Growing first in dark, damp places, the Mangemange plant sends out tendrils to source the light. It is incredibly strong and has traditionally been used to make rope, thatching, fish hooks and eel traps. Th...

Jim Wheeler’s Fierce Lancewood Leaf is a sculpture of one of New Zealand's unique native trees, Lancewood, or horoeka. The lance-like foliage changes as the tree matures so the tree looks remarkably different when mature.As Wheeler says: "Lancewoods have always fascinated me since the first time I...

Jim Wheeler’s Lancewood Leaf Transition is a sculpture of one of New Zealand's unique native trees, Lancewood, or horoeka. The lance-like foliage changes as the tree matures so the tree looks remarkably different when mature.As Wheeler states: "Lancewoods have always fascinated me since the first ...

Jim Wheeler’s Lancewood Leaf Mature is a sculpture of one of New Zealand's unique native trees, Lancewood, or horoeka. The lance-like foliage changes as the tree matures so the tree looks remarkably different when mature.As Wheeler says: "Lancewoods have always fascinated me since the first time I...

With Jim Wheeler’s small-scale Tanekaha Leaflet, 2010 (cast 2021), it is as if the artist has picked the leaves directly from the forest floor. It speaks of the artist’s profound respect for the land around him, his sculpture as homage to the perfected systems of nature.His intricate work is, at...

REGENERATION SERIES: Puriri Gate Post, 2011Bronze1575 x 430 x 350 mmSpringing from Jim Wheeler’s REGENERATION SERIES, the revered native Puriri sprouts from a distinctively New Zealand gate post. This ‘indication of new life symbolises the country's constantly evolving society while also emulati...