Shane MacIntosh Greenstone

Shane MacIntosh is a pounamu carver of Ngāpuhi descent, working from a home workshop near Te Puke in the Bay of Plenty with more than 25 years in the greenstone carving industry. He first carved bone in the late 1980s, later moved on to whale bone, and now works in pounamu, much of it flower jade and green jade from the Marsden area of the South Island.

His traditional and contemporary pendants, including toki, roimata and mako tooth designs, are sold through his own website and stocked by galleries such as Puawai Jade in Rotorua and The Poi Room. Workshop visits are by appointment only, arranged by phone, text or email, and he no longer takes commissions or private orders.