New Zealand Marlborough rock daisy, Pachystegia insignis

This is my fourth piece and quite a change from anything else I've carved before.

This beautiful plant is found growing along the coastline of Kaikoura.

The leaves and flowers are made from a recycled Kauri stud which came from one of Auckland's earliest homes, a Bishop Selwyn house built around 1857 in Parnell, Auckland.

The branch is mounted on a piece of rustic Puriri collected from Tawapou Farm.