Door handle (3rd of 4)

Tuatara often appear in carvings and sculpture. These handles on sliding doors are practical as well as a design feature. To make the handles, a photograph of a tuatara was digitised into a three-dimensional image. This was then used to create a mould, into which molten aluminium was poured.

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Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand
Photograph by Leanne Tamaki

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