Artist
Directory
Below you
will find a cross-section of listings for artists whose work
we
carry and represent. A status on our supply line from each is
attached and kept current with either a link to their available work or
a brief description of the status of our supply from them. We
have added several new artists over the past months and are continually
working to get and keep them all here for you to see. We have
also lost a few artists who we were previously honored to represent and
provide direct links to contact them under their sections directly
wherever we can. We will NOT refer or link to other
representatives or wholesalers, but we WILL put you in direct contact
if we can with any artist we know of but do not yet or currently
represent on our site or through our network to our resellers.
Noble House Trading Company does not purchase from or
represent
wholesalers or other artist representatives - all of our ties are
direct to the artist or they are not offered for purchase through us.
Fraud is rampant in the industry and we will not help
facilitate
it in any way we can avoid. We also aggressively investigate
and
prosecute counterfeiters wherever we find them and work closely with
the Customs and Trade Assurance divisions of the New Zealand
and
United States Governments to maintain the highest level of integrity
and authenticity possible as well as promoting the same among our
peers. Wherever applicable, our materials are Gemological
Institute of America tested and the analyses are kept public within our
files and available upon request. Exceptions to this rule are
direct artist's links wherein the artist certifies their goods and
materials personally.
Noble
House Trading Company's main goal is to accurately and beneficially
represent ANY talented artist who is honest in their work and reflects
the ethics and values commensurate with the quality standards we set.
We are ALWAYS aggressively seeking new talent. If you are an artist who
believes you fit these general criteria, or know of one you'd like us
to consider for our network, PLEASE contact us! We believe there is as
great a vacuum for honest marketing representation as there is for top
line work.
Mahalo!
ADAM
WHITE
- We have yet to be able to verify Adam's existence. If
anyone has any
information please contact us or have Adam contact us.
ANTHONY
BRAY-HETA - Anthony is a Kiwi living in
Australia. He is
currently working on some new design ideas that we will feature as they
become available.
Cattle
Bone
Sterling
Silver and Bronze cast jewelry
Mammoth
Ivory
BRANT
TRAVIS - pending
CALEB
ROSS - We used to carry some of Caleb's more basic designs
through our
old supplier. We now carry Caleb's newest work as it becomes
available directly from him, as he manages our stock bone and jade
divisions of manufacture. We are proud to count Caleb as one
of
our only in-house carvers!
New
Zealand Pounamu
COLIN
BENNETT - pending
DARREL
RALPH - We are currently working with Darrel, who is fast
becoming a
living legend, to put together his section of our website.
Until
its completion, please see Darrel's creations at his website.
www.darrelralph.com
DEAN
HETHERINGTON - pending
GORDON
WELLS - Gordon specializes in whale tails and ocean themed
pieces.
New
Zealand Pounamu
GRANT
NICHOLLS
- Grant has a manufacturing facility and produces for a couple of
different sales venues inside New Zealand only.
Grant has
not responded to our request for verification of his stone and has, in
at least one instance, been given credit for a piece of black jade that
was tested by GIA (Gemological Institute of America) to be
glass.
KEN
DALZELL - Ken and his sons, Jeremy and Peter, are an
outstanding
carving team
that are a must see. We are currently working with Ken to put
together their section of our website.
KERRY
THOMPSON - pending
LEN
& CANDY KAY - Len & Candy's pieces can be
purchased
directly from them through their website.
crash.ihug.co.nz/~candykay/index.html
LILACH
PAUL - No longer available through Noble House Trading
Company.
LONE
WOLF
- The story we'd been given was that Lone Wolf was this big
burly biker type who worked in sterling silver. We now know that he is
simply a wholesaler in NZ, not in any way an artist, and all of the
works we had been told were his were simply manufactured jewelery. As
we said, fraud is rampant in this industry, buyer beware! We do
everything we can to verify sources and situations like this are one
motivation for only dealing direct as we do now! NZ and the US
Governments aggressively prosecute fraud - we leave their job to them,
gladly, and help wherever we can!
MORGAN
WATSON - We have yet to be able to verify Morgan's
existence.
If anyone has any
information please contact us or have Morgan contact us.
MURRAY
JONES - We have yet to contact Murray.
PETER
GERVERT - pending
ROSS
CRUMP - A living icon, one of Ross's largest commissions
was to carve a
replica of the Americas Cup in Jade
(along with
carver Bevan Clemo and polisher Brant Travis).
Unfortunately,
fraud is rampant in the industry as we have stated many times before
and even some of the old school carvers have sold out to mass
production and the draw of greed. We have removed Ross
Crump's
works from our site upon learning that a percentage of them are not
done by his hand, admitted openly to us by his own wife.
In her words,
"Ross
carves most of our work but because of the large volume he does get
help with some of the stock, so we don't make promises to anyone that
it is definitely Ross's work. We always make sure the work is done to a
high standard. This has never been a problem for us."
Noble
House has a problem with this. While a simple, honest
description
would still accurately and honestly describe merchandise such as this,
- "Enjoy browsing through our jade or greenstone range,
which are all carved in our own workshop by carver Ross Crump." -
does
not. Noble House will never knowingly participate in this
type of
misrepresentation. Works designed perhaps by Mr.
Crump, can be seen directly at his site at www.jadegallery.co.nz.
STANLEY
NATHAN - We have yet to be able to verify
Stanley's existence.
If anyone has any information
please contact us or have Stanley contact us.
TAHU
WILLIAMS (TANE)
- To the best of our abilities we cannot ascertain that this artist
actually exists. All evidence points to him being an invented
personality, or perhaps attributed to at least another individual
entirely, in fact not of Maori but Tongan descent.
TREVOR
HEIGHWAY - The detail in Trevor's pendants is
magnificent.
A gallery of Trevor's sold pieces is available as
an
example of the caliber of Trevor's work.
Archive
Gallery
VINCE
CABANILLA - Vince specializes in "tiki" matau pendants.
We
are currently working with Vince to put together his section of our
website.
WAYNE
ROSS - Because of the blending of the work, literally, from
the hand of
God in the grain of the wood with Wayne's incredible eye these pieces
must be seen to be believed.
New
Zealand Ancient Kauri wood
New
Zealand Matai wood
New
Zealand Rimu wood
New
Zealand Totara wood
Archive Gallery
ZEIFA
- Zeifa works in a wide range of materials, although his Mother of
Pearl and Jade pieces are the most popular. More pieces by
Zeifa
in various materials will be added in the coming weeks.
British Columbian
Jade