Noble House Trading Company










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


GEORGE POTAKA - George is a truly multi-talented artist working in a number of mediums and disciplines.  Below are some of the mediums George carves in.  George also does painting, photography and tattoo design.   

Cattle Bone
New Zealand Pakohe
New Zealand Pounamu
Whale Bone
New Zealand Wood
Paintings
Archive Gallery


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


NEW ARTISTZEIFA - 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