This stands for permanent love and entwinement through the embodiment of the life principle of Ira, where Ira Atua, the Spirit is balanced by Ira Tangata, the Body. It is expressed in two ways in this carving, once, as the two halves of the piece, and again as the stone representing the body, with the cut outs being the spirit. Thus the wearer, who is seen through the spirit shapes, is included in the spirit of the design..
Brian Flintoff 
