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10/10 would recommend- an amazing experience we’ve remembered fondly for years
Te Koha Gallery的点评
点评：10/10 A Must do — we still talk about this years later! Jan is so wonderful :)
Te Koha Gallery is one of the most meaningful experiences we had during our trip a few years ago. I’m writing this review years later as it has stayed with us in in such a good way.
The experience:
When we first arrived Our instructor, Jan, welcomed us in and began sharing Māori beliefs surrounding pounamu (jade), including the tradition that you carve a piece for someone else. We chose to make necklaces for each other which we still have to this day. (We even had they at our engagement and wedding)
On a table in front of us sat what looked like ordinary rocks, but when Jan poured water over them, each stone revealed its own shade of green. We picked our pieces and got to work. Jan handed us safety glasses and noise-cancelling headphones, then brought us into a workshop lined with sand wheels. She taught us how to carve and shape the jade by hand.
I started with a triangular stone and shaped it into a long teardrop, stringing it with teal—one of my favorite colors. My stone originally resembled a Batman mask but I eventually carved it into a crescent moon.
After carving, we went through a full sanding process with different grits of sandpaper until our pieces were smooth. Jan drilled the holes, soaked the stones in oil to bring out their color, and finished them with cord.
These necklaces became far more special than souvenirs. We wore them during our engagement photos and again on our wedding day. They are symbols of our first big trip together, of us creating something for each other with our own hands, and of the memories we built along the way. We can’t thank Jan enough for giving us an experience that became such an important part of our story.
Jan asked us to send photos from our wedding someday so here they are at the end
TLDR - Do this, you’ll have a wonderful experience and get a treasured keepsake for years to come
Te Koha Gallery is one of the most meaningful experiences we had during our trip a few years ago. I’m writing this review years later as it has stayed with us in in such a good way.
The experience:
When we first arrived Our instructor, Jan, welcomed us in and began sharing Māori beliefs surrounding pounamu (jade), including the tradition that you carve a piece for someone else. We chose to make necklaces for each other which we still have to this day. (We even had they at our engagement and wedding)
On a table in front of us sat what looked like ordinary rocks, but when Jan poured water over them, each stone revealed its own shade of green. We picked our pieces and got to work. Jan handed us safety glasses and noise-cancelling headphones, then brought us into a workshop lined with sand wheels. She taught us how to carve and shape the jade by hand.
I started with a triangular stone and shaped it into a long teardrop, stringing it with teal—one of my favorite colors. My stone originally resembled a Batman mask but I eventually carved it into a crescent moon.
After carving, we went through a full sanding process with different grits of sandpaper until our pieces were smooth. Jan drilled the holes, soaked the stones in oil to bring out their color, and finished them with cord.
These necklaces became far more special than souvenirs. We wore them during our engagement photos and again on our wedding day. They are symbols of our first big trip together, of us creating something for each other with our own hands, and of the memories we built along the way. We can’t thank Jan enough for giving us an experience that became such an important part of our story.
Jan asked us to send photos from our wedding someday so here they are at the end
TLDR - Do this, you’ll have a wonderful experience and get a treasured keepsake for years to come
翻译：10/10 必去之地——多年以后我们依然津津乐道！Jan 太棒了 :)
几年前的旅行中，Te Koha Gallery 是我们最难忘的体验之一。时隔多年，我仍然对它念念不忘，所以写下这篇评论。
体验：
我们刚到的时候，指导老师 Jan 就热情地接待了我们，并开始分享毛利人关于绿玉（pounamu）的信仰，包括为他人雕刻一块绿玉的传统。我们选择为彼此制作项链，至今仍然珍藏着。（我们甚至在订婚和结婚时都佩戴了它们。）
我们面前的桌子上摆放着一些看似普通的石头，但当 Jan 用水浇在上面时，每块石头都呈现出不同的绿色。我们挑选了自己喜欢的绿玉，开始动手制作。Jan 给我们戴上护目镜和降噪耳机，然后带我们进入一个摆满砂轮的工作间。她教我们如何手工雕刻和塑形绿玉。
我先用一块三角形的石头，把它雕琢成一个长长的水滴形，然后用我最喜欢的颜色之一——蓝绿色的绳子串起来。这块石头最初看起来像个蝙蝠侠面具，但我最终把它雕刻成了一弯新月。
雕刻完成后，我们用不同粗细的砂纸打磨了一遍，直到成品光滑。Jan负责钻孔，把石头浸泡在油里以凸显它们的颜色，最后用绳子串起来。
这些项链远不止是纪念品那么简单。我们在拍订婚照时戴着它们，婚礼当天也戴着。它们象征着我们第一次一起旅行，象征着我们亲手为彼此创造的礼物，也象征着我们一路走来共同创造的美好回忆。我们非常感谢Jan，她给了我们这段经历，它成为了我们故事中如此重要的一部分。
Jan让我们以后发一些婚礼照片，所以照片就在文末。
总结：一定要试试，你会拥有美好的体验，还能得到一份可以珍藏多年的纪念品。
几年前的旅行中，Te Koha Gallery 是我们最难忘的体验之一。时隔多年，我仍然对它念念不忘，所以写下这篇评论。
体验：
我们刚到的时候，指导老师 Jan 就热情地接待了我们，并开始分享毛利人关于绿玉（pounamu）的信仰，包括为他人雕刻一块绿玉的传统。我们选择为彼此制作项链，至今仍然珍藏着。（我们甚至在订婚和结婚时都佩戴了它们。）
我们面前的桌子上摆放着一些看似普通的石头，但当 Jan 用水浇在上面时，每块石头都呈现出不同的绿色。我们挑选了自己喜欢的绿玉，开始动手制作。Jan 给我们戴上护目镜和降噪耳机，然后带我们进入一个摆满砂轮的工作间。她教我们如何手工雕刻和塑形绿玉。
我先用一块三角形的石头，把它雕琢成一个长长的水滴形，然后用我最喜欢的颜色之一——蓝绿色的绳子串起来。这块石头最初看起来像个蝙蝠侠面具，但我最终把它雕刻成了一弯新月。
雕刻完成后，我们用不同粗细的砂纸打磨了一遍，直到成品光滑。Jan负责钻孔，把石头浸泡在油里以凸显它们的颜色，最后用绳子串起来。
这些项链远不止是纪念品那么简单。我们在拍订婚照时戴着它们，婚礼当天也戴着。它们象征着我们第一次一起旅行，象征着我们亲手为彼此创造的礼物，也象征着我们一路走来共同创造的美好回忆。我们非常感谢Jan，她给了我们这段经历，它成为了我们故事中如此重要的一部分。
Jan让我们以后发一些婚礼照片，所以照片就在文末。
总结：一定要试试，你会拥有美好的体验，还能得到一份可以珍藏多年的纪念品。
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