Amie Redpath is a Te Tai Tokerau–based stone carver whose practice is grounded in material intelligence, coastal influence, and an ongoing exploration of sovereignty through form.

Working primarily with hard igneous and metamorphic stones — including pounamu, basalt, andesite, argillite, and agate — she approaches each work through sustained material listening. Her process is deliberately slow and physically engaged, allowing the internal structure and resistance of the stone to inform the final outcome. Form is not imposed; it is negotiated.

Redpath is a self-taught carver of Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Māmoe, Waitaha, Scottish, English, and Manx descent, based in Te Tai Tokerau, Aotearoa New Zealand. Her practice began over twelve years ago with mortar and pestle forms and has since expanded into sculptural, functional, and wearable works in hard stone. Working predominantly with diamond saws, angle grinders, hammer and chisel, and drills, she maintains a physically direct relationship with the material.

Raised in Southland and now based in Whangārei Heads, Redpath’s work is informed by early immersion in remote coastal environments and later years spent at sea as professional crew. Extended time in wild landscapes established an enduring sensitivity to buoyancy, tension, containment, and natural structural logic — concerns that continue to surface across the work.

Encounters with the open ocean — including super pods of dolphins, surfacing whales, and rare nocturnal atmospheric events — further sharpened her awareness of both the power and fragility present within natural systems.

Alongside her studio practice, she delivers stone-carving workshops grounded in ahurutanga (safe learning environments), kaitiakitanga (responsible stewardship), and mauri ora (wellbeing through creative practice).

Her work has been exhibited across Northland and Auckland, and she was a finalist in the Perpetual Guardian Small Sculpture Prize at Waiheke.

UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS

Whangārei Heads Arts Trail
Easter Saturday & Sunday, 2026

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

Finalist, Perpetual Guardian Small Sculpture Prize, Waiheke Community Art Gallery, 2025
‘Hāora Tūturu / Perpetual Sponge’

Selected Artist, R T Sculpture Awards, NZ Art Show, Wellington, May 2025

Sculpture Northland, Whangārei, May 2025

Sculpture on the Shore, Outdoor Exhibition, 2023 — two works sold
Sculpture on the Shore, Indoor Gallery, 2023

King’s College Art Sale, Auckland, 2023

Whangārei Heads Arts Trail, 2023

WOMAD Retail Site, March 2023

Key Resource Artist, Collaborationz, 2023

King’s College Art Sale, ‘Artbox’ and Main Gallery, October 2022

Art Salon Exhibition, Fo Guang Yuan Art Gallery, October–December 2022

Sculpture Northland, Quarry Gardens, Whangārei, May 2022

Whangārei Heads Arts Trail, April 2022

Sculpture in the Garden, Whangārei, 2021

Member’s Exhibition, Depot Artspace, Devonport, 2021

Collaborationz, Head of Stone Section, national collaborative workshop with 70 New Zealand artists, May 2021

Whangārei Heads Arts Trail Exhibition, Reyburn House, 2020–2021

Art in the Garden, curated sculpture tour, Whangārei, 2020

Feast, Waiheke Community Art Gallery, August 2019

Whangārei Heads Arts Trail, Home Studio, 2019–2020 (2020 event cancelled due to COVID-19)

Taste of Auckland, VIP Marquee Dinner, December 2016
(200 plates commissioned by Roots Restaurant, winner Good Food Awards 2018)

COLLABORATIONS

Lyzadie Design Studio, 2019–present
Stone components for Candelabra and Bookends, Dance of Geometry collection

Collaborationz, 2021, 2023, 2025
Rock Tent Resource Person

WORKSHOPS

Braiding Workshop, Grey Gallery, Auckland, September 2025

PUBLICATIONS

Northern Advocate, Sculpture on the Shore article, November 2023

Salt, Chef Natasha McAller, October 2022

Hiakai: Modern Māori Cuisine, Chef Monique Fiso, 2020

Cuisine Magazine, Issue 192, January 2019
– Engraved platter and bowl, Ōra King Salmon Awards
– Craggy Range Restaurants advertisement

Cuisine Magazine, Issue 191, November 2018
– Good Food Awards Guide (front cover)
– On The Make feature
– Awards coverage

COMMISSIONS

Jewellery Commissions, ongoing, 2025–

Osberg Prow Figure, sculpture commission, 2025–

Tahitian Pounder, private commission, 2023
Cook Islands Pounder, private commission, 2023
Solomon Islands Pounder with Ancestor Figure, black granite, 400mm, private commission, 2023

Hawaiian Tattoo Bowls, ‘Hawaiian Series – Yenedakine (Chief of War)’, 2023

Mussel Pendants, private commission, 2023
Gabbro Ring, private commission, 2023

Pacific Pounder Series — Solomon Islands, Hawai‘i, Cook Islands, Marquesas, private commission, 2023

Hawaiian Traditional Poi Pounders and Mortars ( Cheif of War TV Series, November 2022

Goddess Pendants (x3), pounamu, private commission, 2022
Pounamu Bulge Ring, private commission, 2022

28cm Molcajete, basalt, November 2021
Octopus Pendant, pounamu, December 2021
Mahe Pendant, pounamu, February 2021

Earlier works include numerous private commissions of mortar and pestles, bowls, plates, figurative works, and jewellery.

RESTAURANT COMMISSIONS

2016
Mick’s, Orewa
O’Connell Street Bistro, Auckland
Bistronomy, Napier
Roots, Lyttelton
Malo, Havelock North

2017
Roots, Lyttelton
Clooney, Auckland
Meredith’s, Auckland

2018
Hiakai, Wellington
Roots, Lyttelton
Kika, Wānaka
Craggy Range Vineyard, Hawke’s Bay
Tantalus Estate Vineyard, Waiheke Island
Paperbark, Sydney
Saint Alice, Auckland

2019
Māha, Kerikeri
Tantalus Estate, Waiheke Island
The Grove, Auckland

2020
Mr Morris, Auckland

2024
Craggy Range Vineyard, Hawke’s Bay

2025–2026
Kai Waho, Taupō