My mother and grandmother were practical, dextrous and creative New Zealand women. My granny enjoyed arts and crafts, and would spend some of her free time collecting coloured sands from around Waiotapu volcanic plateau, to make intricate landscapes (or 'sandscapes') within vintage bottles. She would feed the sand into the bottles with funnels and straws, and carefully position it in place with an assortment of tools. She created many stunning miniature scenes of Rainbow Moun