Controversy surrounding the Harbour Mouth Molars has been brushed away and replaced with wisdom, sculptor Regan Gentry says.
Despite not having seen the $45,000 molars in about two years, he still received "strange little thank yous'', he said.
"The strangest was from a German dentist who had seen them somehow,'' he said.
He was pleased to have heard reports the bottoms of the molars were weathering while the tops continued to gleam.
"The aim with using Oamaru stone was to have the two presentations with the one material.''
He had not used Oamaru stone since completing the Molars because his work was influenced by the environment in which it sat, he said.
His latest sculpture Bound Around at the start of the Tauranga Eastern Link, was his largest project yet. Made from crash barriers and tanalised posts, it took a year to complete, he said.
"It made Dunedin look like a walk in the park.''
