Ko wai ahau?: Artist statement

"Ko nga kokona o te whare ka kitea"."Ko nga kokona o te ngakau e kore e kitea". Ko tenei whakatauki, he whakatauki ki te tautoko i te karanga o te ngakau. Te karanga o te ngakau ki tou ake hiahia. Ko te ngakau te tatau ki te Ao wairua. Kei roto i te Ao wairua te ngako o te tangata. I reira te wahi ki te kimihia, ki te rapua i te hiahia o to ake ngakau. Mai ou whakarro tuatahi, ka whakaaro i to hinerngaro, ka kitea ou kanohi, ka mahia to tinana, i taua wa tonu ka koropupu i te hohonu o to ngakau, katahi ka puta ou whakarro i te wheiao ki te ao marama, ka ora ai. Ko enei aku korero ki nga mahi toi a te Maaori.

Tangaroa and Ngapuhi.

This is my major body of work. The brief for this peice was to research and develop a 3 Dimensional body of work of a self determined nature. We were encouraged to not only build apon previous work that we had done but also take that work to a higher level. This is my major piece which was carved out of totara and has 3 narratives. The head speaks of Tangaroa, the body speaks of taniwha in Ngapuhi and the 3 waves at the bottom speak about the waves that Nukutawhiti returned with to Aotearoa.

Ko wai ahau?

Artist statement

Funding resources

Blog Archive

Maaori carving sites

WHAKATAUKI / MAAORI PROVERB

ART

TANE-NUI-A-RANGI

KOTIATE

Ranginui and Papatuanuku

Taa Moko (Niwareka and Mataora).

ARCHITECHURE FORM

Poupou Rahui

Contemporary Glass Mere

Tangaroa and Ngapuhi.

Te Ao Marama

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