Weaving a large container from New Zealand flax by Ali Brown
38.99 NZD
Category: Toi Māori / Art - Whakairo, Raranga, Taonga Puoro
Fun and Functional Flax Weaving by Ali Brown
86.99 NZD
Category: Toi Māori / Art - Whakairo, Raranga, Taonga Puoro
Te Toki Me Te Whao: The Story of Maori Carving Tools by Clive Fugill
44.99 NZD
Category: Toi Māori / Art - Whakairo, Raranga, Taonga Puoro
It is over a century since the last major book on Māori carving tools. Clive Fugill, Master Carver at the NZ Māori Arts & Crafts Institute, tells the mythical, traditional and modern stories of the making and use of carving tools, including the adze (toki) and the chisel (whao) with detailed drawing ...Show more
Kete Whakairo: Plaiting Flax for Beginners by Margaret Rose Ngawaka
65.99 NZD
Category: Toi Māori / Art - Whakairo, Raranga, Taonga Puoro
Margaret Rose Ngawaka- Iwi (Tribe)-Ngati Porou, Kahungunu, and Rongomaiwahine I live on a 148-acre offshore island on the west side of Great Barrier Island, Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand, where my husband and I have raised our seven children. Living here so remote has the challenge of not being able to atte ...Show more
Weaving Baskets, Backpacks, Boxes and Other Projects by Ali Brown
89.99 NZD
Category: Toi Māori / Art - Whakairo, Raranga, Taonga Puoro
Weaving Flowers from New Zealand Flax 4th ed by Ali Brown
86.99 NZD
Category: Toi Māori / Art - Whakairo, Raranga, Taonga Puoro
Maori Weaving: The Art of Creating Maori Textiles by Brian James Bargh, Cherie Taylor and Vanessa Bidois
19.99 NZD
Category: Toi Māori / Art - Whakairo, Raranga, Taonga Puoro
Since the ancestors arrived in Aotearoa New Zealand and discovered the useful properties of harakeke (New Zealand flax), Māori have used flax leaves to create baskets, mats, housing materials, clothing, ropes and fishing nets. In weaving and the patterns used, Māori record histories and stories, passin ...Show more
Mawhitiwhiti patterns and woven bags by Robin Hill
30.99 NZD
Category: Toi Māori / Art - Whakairo, Raranga, Taonga Puoro
Covers a range of Mawhitiwhiti patterns for use in korowai weaving and instructions for weaving two different bags. Photos and graphics make the processes clear and understandable for everyone, beginner or not.
Know Your Maori Carving by Glen Pownall
14.99 NZD
Category: Toi Māori / Art - Whakairo, Raranga, Taonga Puoro | Series: NZ Pocket Guides | Reading Level: very good
The pre-eminent craft of the Maori is generally accepted as being their skilled wood carving and as is to be expected of a skill that takes pride of place among their craft, Maori wood carving is surrounded by legends and myths, ascribing miraculous origins to the motifs and techniques involved. The eas ...Show more
Ngā Kaihanga Uku: Māori Clay Artists by Baye Riddell
69.99 NZD
Category: Toi Māori / Art - Whakairo, Raranga, Taonga Puoro
This book is the first comprehensive overview of Māori claywork - its origins, its loss and its revival. Richly illustrated, it introduces readers to the practices of the five founders of Ngā Kaihanga Uku (the national clayworkers' collective) and surveys the work of the next generation.
Greenstone Carving: Techniques and Concepts in Pounamu by Len Gale
39.99 NZD
Category: Toi Māori / Art - Whakairo, Raranga, Taonga Puoro
This concise guide to the art of greenstone carving, out of print for the past 20 years, returns in a smartly designed, fully illustrated new edition. Greenstone Carving takes readers from the origins of pounamu/greenstone through the basics of the artform - design, tools and techniques, different stone ...Show more
Te Hei Tiki - An Enduring Treasure in a Cultural Continuum by Dougal Austin
64.99 NZD
Category: Toi Māori / Art - Whakairo, Raranga, Taonga Puoro | Reading Level: near fine
Of all Maori personal adornments, the human figure pendants known as hei tiki are the most highly prized and culturally iconic. This book showcases photographs of a large selection of hei tiki, most from the taonga Māori collection at Te Papa. The collection of over 270 hei tiki is the largest in New Ze ...Show more