Whakairo: Māori carving | 100% Pure New Zealand
Whakairo rakau (wood carving) focuses on using a range of native timbers, particularly wood from the majestic giants of the forest, the kauri and totara. The trees used for wood carving …
Whakairo – Māori carving – Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand
Māori carving developed its own unique style, including the curved patterns and spirals inspired by New Zealand plants such as ferns. Elaborately carved pātaka (food storehouses) and waka …
Whakairo - Wikipedia
Toi whakairo (art carving) or just whakairo (carving) is a Māori traditional art of carving in wood, stone or bone. [1] History. Timber was formed into houses, fencepoles, pouwhenua, …
The Bone Art Place - New Zealand bone, jade and wood craft and …
Hand crafted Bone, Jade, Wood, Pearl and Silver necklaces, pendants, carvings, gifts and wearable art from New Zealand & the Pacific. Traditional Maori and contemporary designs.
Early Maori Wood Carvings - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The art of wood carving was brought to New Zealand by the ancestors of the present-day Maori, who likely settled the islands around 1100 A.D. Examples of ancient Maori wood sculpture are …
The Descendants of Maori Wood Carving: Meet the Master ... - Cut The Wood
Turning into one of the most important mentors in a Modernist Māori art movement that was on the rise within New Zealand, Arnold Manaaki Wilson loved to experiment with both traditional, …
The Art of Maori Wood Carving
For example, New Zealand’s Maori Arts and Craft Institute has announced free hours when visitors can also watch how the young trainees learn from the master woodcarvers in the art of …
The National Wood Carving School - Te Puia
Discover The National Wood Carving School. The New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute (NZMACI) is the home of the national schools of carving (including pounamu and bone) and …
Exploring the Rich Tradition of Maori Woodworking in New Zealand
Woodworking has been an important part of New Zealand’s artistic culture, which can be traced back to the works of artists and designers throughout history. The Maori people have a …
Carving materials and techniques – Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand
Symbolism of carving materials. The trees used to provide wood for whakairo (carving) represented Tāne, the god of the forest, and carving timber was sometimes referred to as the …