4. Ili Fulumoa in natural earth tones, Ili Fulumoa, stylish, eye catching and one of a kind.
handcrafted in Samoa using laupola Handcrafted in Samoa using all natural
(pandanus leaves), laufa'i (banana leaves), materials, laufala (pandanus leaves) and
fulumoa on the edges, and Siapo feathers of the moa (chicken).
(mulberry bark and natural dyes). Both sides of the ili as shown are identical.
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8. Lonnie Hutchinson
• Lonnie Hutchinson is a multi-media artist who has exhibited extensively
throughout Australasia and in exhibitions internationally. Her output,
which is informed by her Ngāi Tahu and Samoan heritage, regularly pays
homage to Pacific women and their traditional arts.
• Working across media including sculpture, painting, screen-printing and
performance art, Hutchinson's work is most recognizable for its signature
cut-out style.
11. Virginia King
Mantle (The Guardians): Matter and Spirit, 1990.
Salvaged kauri mantlepieces, oil paint and Damar resin.
3 pieces, each 1500 x 300 x 30mm. Collection of the artist.
12. Kauri Forest Canopy, 2000. Commissioned work at
Botany Town Centre, Manukau City
Stem, 1994. Macrocarpa and copper wire,
1200mm diameter.
Private collection, Auckland.
13. Matiatia Frond, 2003. Macrocarpa and stainless
steel cables and fittings.
Earth Sculpture, 2001-2002.
80m across, height rising to 10m
15. Fatu Feu'u
FATU FEU'U Orongo 1992
FATU FEU'U Vi'iga poula: Adoration of Fertility Ritual by Night 2001
Woodblock on barkcloth, laid on paper, 596 x 490 mm.
Woodcut, 559 x 1212 mm. (Collection of Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki) (Collection of Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki)
18. koru design
Some sources say that the curving stalk
with its bulb shape resembles the koru
fern.
The koru may also resemble a curling
wave as it crashes against the seashore.
19. The koru shape as an art form/motif/shape has been used by Maori artists for many
generations. It is the most common design element found in kowhaiwhai patterns.
Kowhaiwhai paintings decorate the ceilings of ancestral houses (whare whakairo) or
the walls and ceilings of whare kai (dining halls).
20. Gordon Walters
Gordon Walters, Tamaki 1983 Screen print
Gordon Walters investigated the use of the koru motif in his art work. He was interested in the repetition
of the koru motif in Maori art and changed the motif from a curvilinear form to a strictly geometric shape.
Walters has focused on black and white koru with
• Straight lines
• A rounded bulb shape.
21. Sandy Adsett
Awhiowhio - Whirlwind Kahurangi, Te Papa Store
Acrylic on hardboard
Sandy Adsett has explored koru motifs in his art work.
He appreciated their simplicity and freedom to ‘push the patterns to their limits’.
From his red, black and white palette Adsett explored other colour arrangements.
Notice how he placed the koru motifs in grid boxes and repeated reversed and rotated them.
22. Task
• Divide your A3 page into 4 sections.
• Pick one work by Virginia King, Lonnie Hutchinson and one other artist and
redraw it, using either pencil, pen, or indian ink.
• Using the ideas from the artist models construct your own pattern and draw it in
the last square.
• Cut your shape out from cardboard. Class combines their patterns together and
hangs them from the ceiling.