'Wahine'From our first breath to our last, we are wrapped in cloth.
When we are at our most vulnerable, alone with our dreams, cloth embraces us.
It takes on our emotions, memories, hopes and pain. Imbued with the wairua of the past the blanket forms intimate associations.
Often these are feminine associations, that of Motherly love, childbirth or illness.
Women are the keepers of knowledge, passed from mother to child.
This work celebrates the women in my life who have taught me,
inspired me, scolded me, loved me, and made me who I am.
Dedicated to the memory of Kate Harbutt - Weaver, teacher, mother, friend.
Whilst we morn your loss, you live on in your teaching and the stories you have left behind.
Haere atu ra, haere atu ra.
When we are at our most vulnerable, alone with our dreams, cloth embraces us.
It takes on our emotions, memories, hopes and pain. Imbued with the wairua of the past the blanket forms intimate associations.
Often these are feminine associations, that of Motherly love, childbirth or illness.
Women are the keepers of knowledge, passed from mother to child.
This work celebrates the women in my life who have taught me,
inspired me, scolded me, loved me, and made me who I am.
Dedicated to the memory of Kate Harbutt - Weaver, teacher, mother, friend.
Whilst we morn your loss, you live on in your teaching and the stories you have left behind.
Haere atu ra, haere atu ra.
'Story Talker'
Work in progress.
'Ataahua'
'Trace'
'Salve'
'Haere Atu Ra'
'Fragment'
'Fragment'
'Fragment' (detail)
