A hanging cloth in natural yarns representing water, fire, earth and air elements. Handwoven in fine hemp and silk with inlays of gold and vintage silks (Japan), hand spun Indigo dyed cotton (Laos), raw and spun silks (India) dyed with indigo. Traditional patterns and designs, pātikitiki, chevron and plain weave. Cloth that reflects my IDENTITY […]
A rib design hanging cloth, handwoven in dyed fine border leicester/merino cross (Australian Tapestry Workshop) and vintage fine silk (Japan). Cloth that reflects my IDENTITY as a hand weaver, the yarns that I choose, and the practice of weaving them together to create beauty.
Whispering Woman is a contrasting piece with bright metallic gold and thick black interconnected lines while the subject of the painting is trying to be discreet. It represents those moments where you are attempting not to be noticed but in doing so become the central focus.
Rebel Rhino represents playfulness and soft vulnerability. With a rhino which is often seen as a hard animal made from soft materials. Part of a series of various different rhinos the artist has made over the years with different personalities. Rebel Rhino with it’s tattoo fabric and variety of fabrics represents something that could be […]
As the family home I grew up in goes on the market, I thought about how many of my memories and life events are strongly linked to this house and the suburb. Postcards from Parnell is a bright and fun highlight reel to my life; much like a modern day Instagram account.
On Queen’s Birthday 1975 a hitchhiker went missing on lonely Matea Road off the Napier-Taupo highway. She stands in the shadow of her attacker and in her final moments her world fractures and she is surrounded by jellyfish. Behind her a tornado approaches drawing up the car that carried her there into its vortex. In […]
An imagined piece of loss and hope. With the stars of Matariki above him the last huia has been sucked through a worm hole space portal. Surrounded by the undersea creatures and bats that made the journey with him he is trapped in space and time on the edge of a event horizon. Perhaps one […]
Mālō e lelei, ko hoku hingoa ko Hūfia Taumoefolau, My lino print as a whole represents the beauty of Pasifika women. Breaking it down, there are the flowers that represent beauty with the woman that I have chosen who is doing a traditional dance and in our Tongan culture we believe that it is to […]
