Whāwhāngia kia rāngona te hā
This series of uku and taonga pūoro reflect the aroha and ihi that I have found for uku in the Tai o Hī Tai o Hā wānanga. Adorned with gifted paruparu from Pēria and white uku from Matauri bay, they pay homage to the life force given to us by Papatūānuku.
The process that has influenced the development of this series of work is tākoha atu, tākoha mai, as uku is shaped and malleable to the forces that surround it, so too does it carve out and connect to whatever it comes in contact with.
ARTIST: Amelia Blundell
MATERIALS: Uku, paruparu, kokowai
Amelia Blundell
(Ngāti Kahu ki Whangaroa, Ngāpuhi)
Amelia is a story-teller both in spoken and written forms. She loves landscape architecture and design and also painting and drawing. Amelia is a tactile person so creating with her hands is important to her, whether it’s planting, growing and harvesting or painting and drawing. Amelia paints with watercolours and oil paints on leftover pieces of wood or paper.
