Workshop
Learn about the practices associated with Māori arts whilst creating a marama (moon) taonga in this 1-day workshop. Using grinders, drills, wet and dry sanding, and polishing tools, participants will design and carve their pendant. Traditional Polynesian binding and lashing techniques will complete the pendant ready to wear. Discover the story of Rona and Marama in this contemporary Tikanga based workshop. Maximum of 10 participants.
Please bring kai each day for shared lunches.
Upcoming
Workshops
The Magic Realism of Portraiture
With Liam Barr
5 days
Mon 14 – Fri 18 Jan
10am – 4.30pm
Adults
Advance your drawing and painting skills and explore how combining the real and unreal can build original visual imagery and narratives.
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Shibori: Shaped Resist Dyeing
With Susanne Williamson
3 days
Mon 14 – Wed 16 Jan
10am – 4.30pm
Adults
Shibori is an inventive art, originating in Japan and involving patterns created on fabrics using folding, stitching and pole wrapping. This workshop is an exploration of Shibori vat dyeing techniques using cotton dyes and the bleach back shadow technique.
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Drawing for the Figure
With Paul Woodruffe
3 days
Mon 14 – Wed 16 Jan
10am – 4.30pm
Adults
Draw and understand the human figure in this workshop. Explore a simple set of methods to enable the use of minimal lines to draw the human form in multiple poses, within perspectives, different genders and ages.
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