Ipu Taniko

Kei te whakaata āku toi i te hokinga ki mua ki te whakanui i ngā tūpuna i whakatōmene, i whakatau ai i te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa i ngā manotau ki mua. Ka hunaia taua hītori tae noa ki ngā tau inā tata nei, heoi nā rātou i tuku iho te tauira niho taniwha ātaahua i runga i ngā ipu matapaia ātaahua, he tauira i huri haere ai ki ngā toi auaha o ō rātou uri Porinihia.

– Colleen Waata Urlich

Ko te tāniko he tui whakaniko ā-matimati e hanga ai i ngā tauira āhuahanga hihiri e kitea nuitia i ngā pakitaha o te korowai. Ko tā tēnei toi a Colleen Waata Urlich he toh utoro i te tauira tāniko hei rāpoi i ngā tikanga toi o te uku me te raranga

My work reflects a journey into the past, to honour ancient ancestors who explored and settled the Pacific thousands of years ago. Their existence was hidden until very recent times, but they left a rich visual legacy in dentate patterning on beautiful ceramic pots, patterns that continue to evolve in the creative works of their Polynesian descendants.

– Colleen Waata Urlich

Tāniko is a traditional finger woven embroidery that creates dynamic geometric patterns which are frequently encountered in the borders of korowai (woven cloaks). In this work Colleen Waata Urlich references the tāniko patterning and in doing so brings together the artistic traditions of clay and weaving.

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