Aroha Matchitt-Millar
Hōmai ō Taringa kia Ngaua e au (give me your ears so i may chew on them)
Ngāti Rangitihi, Ngāti Tarāwhai, Whakatōhea
Hōmai ō Taringa Kia Ngaua e Au
Hōmai ō Tūī (B&W Film photography print)
Postgraduate Diploma Māori Visual Arts
A taonga inherently contains all the knowledge of its creation and, within Te Ao Māori, is acknowledged as having its own life force. Acknowledging Hine-nui-te-pō and Hineahuone as creation atua, these jewellery works explore what happens when taonga are created from something at the end of its life cycle. Does this taonga now contain not only the knowledge of its creation but also the knowledge of its death?
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