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Our drawing sessions have led us to drawing full figures which I find super exciting because I've always marvelled at te full figured carings and always wanted to have a go at sketching them. I loved every minute of the session today and most of our online class was conducted through silence (we were all focussing so hard.
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Taranaki wheku
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The first part of our session involved going over the differences between the different regions and there are two distinctive styles of figured carvings, block and serpentine. Of course I had an interest in the Te Taitokerau styles and current knowledge was pretty much consolidated. It was interesting learning about all the differences and similarities between carving styles, for example, the many similarities between Te Taitokerau and Taranaki carvings.
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Pūhoro
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I also realised there's a lot I don't know in regards to how many 'well known' whakairo artist there are and I need to get up with the play. I haven't yet decided on the artists that I'll be studying, it's been trickier than I thought. I thought of my brother-in-law but he's not a 'recognised' carver as such, he's still my carving hero though. I also thought about doing Matua Manos Nathan because he was an awesome mentor and someone I will always look up to, he was an uku artist who used whakairo techniques to decorate many of his pieces. I'm not too stressed about it all at the moment because I know soon enough who to study. In the mean time, I'm LOVING our sketching sessions.
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