Once I had finished the koiri kōwhaiwhai patterns, I thought I'd tackle the Pūhoro and kiriore whakarei next.
I learnt from the last task how important the pencil lines were for spacing and symmetry so I spent some time drawing up the pūhoro design first. I flicked through my photos on my phone for some inspo from one of Ralph's peices at school so I could get an idea of pūhoro placement.
I found that when I sketched up my design I could see that a couple of the pūhoro were facing the wrong way which meant the unaunahi lines wouldn't look right so I had to add in a koru to break up the unaunahi lines.
Challenges: Carving the tips of the pūhoro proved challenging because I felt it wasn't a clean curve and required a lot of cleaning up afterwards.
Carving the pūhoro gave me the confidence to continue with attempting the kirikiore. As always I looked for inspo and i knew I had my bro Johnny's off cut on my phone so I pulled it out to look at carefully.
I looked carefully at the unaunahi and talked to my bro on the phone. He said to 'chase' the unaunahi and I knew what he meant. I enjoyed the challenge and again noticed the mistakes you make when you are fatigued (eyes and concentration) Super stoked with the attempt. I also remembered what Tom said about the 'holographic' effect that the kiririore can create.
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