This is a subsidised workshop in The Incubator’s Matariki series. You can only book into one subsidised workshop, so choose carefully! Bookings for all full price workshops are also open, and you may book into as many of those as you wish.

This is an introductory workshop and a contemporary take on the traditional Maori art form of tukutuku. In this introductory workshop we hope to inspire you to get weaving and tell your story through tukutuku.

Tukutuku are found in Wharenui (meeting house). The walls are adorned with Tukutuku panels each telling stories of our ancestors.

Tutor: Ngawaiata Sellars
What: Story telling through Tukutuku
Date: Wednesday, 15th June
Time: 6.30 - 8.30pm
Where: The Artery
Cost: $10

Tukutuku are made with various materials such as natural fibres like kiekie and pingao. That are then traditionally dyed with flora and fauna native to Aotearoa. We will have some of these materials on display at the workshop so you can see and feel the different textures and familiarise something new.

The patterns of tukutuku have symbolic meanings, in this workshop you will learn the basics and go home with a handout to continue creating at home.

Important: If you are unable to make this workshop, please let us know immediately, so we can let someone else go instead.

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