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Learning Experiences Outside the Classrom
Te Tuhi Centre for the Arts
Phone: (09) 577 0138 ext 7703
jeremy@tetuhi.org.nz
Jeremy Leatinu’u
Education Coordinator
Te Tuhi Pre-visit lesson 2
NZ
Welcome to I AM NZ
During this lesson we will explore…
Aotearoa NZ in black and white
But before we start, let’s recap on what we
learnt during our last lesson…
Image: http://www.robsuistedoncanvas.co.nz/new_zealand/canvas_print.asp?id=34972
Is a place where our family and
friends live.
Is home to Māori and Māori culture. Over the years its become
home to different cultures and is a great place to learn from one
another.
During our last lesson we learnt that Aotearoa NZ…
Is a place with snowy
mountains, calm lakes, sunny
beaches, fun bush walks, parks
and camp sites.
Is a place of festivals, museums, different
theme parks, wildlife parks, national parks,
and native plants and animals.
Lets start this lesson by exploring
Aotearoa NZ in black and white.
Image: http://nesterprints.co.nz/black-and-white-lino-prints/
As
an artist
in Aotearoa
NZ there
areart,
many
things
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useliving
all sorts
of materials
to make
including
But
what
is
printmaking?
to be inspired
by to make art.
printmaking.
Printmaking process
There are many different ways to printmaking, but all
follow a very similar process such as this…
1
3
Step 5
2
4
First artist
an
artist
sketches
their
artwork
in
With
printing
ink
and ato
roller,
the
The
then
begins
carefully
pulls
places
carve
the
out
a artist
paper
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areas
pencil
onink
a the
piece
of lino
or
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panel
of of
rolls
over
the
carved
template.
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away
sheet
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from
of
drawing,
paper
template.
over
including
the
top
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large
printing
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template
wood.
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ink will
cover
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machine
andbackground
puts
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and
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not
the artwork.
bits you carved
front.template
paper,
leaving and
a tidy
print
out.
Now lets explore some printmaking artworks by a
group of artists creating art inspired by Aotearoa NZ…
Esther Remnant
Esther is an artist from Nelson who is
inspired to create art that show her
love for native birds
Esther creates artwork prints of many
native birds including Pīwakawaka
(Fantail), Kererū (NZ pigeon), Tui and
Tomtit to name a few.
Tui
TuiKererū
Every art piece Esther creates shows the
character, elegance and playfulness of
these familiar friendly birds.
Esther’s artworks help remind us of
the many beautiful native birds
Aotearoa NZ is lucky to have.
Robin
Tomtit
Images and text: http://nesterprints.co.nz/
Titipounamu
Pīwakawaka
Jono More
Jono More is a self taught artist who makes
print artworks that reflect his passion for
taking care of the environment
Jono creates detailed woodcut prints
which often show some of our native
plants such as the cabbage tree or Ti
Kouka.
Ti Kouka is a regular native plant for Jono
because he grew up around them in the
central South Island where many Ti
Kouka live.
Jono’s woodcut prints help remind us that
these trees and other native trees, are
part of the identity of Aotearoa NZ and that
we should take care of them.
Dwain
Aiolupotea
Dwain Aiolupotea is an artist who is of
Samoan heritage and grew up in Porirua
Wellington.
Dwain’s beautifully carved print works
reflect his culture, identity and childhood
memories growing up.
Many of Dwain’s print artworks show
angels, crosses, stars mixed with
Polynesian patterns, signs and symbols.
Dwain’s print artworks show identity can
include many things such as faith, culture
or your childhood memories growing up.
Sam Farquhar
Sam Farquahar is an artist of Scottish,
English and Māori heritage (Ngāti Rāhiri)
and lives in Auckland.
Sam mostly makes print artworks but in
the past has made art using fabric, paint
and canvas.
Many of Sam’s woodcut prints have
expressive lines and use bold colours to
help show movement, emotion and feeling.
Sam creates carved and printed imagery
that reflect a mixture of Māori myth and
stories from Aotearoa NZ’s history.
David Teata
David is an artist who creates art
based on his Mangaian Cook Island
heritage.
David studied at art school and became
inspired by Mangaian adzes while
visiting the Museum. Mangaian adzes
were items only held by chiefs and were
used during ceremonies.
In David’s art we can see he has used
similar patterns and shapes inspired by
Mangaian adzes.
David uses many traditional pattern and
motif including Māori which he feels
inspired to use to show the uniqueness of
Aotearoa New Zealand as a multi-cultural
place.
Image:
http://www.mylearning.org/ceremonial-adze/images/
As we have seen, there are many great things that
Let’s recap on what we have learnt so far…
make Aotearoa NZ such a great place to live in…
What have we learnt so far?
Artists in Aotearoa NZ…
Make art that expresses their love for the many
beautiful and different native birds we have.
Are passionate about making art that reminds us
to take care of our native plants and animals.
Are inspired to make art that explores Māori
myths and tells stories of Aotearoa NZ’s history.
Create art that expresses their own
cultural heritage and identity and
memories growing up in Aotearoa NZ.
Image: http://youshotmedown.wordpress.com/2012/03/27/282/
In the next lesson we will explore
Aotearoa NZ, drawing home.
End of lesson.