Kowhaiwhai is a form of Maori art that represents a story.
First, I researched about someone called Tanerore. Tanerore has something to do with shimmering air. People in Maori performances will shake their hands to represent the shimmering air action.
Next, I watched a video that showed people using the shimmering air action in a Maori Dance.
The kowhaiwhai I made is meant to represent the waves at the beach. I thought that people go to the beach during summer so I chose to represent waves.
This activity opened up my imagination a bit because I had to think of something summer related that I could represent using kowhaiwhai.
Kia ora Oscar,
ReplyDeleteFiona here from the Summer Learning Journey. I am so impressed by the awesome kowhaiwhai pattern you have designed - ka pai! I really like how your koru pattern connects and flows - you have done a great job just representing the blue waves of summer.
You have also done a great job reflecting on and writing about your learning for this task. Did you enjoy learning about Tānerore? It sounds like you have learnt heaps, which is awesome.
I'm looking forward to seeing more of your work soon!
Mā te wā,
Fiona (SLJ)