sgraffito
wabi sabi
RAKU FIRED
taniko
ancient Maori
design
sk Kia Ora Tatou
Ko Tarawera te Maunga
Ko Tarawera te Awa
Ko Te Arawa te Iwi
Ko Ngati Rangitihi te Hapu
No Matata ahau
Ko Dave toku ingoa
Hare Mai
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hello everone
I connect to mount Tarawera
I connect to the river Tarawera
I am descended from the tribe Te Arawa
I am Ngati Rangitihi
From Matata New Zealand
My name is Dave
Welcome
KITIAKITANGA
About
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KIA ORA
graduating with a bachelor of media arts I spent 10 years in the film industry. while working on a short film I was asked to make a painting, this was 1996, which resulted in making oiled canvases to this day. being creative and trying many types of media I stumbled onto clay about 6 years ago. like so many before me I was hooked. engineering shapes, vases, jewellery and finally I found RAKU. the last two years I have been obsessed with making RAKU sculpture and have perfected shapes and firing techniques which are unique and have universal appeal.
I live in the mighty Waikato Aotearoa New Zealand, I have three wonderful daughters and a special RAKU kiln made out of an old castrol drum. if I could I would fire it everyday because I believe as an artist I should always be making.
until we meet
Dave
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influencers
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Nordic MID CENTURY Design.
Ceramic artists HANS COOPER (ENG/GER) and John Maltby (ENG).
TE AO MAORI, THE MAORI WORLDVIEW.
JAPANESE ceramic technique, and concepts
WABI SABI