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RAKU FIRED

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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

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

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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 

influencers

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

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