This large piece is hand thrown on the pottery wheel in brutalist clay then covered In Pure Rangihoua slip. Rangihoua uku is hand harvested clay here on Waiheke. This clay is rich in kōkōwai and has blessings of purple.
Carved back in deep scrafito.
Poutama represents the baskets of knowledge and can symbolise the stairway to the celestial realm.
This ipu is 33cm tall
Rangihoua is on Ngati paoa whenua and significant to Tainui Waka.
10% of sales will go to Māori kaupapa here on Waiheke.
