This vessel is hand thrown on the pottery wheel in a blended Rangihoua uku, hand harvested, this uku has pops of kōkōwai that bursts through eh surface. This pieces is in the angeled vase shape, representing pautama, the rim has a mirrored niho taniwha whakaro to represent resilience and ta moko, carved into the skin of Papatuanuku. Inlayed and internally glazed with torea pango glaze.
This uku was harvested on Ngāti Paoa whenua.
This ipu is 21.5cm tall
This is a one-off piece, apart of a wider collection celebrating Waiheke uku, 10% of sales will be gifted back to Maori kaupapa on Waiheke.
