Uku raffle - Each $10 ticket will get you into the draw to win this epic bundle of ceramics, pukapuka and workshop. As a collective we have put together this amazing prize worth over $2000. This is a fundraiser so we can make a pukapuka (book) to go alongside our exhibition Rehu -
Ipu Punga Rehu: From the Ashes began in wānanga.
This book is made to whakamana the kaupapa and
seal in time the whakaaro and kōrero that makes
each piece, and the process, meaningful. It binds
together the mauri behind each ipu, and the bonds
found through making them: whakapapa,
whakaaro, process, conversations, whakataukī,
poems, sketches, letters, concepts. This type of
kōrero belongs in the book, alongside images of
the pieces, the process, and the people.
The raffle tickets are sold as an item www.thea-ceramics.com
Raffle winner will be drawn at 8pm on the 14th November the winner will be notified.
Item 1 - Ukutangi - Unaunahi ii - By Tristan Marler -80mm x80mm x80mm -
Crafted from white uku, this taonga puoro has a soft voice and features three wenewene for a greater tonal range.
Valued $600 - photo 2
Item 2 - Torea Pango Flat white tumbler x 6 by Thea Ceramics
Torea pango is a matt black bespoke glaze named after our native Oyster Catcher. The flat white tumbler is thrown on the pottery wheel in brutalist clay by Thea Ceramics on Waiheke Island.
Valued $240 - photo 3
Item 3 - Black Hoop Vase by Amanda Billing from Household Gods - approx 180mm (H) x 140mm (W)
Made in Stoneware with a black glaze.
Hoop vase designed with ikebana or sculptural flower arrangement in mind, or as a sculptural piece to add to an ensemble in your home.
This Item will come with a $100 Greenpoint Florist (Ponsonby) voucher to go with it. Or I could make it an Interflora voucher if the winner isn’t in Tāmaki.
Total Value: $280 - photo 4
Item 4 -Kaitiakitanga (small) by Dave Austin - 220mm W x 130mm H x 20mm D
Made in Raku clay, This piece references the concept of looking after our environment and everything in it. It is a guardian piece for your space. It is fired using flame that reflects my connection to Mount Tarawera and my iwi Ngati Rangitihi.
Valued $250 - photo 5
Item 5 -Personalised Hand building session for 2 with Michelle Huizinga & Amanda Billing.
A three-hour hand-building session for two in Michelle’s studio situated in the Waitakere Ranges.
Come and create your own hand built ceramic works. Explore a series of techniques while making a small set of homewares (eg; cup, jug and tray, a trio of bud vases or a set of jewellery dishes).
Includes morning or afternoon tea and up to 3 kg of clay.
Works will be fired and glazed for you and will be available for collection within 6 weeks.
Value $300 - photo 6
Item 6 -Ngā Kaihanga Uku Book signed by Baye Riddell
Clayworking and pottery firing is an ancient Pacific practice, but the knowledge of this tradition had largely been lost by the ancestors of Māori before they arrived in Aotearoa. Since the formation of the national clayworkers’ collective Ngā Kaihanga Uku in 1987, the group has stoked the fires of this practice, traditional ancestral knowledge and customs to shape a contemporary Māori expression in clay. Written by artist and founding member Baye Riddell, this book chronicles the origins, loss, and revival of Māori clay work. Accompanied by stunning photography, Riddell presents the practices of the five founders of Ngā Kaihanga Uku and surveys the work of the next generation. Celebrating the revival and mana of this art form, Ngā Kaihanga Uku is a must-read addition to the discourse on contemporary Māori art in Aotearoa, New Zealand.
Valued $70 - photo 7
Item 7 - Rangihoua painted ipu by Esther McDonald- 20cm tall - wild Waiheke uku and Torea pango glaze - Hand thrown on the pottery wheel with blended Rangihoua clay, This clay blushed and has pops of kōkōwai coming out of the surface of the clay.
Painted in Raingihoua slip and black underglaze in a repeat Pītau and whariki pattern.This pieces is made from uku from Naati Paoa whenua
Valued $260 - photo 8
Thank you so much for your support and good luck!
Mauri ora.
