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Stories from the Pacific Te Tuhi Pre visit lesson 2

Welcome to Stories from the Pacific During this lesson we will learn about… But before we start, let’s recap on what Inspired by tapa we learnt during our last lesson…

is used for clothing, costume, masks, blankets, bedrooms and to help celebrate birthdays and weddings. During our last lesson we learnt that Polynesian tapa… is made from the bark of the paper mulberry tree. The bark is flattened, dried and then decorated with dye. have different designs. They use different colours, patterns and symbols to one another

Let’s start this lesson by exploring ‘Inspired by tapa’. Image: http: //www. tautai. org/artist/ahotaeiloa-toetuu/#prettyphoto[group]/1/

During lesson we saw examples of During our thislast lesson we will see many how tapa inspires Polynesian famous Pacific artiststapa. and their art. Image: Neich, Roger and Pendergrast, Mick. Pacific Tapa. Auckland NZ: David Bateman Ltd, 1997.

Fatu Feu’u is a Samoan artist living in New Zealand. Fatu paints flowers, fish, people, masks and other symbols and patterns that reflect his culture and his story. Fatu tells stories by arranging his symbols in a similar way to how symbols are arranged on tapa cloth. Image: Neich, Roger and Pendergrast, Mick. Pacific Tapa. Auckland NZ: David Bateman Ltd, 1997. http: //www. internationalartcentre. co. nz/auctions/auction. Enlarge. lsd? a=201009&p=28 http: //artsonline 2. tki. org. nz/resources/units/music_units/symbol_2_sound/images. php http: //cpitlibrary. wordpress. com/2010/06/09/last-chance-to-see-samoan-artworks/ http: //nzprintmakers. blogspot. co. nz/2012/03/fatu-feuu-14 -23 march-christchurch. html http: //www. clker. com/clipart-samoa-tatau-1. html http: //www. art-newzealand. com/Issue 111/fatu. html

John Pule Niuean painter and poet John Pule is also inspired by Polynesian tapa. John likes to use earthy colours and sometimes paints in a circle like Niuean tapa cloth hiapo. In this painting we see symbols in boxes that reflect his journey as a boy moving from Niue to NZ. Image: Neich, Roger and Pendergrast, Mick. Pacific Tapa. Auckland NZ: David Bateman Ltd, 1997. http: //schools. natlib. govt. nz/culture-identity-heritage/primary-sources/gallery/kermadecs/tomorrow-we-leave-john-pule-2011 http: //byronic. tumblr. com/post/19812051133/take-these-walls-with-you-when-you-leave-by-john http: //www. goodreads. com/book/show/2407844. The_Shark_that_Ate_the_Sun http: //nga. gov. au/islands/details/9869. cfm https: //www. thearts. co. nz/artist_page. php? aid=47

Dagmar Dyck is an artist of Tongan and German heritage. Identity and culture inspire a lot of Dagmar’s art. Dagmar combines her Tongan and German heritage through her art by painting squares and rectangles like Ngatu (Tongan tapa) but using colours similar to paintings by German painter Piet Mondrian. Using colour, shapes and imagery Dagmar’s art reflects both her Tongan and German heritage. Painting by Piet Mondrian Image: Neich, Roger and Pendergrast, Mick. Pacific Tapa. Auckland NZ: David Bateman Ltd, 1997. http: //www. artassociates. co. nz/artists/dagmar-dyck. aspx http: //www. aasd. com. au/subscribers/number_by_medium. cfm? concat=Dyck. Dagma&class=3&year=2007 http: //www. flagstaff. co. nz/news_views_detail. php? id=60 http: //www. anthroposophie. net/bibliothek/kunst/malerei/mondrian/bib_mondrian. htm

Ahota’ei’loa Toetu’u is a Tongan painter and is inspired by Tongan culture. His paintings are inspired by the way Ngatu can tell stories through symbols. He uses warm colours like red, yellow and orange, maybe to reflect how vibrant and colourful the Pacific can be. Ahota’ei’loa paints personal symbols and uses bright colours to show his inspiration of tapa cloth and to tell his Tongan story. In this particular painting the use of black influenced by ngatu ‘uli, a black bark cloth worn during funerals. Image: Neich, Roger and Pendergrast, Mick. Pacific Tapa. Auckland NZ: David Bateman Ltd, 1997. http: //urban-kupesi-tattoos. blogspot. co. nz/2011/02/artist-loa-toetuu-solo-exhibition. html http: //www. flickr. com/photos/colourmefiji/324660619/

As we have seen, Polynesian tapa inspires many Let’s recap on what we have learnt so far… artists in different ways to tell their story…

What have we learnt so far? Polynesian tapa… Inspires artists to tell stories of where they grew up. Inspires artists to make art about their culture and community. Inspires artists to make art about their ancestors and history.

In the next lesson we will explore ‘Designing our story - Symbols’. End of lesson