Whenua Remembers is a fibre-led practice that brings together material strands, paint, and story to explore how land holds memory through the body. Working with harakeke, other natural, and artificial fibres, I engage processes of stripping, dyeing, binding, and weaving as acts of attention rather than extraction. These processes echo customary practices of preparation and care while remaining grounded in contemporary material inquiry. This practice sits between fibre art, painting, and kaupapa-led research, positioning making as both inquiry and offering.
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Tomokanga
Gateway
Te Unu Muka. The Extraction of Muka
Dimensions: 20 ×20 cm canvas + 3-12 cm fibre extensions
Materials: Acrylic paint on canvas. Dyed harakeke and muka. Undyed muka harakeke.
Year: 2026
An entry point into Whenua Remembers
Ngahere
Te Herenga Ora a Tane. (The life ties of Tane)
Dimensions: 30 x 40 cm + detachable backing 50 x 60 cm
Materials: acrylic paint on stretched canvas. Undyed kiekie.Dyed harakeke, dyed and undyed harakeke muka
Year: 2026
Continuing with forest, acknowledging an Atua
Moana
Te Hā i te Moana (Breath in the Sea)
Dimensions: 50.8 cm diameter circular canvas
Materials: acrylic, harakeke muka. Dyed harakeke including whiri on canvas back, pingao
Year: 2026
Grounded vision needs breath
Taone
Kupenga Herehere (Connector net)
Dimensions:30 x40 cm and 75 x 35 cm detachable backing
Materials: wire netting, plastic-coated and stripped wire, plastic netting, plastic casings and ties, electrical components, 1 dyed and partly stripped harakeke strand
Year: 2026
Urban connections and constraints
Whenua
Te Pae o te Moana ( The sea aground, whenua recalled)
Dimensions: 40 x 50 cm canvas + 2 – 4 cm fibre extensions,
Materials: acrylic paint, dyed and undyed harakeke, harakeke muka, plastic diving mask-like form
Year: 2026
Aground and returned from the sea