Aloha

No update for the last couple of weeks as I was at a conference in Hawai’i. 200 indigenous librarians gathered for the first time in four years and it was amazing. We started in the Waimea Valley before three very full days at the University of Hawai’i. 

And because we got there a couple of days early there was also some beach time and shopping. 

If you look closely you’ll see that this amazing sculpture is made of jelly beans!

It Begins

The weavers have taken up the mammoth challenge of weaving a traditional sail. After months of talking backwards, forwards and backwards again today we began. 

Not Bad

A lot of weavers finish off their pieces, especially kete, with a little koru flourish. It’s not just decorative, it contains the ends and tidies up the plaiting. Koru and I have never really got along. I’ve made various attempts over time but have never really been happy. Until now. This is not bad. 

Slow Week

Nothing much really happened this week, just the usual; up and down weather, ignoring housework, days solid with meetings. 

So here is a progress shot of my latest weaving project. 

Overload

Last weekend was our Labour Day long weekend and the much anticipated National Weavers hui, this year in Whangārei. It’s the first one I’ve attended but I think it’s safe to say it won’t be the last. 

Over 100 weavers doing their thing…

Whariki/mats under construction 

Much excitement over a new style of kete base…

Lots of learning, talking, sharing over three solid days and in between, lots of eating to keep all that creativity fueled. 

Drenched

There is a little maverick part of my brain that seems to have taken over. This is our weather today, a proper Wellington day…

Low cloud and although you can’t see it, rain and swirling wind. So, what has that little maverick achieved? I walked to my local polling place to vote and did a load of laundry. Result? Wet shoes and jeans and a clothes horse full of wet clothes. Sheets and towels are just going to have to wait. 

Wow!

WoW is the World of Wearable Art and it really is Wow. A group of us weavers went last week and totally geeked out on materials, construction and what the heckness and that’s without the music, dancers, acrobats and light show.