Ngā Kaihangu Uku & Friends at Driving Creek

This workshop explores kūmara as a medium for kōrero and form. Participants will work with clay to create kūmara‑inspired vessels, reflecting on the connections between whenua, kai, and creative practice.

About the Artist:

Amelia Blundell
Ko Whangaroa te moana
Ko Ngātokimatawhaorua me Maamari ngā waka
Ko Ururoa te tūpuna
He uri ahau no Ngāpuhi me Ngāti Kahu ki Whangaroa
I tupu ake au ki te rohe o Te Uri o Hau me Te Roroa hoki
No Ruawai ia tōku whānau
Kei Whangārei e noho ana au

Amelia, a student of the whenua, creates forms with uku that acknowledge our deep and integral connections to the whenua. A recent graduate of Toi Ngāpuhi’s Tai o Hī Tai o Hā wānanga series, Amelia has been learning from ringatoi nō Ngāpuhi-nui-tonu and developing her own uku practice. Guided by her whakapapa and inspired by her studies in horticulture, Amelia hopes to create work that embodies indigenous ways of being – relating to people and land, honoring both the wisdom and whakapapa embedded in te taiao.

Please bring: Some kūmara inspired kōrero