Growth Painting

Painting on December 24th, 2009 Comments Off

The painting is a large piece of medium weight canvas, using 3 large contemporary patterns to represent ritorito (the protection of the parents – two outer koru, to the sibling – middle koru). The inspiration was to create a sense of security and growth and to enforce this i included the whakatauki (Maori Proverb), Whaia [...]

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Maori Inspired Brush Set v1

Freebies on July 19th, 2009 Comments Off

Check it out, a brush set with Maori inspired koru patterns which you can load into photoshop and make cool Maori design backgrounds, motifs and other creative things. There are nine brushes in total. To load the brushes into photoshop check out the following video here Download the Brush Set

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NZ made chemical free, botanical cosmetics

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Maori Inspired Logos on July 18th, 2009 Comments Off

Testimonial: I am very glad to have found Mao!  He create me a REAL MAORI PATTERN logo which I wanted.  His design impressed me every time and listened to my feedback/ideas, came back quickly with improved artwork. I’m definitely a happy, satisfied customer! Yoko N Relish Aotearoa is owned and operated by Yoko N of Dunedin, [...]

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Frosted Maori Window Art

Glass Art on November 14th, 2008 Comments Off

Frosted Maori Window Art I had the opportunity to do an art piece on the front doors of a very big house in Maungaraki hills, Lower Hutt. The windows measured around 1 metre wide and 4 metres tall. The process started by finding out what the client wanted to represent on the windows. We talked [...]

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