FlaxDigital | Maori Inspired Design and Art

My Brother Abel has been hard at it experimenting with glass etching. The process involves sand blasting the glass to create the etch effect, you can use an acid etching liquid but not really that keen on using that stuff. After some practice he is ready to etch some more intricate Maori patterns. Here are some images of the glass vase all masked up with masking tape and patterns cut out to expose the glass that will be blasted

Abel has just completed a set of three vase. Three patterns are contemporary puhoro patterns. The style of the Puhoro is iconic in traditional Maori art.

The puhoro or running scroll pattern is used for decoration if the hull of a war canoe and depicts the wake a canoe makes when gliding at speed across the pacific waters. The Puhoro is also adapted as a pattern of tattooing for the thighs or arms and represents swiftness, strength and courage of character and the pattern is often found as an ornamental finish on the rafters of a meetinghouse.

We will be sharing some of the designs shortly.