Monday, 17 August 2015

Kowhaiwhai creation


After researching Gordon Walters and Johnson Witehira, I began to develop a repetitive pattern based on a Koru idea. My Kowhaiwhai pattern is based on Ngaru, an idea of a canoe 'cutting through the waves' which creates ideas of progression, cutting-edge technology and forward-movement.



Immersing myself into this design process and understanding the traditional journeys that are being portrayed, helped me to create a contemporary pattern based on a modern journey of Maori progressing in the world.


My initial idea, before developing further.


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