Monday 27 March 2017

Tukutuku Panels


Every tukutuku panel tells a story. Today we are looking closely at examples of tukutuku, generating questions, and generating ideas.

Gallery of Tukutuku Panels in Christchurch Libraries

Pūawaitanga o te Ringa - Fruits of our busy hands
Stories of the Tukutuku Patterns

Tukutuku at Te Ara

Types of Tukutuku Designs at Te Ara

Tukutuku Patterns in a Whare

This video includes information on the materials and method of weaving tukutuku.

22 comments:

  1. What inspires these designs?

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    1. Can you find the answer in the links? What does the triangular pattern at the top of this post mean? (Hint: It depicts something starting with 'A').

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    2. does it mean Aoraki Mt Cook i think its mountains

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    3. The first design is inspired by the Aoraki mountains (Mount Cook)
      to acknowledge Ngāi Tahu.

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    4. Well done Anna and Lilah, Aoraki is the subject of the tukutuku in the post.

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  2. we should use seaweed

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  3. How long does the tukutuku panels take to make.

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  4. i think we should have Rimurimu should be at the bottom with the seaweed then Wheke with the octopus and Toroa at the top with the albatross.
    Zara

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  5. how will we weave the item we use

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  6. I wonder how many hours would it of taken to create the tukutuku panels?

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  7. I think Poutama panel could be quite good for one of the panels because it means striving ever upwards. It relates to Waka Hourua because we are always improving in our learning.

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    1. I love this idea Sorell! I wonder how we might combine it with the other suggestions.

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  8. What I find interesting about these designs is that they are very detailed and perfect because they have done it so professionally.
    Sophia.S

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    1. Good observation, Sophia. Come see me for help posting directly from your Google account.

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  9. What about a choppy sea with a waka hourua on it and a toroa in the sky and other things for rimurimu and wheke.

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    1. Great suggestion, Max. I think we definitely need to consider representing the choppy sea.

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    2. I think that that is a great idea.

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  10. I think that the tukutuku pannals are very cool they are designed very well and they have pretty intricate designs.

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    1. I agree with you they are designed very well

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  11. well I think that that the TukuTuku panels are really cool their designed really well and they have very intricate patterns.They are so pretty.

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    1. they can also describe a story

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    2. yeah they can

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