Know Your Maori Weaving Book
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Know Your Maori Weaving
by Murdoch Riley
2005, Viking Sevenseas NZ Ltd, 60pp, soft cover
by Murdoch Riley
2005, Viking Sevenseas NZ Ltd, 60pp, soft cover
Know Your Maori Weaving is a great first book for anyone considering taking up any form of Maori weaving, including plaiting, weaving, and Tukutuku ( woven wall panels).
The book contains sections on:
The book contains sections on:
- traditional weaving materials ( flax)
- other plant weaving materials
- dyes from native plants
- weaving strips of flax
- basic weaving techniques
- weaving flax mats
- weaving headbands
- finishing simple baskets
- kete baskets
- piupiu ( skirts)
- weaving with prepared flax
- spinning thread
- weaving a poi cover
- tukutuku wall panels
- tukutuku materials/ colours
- tukutuku panel construction
- Whakatauki - proverbs and sayings
That's a lot packed into a small book, and what I especially like is that instructions are accompanied by clear illustrations. There's enough information for you to be able to make your own flax weaving or tukutuku panel.
