Pasifika Printmaking

This past week we were lucky to have Bianca from the Christchurch Art Gallery teach us about the meaning behind the symbols we see in Siapo (Samoan tapa cloth) and Ngatu (Tongan tapa cloth). She also took us through a process for making our own prints. 

Bianca explained to us how Pasifika art can have cultural
symbols and meanings. She shared some of Fatu Feu'u and
John Pule's artwork.

We created our own geometric designs.

We rolled our own relief prints.

Our individual prints were put together to create a class piece,

This programme fitted nicely with our Migration theme, as we continue to explore the movement of people over time. The spread of culture through the Pacific is of special interest to us and here we were able to further develop our deep understandings about cultural identity.

We will soon have our prints on display and look forward to sharing them with all of our visitors.