Fun With Flax: 50 Projects For Beginners
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Fun With Flax: 50 Projects For Beginners
Fun With Flax: 50 Projects For Beginners
Shows how to make items ranging from a simple windmill, a dart and a whistle to more complex puzzles, balls, birds, fish and even a caterpillar. Each project is described one step at a time with easy-to-follow line drawings and instructions.
These 50 interesting and entertaining projects are designed to teach beginners the basic skills of the Maori craft of plaiting. Fun with Flax shows how to make items ranging from a simple windmill, a dart, and a whistle to more complex puzzles, balls, birds, fish, and even a caterpillar.
Each project is described one step at a time with easy-to-follow line drawings and instructions. All projects are fun and will delight children and adults with their ingenuity, their beauty, and the amusement they provide.
This book is ideal for kohanga reo, playcentres, kindergartens, Maori crafts groups, and New Zealand homes. It aims not only to teach the skills of plaiting to young New Zealanders but also to nurture a new generation of flaxworkers.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780143009931
Publisher: Penguin Group (NZ)
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 10 June 2008
Country: New Zealand
Imprint: Raupo Publishing (NZ) Ltd
Edition: 2nd edition
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 8.0mm
Width: 184.0mm
Height: 241.0mm
Weight: 359g
Pages: 112
About the Author
Mick Pendergrast first became interested in plaiting and other Maori crafts while teaching in small communities in the East Cape area. He has spent time as a VSA teacher in the Solomon Islands and on the remote Polynesian outlier of Tikopia, and has worked in a number of New Zealand's major museums. He is the author of Te Mahi Kete: Maori Basketry for Beginners, Feathers and Fibre, a catalogue of the first major exhibition of Maori flaxcrafts, of which he was the curator, and Raranga Whakairo, a collection of plaiting patterns.
Also by Mick Pendergrast
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