Maori Clay Artist

The Lapita series is inspired by the 4,000 year old ceramic tradition of the Pacific with its distinctive dentate patterning and impressed motifs repeated to construct a design field of regular banding around the vessels. Here the Lapita design principles are reinterpreted onto a series of tall vessels and sculptural forms, using Lapita based motifs that have continued their evolution throughout the Pacific on materials such as tapa cloth, weaving, tattoo and carving.


Ipu 1	Ipu 2	Ipu 3	Ipu 4	Ipu 5	Ipu 6

Hine Hau-one

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Ipu One

Photography John Ecuyer.
Northland terracotta and Australian raku clay. Wax resist with terra sigillata. Oxidation firing. Height 80cm.. Collection of Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington
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Ipu Two

Photography John Ecuyer.
Northland terracotta and Australian raku clays. Wax resist and terra sigillata. Height 60cm
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Ipu Three

Photography John Ecuyer
Northland terracotta and Australian raku clay. Wax resist and Terra sigillata. Height 60cm.
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Ipu Four

Photography John Ecuyer.
Northland Terracotta and Aust ralian raku. Wax resist and terra sigillata. Height 65cm.
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Ipu Five

Photography John Ecuyer
Northland terracotta and Australian raku. Wax resist and terra sigillata. Oxidation firing. Height 60cm.
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Ipu Six

Photography John Ecuyer.
Northland terracotta and Australian raku. Wax resist and terra sigillata. Oxidation firing. Height 67cm.
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Hine-Hau-One

Photography John Ecuyer.
Hine Hau One - The first woman created from clay and vivified with the life force of the gods
Northland terracotta and Australian raku. Underglaze and terra sigillata. Oxidation firing. Height 95. Private collection: Palo Alto, California.
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