and make....
(from good strong bone....)
refine
and finish (for now) a hei matau
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Made with Mana
In which I design....
and make....
(from good strong bone....)
refine
and finish (for now) a hei matau
and make....
(from good strong bone....)
refineand finish (for now) a hei matau
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What is mana? I looked it up on wikipedia and it got complicated.
ReplyDeleteThis is aunt meg again...i am the worst speller...i meant is it the BONE of a mana ray? and did not dod further along the comment...Could you make some more mana fana-tastic jewelry and do a swirl , like the greek symbol for eternity? that would be so cool, mama !....
ReplyDeleteOK, this "comment" thing is tricky over herein hickville ...i dont see my first comment...so here it is again -
ReplyDeleteIs Mana the bone of the Mana Ray ? haha...or is it what you make Mana Bread out of? haha....Write, girl and tell us more details! Did you actually learn how to do the artwork? where were you when you did this? Fill us in, its Mana-datory !
Mana is one of those words that's hard to define in English; as such, I dont have a real firm grasp on it. There are different kinds of mana: you are born with it; you can be given it; and you can accrue it through actions... it is the spirit, power, prestige of something. I meant it to mean I made the hei matau in the traditional manner from the heart and imbued it with my spirit, so to speak (or literally, if you're Maori I suppose) and in theory it accrues (or loses) mana over time
ReplyDeleteThe bone itself was a happy grass fed New Zealand cow not too long ago.
The Maori do have a very common spiral design called "koru" which is a symbol for growth, harmony, new beginnings. It is a depiction of waves on the ocean.