Anyone can crochet! Join Lissy and Rudi for this workshop to learn the basics and get started on your crochet journey. You’re invited to imprint your mauri into Wharenui Harikoa by contributing to a crochet umbilical cord which will entwine the whare with people from all over Aotearoa.
This workshop is designed for adult beginners.
Over the past eight years, husband and wife duo Lissy & Rudi have been using their creative energies to explore mātauranga Māori and their personal whakapapa through crocheted sculptural forms. Wharenui Harikoa is a full-scale wharenui featuring vibrant poupou, tekoteko, tukutuku panels and adorned pou tokomanawa completely crocheted by hand.
Bringing together bright, neon colours and traditional toi whakairo shapes, their mahi offers a new way of understanding the importance of joy and aroha within te aō Māori. The aim of Wharenui Harikoa is to transform intergenerational trauma into deeply felt joy, one loop at a time, connecting all people and igniting joy globally.