Taurewarewa

There are unseen energies that unite and connect me to my tūpuna while I do this job of mothering, a job they too have done. The sea casts itself onto shore now as it ever did. We rock our babies under the same stars. The tools change, the economy, culture, clothing all changes. But this job stays the same. This work takes its title from a karakia invoking the power of the sea, the connection between land and sea. Taurewarewa is the motion of a wave as it rises, just before it breaks. Mothers often feel as if they are about to break. Sometimes they do break. Taurewarewa. These works were producued with support from The Blue Oyster Project Space, and were included in the group exhibition
Kia Ora Whaea (2022). 

I had the great privilege of working with Tūhura Otago Museum curators who generously provided their expertise on the colonial breast feeding dress and nightgowns. We held a public talk about how we worked together. Taurewarewa was acquired by the Dunedin Public Art Gallery.