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Pendergrast, Mick

 
9780790000534: Fun with Flax: 50 Projects for Beginners
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0790000539 ISBN 13 : 9780790000534
Editeur : Raupo Publishing (NZ) Ltd, 1998

Synopsis

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.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

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 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.

Biographie de l'auteur

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.

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Éditeur
Raupo Publishing (NZ) Ltd
Date d'édition
1998
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0790000539
ISBN 13 
9780790000534
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
111
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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