Amelia Blundell
Ko Whangaroa te moana
Ko Ngātokimatawhaorua me Maamari ngā waka
Ko Ururoa te tūpuna
He uri ahau no Ngāpuhi me Ngāti Kahu ki Whangaroa
I tupu ake au ki te rohe o Te Uri o Hau me Te Roroa hoki
Nō Ruawai ia tōku whānau
Kei Whangārei e noho ana au
Artist Statement
Amelia, a student of the whenua, creates forms with uku that acknowledge our deep and integral connections to the whenua. A recent graduate of Toi Ngāpuhi Tai o Hī Tai o Hā wānanga series, Amelia has been learning from ringatoi nō Ngāpuhi-nui-tonu (artists of the Northern tribe, Ngāpuhi) and developing her own uku practice. Guided by her whakapapa and inspired by her studies in horticulture, Amelia hopes to create work that embodies Indigenous ways of being - relating to people and land, honouring both the wisdom and whakapapa embedded in te taiao.
