Whakaahua 1 – Tote Bag by Andre Te Hira

Whakaahua Series

These designs feature in a series of digital drawings exploring the idea of whakaahuatanga/transformation.

The artwork has been inspired by the migration stories of our atua and the skills and knowledge they brought here centuries ago.

The tiki-like figure is a representation of these tohunga atua and the modern tukutuku design is based on the story of Aoraki and his transformation to stone.

Andre Te Hira

Ōtākou, Waitaha, Kāti Māmoe, Te Hikutu

Andre is an artist, designer and font developer, working primarily with digital technologies to produce manual creative outputs. He often works with simplified geometric shape and form, which is heavily influenced by traditional Māori visual elements and processes.