Friday, December 20, 2013

Weekend 14/15 December 2013

We get people visiting from all around the world
 interested in our Community Tapestry Project.
This is Maxime (pronounced Max-sym) from Southern France.
He is visiting all the the Northland area and said he is
particularly interested by the Maori works and traditions. 
His friend, Celine (left) is from Nancy and Paris and is travelling around
 New Zealand for her holidays and discovering our beautiful country.

On the kids and mini-looms:
Maya Raven has been here with her Mum before today
 and knew exactly were to come and what to do!
Maya Raven is 4 years old and does weaving at Forest View Kindergarten.
where she has learned to weave with leaves, flax and flowers.
The is Maya's brother, Connor. He is 9 years old 
and it was his first time weaving with us.
How neat it is to have young people interested in and learning to weave. 
Thanks for coming back Maya Raven...we hope to see you and Connor again soon!
Richard Hodgson lives in Auckland and is an Oriental Rug Specialist.
He has seen and admired many large tapestries from travelling around
 the world including those at The Vatican Museum in Rome.
You can read more about the Gallery of Tapestries here
Richard worked on "the water" under the boat.
Eva and Nick were visiting Whangarei for the weekend.
Eva, "beating down" the wefts.
You can read about all the weaving terms and techniques HERE
Eva and Nick said they were grateful for the opportunity to try some weaving
and look forward to coming back and doing some more at a later stage.

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