$28.00
- Paperback
96 pages
- Release Date
5 August 2019
Summary
Weaving a Legacy: Crafting Your Own Piupiu
This highly illustrated book provides step-by-step instructions on how to make your own piupiu, the traditional Maori flax skirt.
Experienced Rotorua weaver Leilani Rickard covers everything you need to know - from customary uses of harakeke or flax, to the simple tools you will need to finish the garment.
Colour photographs record every phase of the craft process; from selecting the right flax frond to cutting and preparing…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780143009450 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0143009451 |
| Author: | Leilani Rickard |
| Publisher: | Penguin Group (NZ) |
| Imprint: | Raupo Publishing (NZ) Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 96 |
| Release Date: | 5 August 2019 |
| Weight: | 302g |
| Dimensions: | 11mm x 240mm x 180mm |
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About The Author
Leilani Rickard
Leilani Rickard is a weaver who lives in Rotorua and was taught how to make piupiu as a young girl by her grandmother. This is her first book, which she has dedicated to her own four granddaughters. Leilani likes to experiment with weaving flax fibre and has produced garments for the Wearable Arts pageant in Rotorua, as well as for kapa haka performances.
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