Celebrate our Tangled Roots exhibition with this grass themed workshop!
In this workshop, you’ll create two Maori musical instruments:
- Native timber Porotiti - porotiti is a disc, often beautifully shaped and ornamented, which can be spun on twin cords to create a mysterious humming accompaniment to singing or other music. It was also used as a Rongoa or healing tool that was able to clear breathing passages.
- Bamboo Kōauau – you will be construct and learn to play basic Kōauau made from Bamboo (a humble plant from the grass family). The kōauau is a traditional Māori mouth flute usually made from native woods with a soft inner pith that was burnt-out using hot embers alternately the block of wood could be split in two separate pieces then hollowed out and rejoined back together.
All materials provided.
This workshop will be held in the Logan Campbell building.
