As we have been studying the form and shape of carvings we had the pleasure of welcoming Urenuku to kindergarten. We experienced black ponga carving with a chainsaw and with an axe. Nuku said that his axe was his pencil and he used that to draw out the design. We had chosen a koru design as that was one that we had been looking at closely. With the carving complete the children were given the responsibility of moving the carvings to their resting place at the entrance to the climbing frame.
They are very cool and they look great there too.
ReplyDeleteWOW that looks amazing!! What wonderful activities are organised for the kids at BDK - they really are a very lucky group of children.
ReplyDeleteand he did it with a chain chisel mummy just like mine but bigger and with more vroommmmmmm (lauren describing the chain saw!!) i had to giggle. how cool they look!!
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ReplyDeleteWhat a fantastic idea - They look great! Holly was so excited to show them to her little sister Gabbi. We've heard all about the process... Holly really was thrilled.
ReplyDeleteAtaahua (beautiful) - having been a part of your earlier carving experiences I just have to come back and have a look at your ponga carvings.
ReplyDeleteI am interested to know if any of the children have thought to give them names.
This was such a great experience for the kids -thanks for organising it! Max talks about it all the time at home.
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