TWK: Toi Whakarākai

Toi Whakarākai is for students who have a keen eye for art and enjoy creating art and culture with chisels and their hands   

Ākonga will learn to draw first and foremost and then basic but quality cuts using chisels. Ākonga will also learn how to care and maintain the chisels so that their work will be of a high quality. They will also learn how to 'read' the wood so as to get the best finish for their project.

Ākonga will learn: 

• A karakia to Tane Mahuta

• The history or whakairo

• To draw to the best of their ability

• To carve using chisels and a wooden mallet

• How to maintain a good edge on the chisels

• How to read and understand the woodgrain

• How to create a beautiful and traditional art form

The majority of this course is practically assessed. Students will need to keep up with their work and complete all the assessment pieces to gain the level 1, 2 & 3 credits that are available. 

• Standard 23005 - Demonstrate knowledge of carving (internal)

• Standard 23007 - Demonstrate knowledge of carving designs and their meaning (internal)

• Standard 23009 - Identify and apply Māori art conventions, design elements and principles to explore whakairo (internal)

• Standard 23010 - Generate, develop and refine visual ideas in whakairo (internal)

• Standard 23011 - Demonstrate knowledge of whakairo production for meaning, intention, function and an artist’s methodologies (internal)

• Standard 23013 - Apply Māori art conventions, designs and practices to develop whakairo (internal)

• Standard 23015 - Examine meaning in particular whakairo situations (internal)

• Standard 23014 - Develop ideas to create whakairo (internal)

• Standard 23016 - Examine and interpret change in particular whakairo situations (internal)

Pens, Pencils, 1B5 and Chromebook