by North West College | 19 Sep, 2025 | Visual Arts, 2025 Archive, Tapu
What Is Pacific Tapa? Tapa is a traditional barkcloth made across the Pacific, including Tonga, Samoa, Fiji and the Cook Islands. Makers use the inner bark of the paper mulberry tree. The bark is soaked and beaten into thin sheets, then joined to form larger pieces....
by North West College | 19 Sep, 2025 | Pottery, 2025 Archive
We began by talking about the damage the Crown of Thorns starfish is causing across the Pacific, and how that loss shows up in real reefs. From there we explored clay as a medium, testing how shapes hold, how textures read, and how colour sits on the surface. Students...
by North West College | 19 Sep, 2025 | Visual Arts, 2025 Archive
Charcoal sketches and mixed media paintings now cover the seminar room walls, each one a portrait of a student’s chosen endangered animal. The display shows real effort and care. Students began by researching their species and noting why it is at risk. Habitat loss,...
by North West College | 19 Sep, 2025 | Bone Carving, 2025 Archive
Well, it couldn’t have worked out any better during Te Wiki o te Reo ( Māori Language Week ) having tutors from Aotearoa Bone and Stone running a workshop for our North West students. Thank you Maha, Destiny and Laura for your amazing talent, knowledge and support....
by North West College | 16 Sep, 2025 | Animation, 2025 Archive
Our Digital Design students have spent the term mastering Adobe Fresco, using its powerful tools to create their own animations for the Sustainable Earth project. They began with core principles, learning to bring their own ideas to life with frame-by-frame animation,...
