Pou

 The installation of our pou was a good excuse to invite our Taranaki Sketchers around.  Kowhaiwhai patterns in aluminum at the base aim to enhance the story.  Like many pous it tells a story, in our case about our family, background, interests and origins.  The waka (for us, the ships our families immigrated on) are silhouetted with dates and ship names.  Sketching as a skill was helpful in developing each part and the overall concept.  It even includes the spacecraft our son designs.  The Southern Cross at the top is also echoed in one of the waka names - SS Zuiderkruis.  Of course I had to include me sketching in the carving. So I guess I was sketching me sketching!