During Term 3 we began to create hou (paddles) which are to be symbolic of the year that the students had at HNI. I did not realise how long they would take for the students to create so term 4 has arrived and we are now near the final stage of them.
They are being made by small groups, pairs or just individuals. They will be covered in layers of papier mache, white paper, then painted white, have designs set out on them and then painted carefully.
The idea came from seeing examples that showed how different cultures could be represented symbolically in a visual format on a papier mache hou.
The hou is to represent the work in the form of paddling that the students do on their journey through Havelock North Intermediate.
Watch this space to see the end results.
Roksolana in the early construction phase of her hou.
Summer and Kataraina
Renee just starting out.
Eva, Ruby and Callum beginning the first layers of their papier mache. EVa is working out how to do this without getting glue everywhere.
Rio and Connor smoothing the base of the papier mache blade while Max looks on!
Renee planning out how the handle will be attached to the blade part of her hoe.
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