Ko Tongariro te maunga
Ko Taupō-nui-a-Tia te moana
Ko Ngāti Tūwharetoa te iwi
Ko Te Heuheu te tangata
The vase features the Miri May pattern by Pania. It was originally designed as a textile pattern for Pania’s label. The vase is handmade and decorated by Sarah Wigley in her Te Whanganui-a-Tara studio.
Miri May is a mihi to my Nan (Miri) and Grandma (Ida May). Industrious creative women, Māori and Scottish. The Miri May vase combines elements of poutama and tartan travelling across and upwards. The passing and acquiring of knowledge through life and across generations and retold through our own stories. The crosses that link the poutama pattern represent Scottish tartan.
The pattern is carved free form into the surface of the clay. Each vase will be different, especially in the layout of the pattern.